Shane Kelly

Shane has mobilized capital and community across technology and media ventures for 2 decades, having led venture funds, angel syndicates, and media investments. He founded Cinematica Labs to build ecosystems for mission-driven entrepreneurs, partnering with organizations including Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition, BOMESI, and General Motors to deeply engage 500+ founders and 100+ mentors. By designing for founder well-being and underserved communities, Cinematica Labs catalyzes economies centering people and the planet.

Shane also serves as Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship for the Greif Center for Entrepreneurship at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business where he teaches the Venture Lab, guiding students to make $50k startup investments out of the USC Marshall Venture Fund, with investments including Dora Maar and Adway. He previously taught Venture Capital to emerging investors through his role as Investor in Residence for HBCU.vc, after which Fellows were placed into paid internships with top Venture Capital firms including Foundry, Slauson & Co, and Bloomberg Beta. An active member of the tech startup community, Shane serves on the investment committee for Cap Table Coalition, a community of over 1,000 angel investors and fund managers.

Shane's work has been featured by TenOneTen’s LA Venture podcast, AI on the Lot, Google Developers, and Forbes. As a tech investor, Shane founded Wolverine Angels, an angel syndicate for University of Michigan alumni where he invested in startups including FEM Prizma (Acquired by Nielsen Gracenote) and Neurable. He went on to run investments for Titan Fund, powered by CrowdSmart. The company’s proprietary platform combines human expertise and artificial intelligence to increase transparency and reduce bias in the venture investment process. Shane led 15 investments for the fund including Air and Syntiant.

Previously, Shane helped GreeneStreet Films raise several rounds of venture capital and build a slate of 20 motion pictures generating $250 million at the box office including Movie 43 and A Prairie Home Companion.

Shane holds an MBA with distinction from University of Michigan where he was a Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellow. He earned a BS cum laude from Morehouse College where he studied Math and Physics.