Shan Sinha is an experienced entrepreneur with deep expertise in building successful B2B SaaS and hardware companies. He’s founded multiple VC backed startups, including DocVerse (acquired by Google) and Highfive (acquired by Dialpad, having recently hit $200m ARR). DocVerse became the Google Drive desktop client. Shan has also held leadership positions at Microsoft and Google, with most of his roles focused on enterprise technologies. He is also an active angel investor and advisor to over 35 Silicon Valley startups. He has directly or indirectly been responsible for raising nearly $1B of VC funding.
He’s currently the co-founder and CEO of Canopy, who provides Canopy Protect, a cloud-based IoT service designed to help hospitals keep workers like nurses, physicians and technicians safe from patients or patient families becoming aggressive or violent. Canopy Protect is now protecting nearly 200,000 health care workers around the United States and continues to grow rapidly. Shan holds a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from MIT.
Innovative approaches to home care will only be successful if organizations can ensure the safety of the professionals who enter patient homes. To do that, they’ll need to embrace new technologies that support in-home caregivers in real-time, and implement new protocols that ensure they are provided with the security and comfort they deserve.