# Sedarius Perrotta

> Sedarius Tekara Perrotta is the co-founder and CEO of Shelf, a New York-based knowledge management and AI data-quality platform. A former Peace Corps volunteer turned serial software entrepreneur, he has spent two decades applying machine learning and NLP to the unglamorous problem of finding the right answer fast - building knowledge systems for the World Bank, Harvard Business School, MIT and Stanford before turning that craft into a company that raised $52.5M in Series B funding led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Shelf
- **Organizations:** Shelf (Shelf.io), Neuron Global, Founder Institute, US Peace Corps
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's, New and Small Business Management, Georgetown University, Two-semester program participant, MIT (New Enterprise Program)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Shelf, rated the highest knowledge management software by Gartner Digital Markets., Raised a $52.5M Series B (2021) led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners, with Base10 Partners, Connecticut Innovations and Contour Venture Partners; total funding around $60.7M., Built knowledge management systems for the World Bank, Harvard Business School, MIT and Stanford.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Joined the US Peace Corps as a volunteer, facilitating workshops on financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
- **2007** — Joined Neuron Global as VP of Products; later served as President of the on-demand global intelligence firm.
- **2015** — Co-founded Shelf; took on roles spanning CEO, Head of Innovation and Director of Knowledge Management.
- **2019** — Shelf named a Top 10 Knowledge Management company by CIOReview; named KM Product of the Year by multiple publications.
- **2021** — Shelf closed a $52.5M Series B led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners.
- **2023** — Delivered KMWorld keynote 'The Evolution of the Knowledge Manager in the Age of Generative AI.'
- **2025** — Shelf named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Digital Workplace Applications; Perrotta featured on the Eye on AI podcast discussing data quality.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Shelf, rated the highest knowledge management software by Gartner Digital Markets.
- Raised a $52.5M Series B (2021) led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners, with Base10 Partners, Connecticut Innovations and Contour Venture Partners; total funding around $60.7M.
- Built knowledge management systems for the World Bank, Harvard Business School, MIT and Stanford.
- Grew Shelf 4X in twelve months with zero customer churn over a three-year stretch.
- Named KM Product of the Year by multiple publications; Shelf named a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2025.
- Guest writer for Fast Company, Forbes, CIOReview and eContent Magazine; mentor at the Founder Institute.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Shelf named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Digital Workplace Applications.
- **2025-01** — Featured on the Eye on AI podcast (episode #227) discussing the importance of data quality in AI systems.
- **2023-11** — Delivered KMWorld keynote on the evolution of the knowledge manager in the age of generative AI.

## Links

- Website: https://shelf.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sedarius-tekara-perrotta-14658235
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sedarius7

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Last updated: 2026-06-03