Sean O'Sullivan is a technology entrepreneur, inventor and venture-capital investor who founded SOSV, a multi-program accelerator and venture fund, after co-founding MapInfo, the digital street-mapping company whose IPO preceded SOSV's launch. Sean O'Sullivan's Twitter Score is 8.4 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #109,886 among 498,348 tracked accounts.
Sean O'Sullivan co-founded MapInfo and later co-founded NetCentric, where he and George Favaloro are credited with co-creating the term "cloud computing" in 1996. He also co-founded HAX, a hardware-focused accelerator, and founded Carma Technology, and is affiliated with IndieBio, the life-sciences accelerator operating under the SOSV umbrella. He was previously affiliated with Orbit Startups.
Sean O'Sullivan has been an active voice on the potential of blockchain and decentralized applications. SOSV ran dlab, an early-stage Web3 infrastructure program, before it spun out as a standalone fund effective January 1, 2023, with SOSV becoming its anchor limited partner. The standalone fund was founded by Shawn Broderick and Nick Plante. Sean O'Sullivan was formerly affiliated with dlab prior to its spinout.
Sean O'Sullivan posts across 7,136 entries on the platform and has been mentioned by 17 accounts a total of 242 times, reflecting sustained engagement from the broader crypto and venture community.
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