# Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer

> Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-rivera (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New York City, US · Angel

# Carl Rivera

Chief Design Officer at [Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shopify)

Latest rounds

- **Cerrion** Series A · $18M Nov 2025

Backs *AI* *Manufacturing*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2025
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Shopify
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## The firm

[**Shopify** Corporate VC · CA **1** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shopify)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $18M
- **Active:** 2025

2025

- [Cerrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerrion) *Series A* **$18M** *CH* Nov 2025 Joined · +13 investors

By stage

- Series A **1**

What they backed

AI **1** Manufacturing **1**

Alongside

- [10x Founders *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/10x-founders)
- [Creandum *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum)
- [Filip Kaliszan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/filip-kaliszan)
- [Garret Langley *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garret-langley)
- [Goat Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goat-capital)
- [Harry Stebbings *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harry-stebbings)
- [Marc Maurer *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-maurer)
- [Oskar Hjertonsson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oskar-hjertonsson)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Depictai AB](https://millionrounds.com/startup/depictai-ab)

## Also at Shopify

- [**Farhan Thawar** VP & Head of Engineering *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/farhan-thawar)
- [**Gail Goodman** Board Member *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gail-goodman)
- [**Luc Levesque** Team *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/luc-levesque)
- [**Mikhail Parakhin** Chief Technology Officer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mikhail-parakhin)
- [**Aaron Brown** CEO Shopify Logistics + Head of Product Partnerships *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-brown)
- [**Aaron Sadhankar** Co-Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-sadhankar)
- [**Alan Masarsky** Sr Product Marketing Lead, Artificial Intelligence *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alan-masarsky)
- [**Alexander Bakus** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexander-bakus)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 14 Nov 2025 · 1h 11m 20Product: How AI Changes Product Design | Does the Design Phase Become Irrelevant in a World of Vibe Coding | The Five Pillars of Truly Great Product Design with Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer at Shopify With [Carl Rivera](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-rivera) About this episode Carl Rivera is the Chief Design Officer at Shopify, where he previously led both Merchant Services and the Shop App as VP of Product. Before joining Shopify through its acquisition of Tictail, Carl was the co-founder and CEO of Tictail, the "Tumblr for e-commerce," where he built one of the most… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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