Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$1,500,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
Skills
Education
- CU
Lists including Mike
Investments
Work Experience
2018
Founder & Managing Partner
2018
Putting all my learnings to use to build a generational investment firm, starting by backing the best Hard Tech founders at inception. Since 2019, we’ve built a pre-seed/seed portfolio of over 20 companies with an aggregate enterprise value of over $2B, including: - Radiant Nuclear (USV, DCVC, a16z, Founders Fund) - Northwood (Founders Fund, a16z, Alpine Space) - Varda Space (Founders Fund, Lux, Khosla, Caffeinated Capital) - K2 Space (Altimeter, Lightspeed, First Round) - ConductorAI (Lux, AltCap, Haystack, Bungalow) - AnySignal (Caffeinated Capital, Blue Yard, First In) - Andrenam (First Round, Long Journey) - Vital Lyfe (Cantos, SpaceVC) - Biosphere (Lowercarbon, Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital)
2021
Board Member
2021
Joined the rocket ship that is Varda. Doing my best to help the team go further, faster!
2022 - 2023
Scout
2022 - 2023
Scouted for Ray and Varun. Was fortunate to meet some cool people in their network and learn a lot from them! Some of the best in the biz.
2016 - 2023
CEO & Co-founder
2016 - 2023
Learned how to take an ambitious idea and make it a real thing in the real world. Made lots of mistakes along the way, but did it with great people. Built a team, shipped product, and navigated the challenges of leadership, fundraising, and building momentum in a Hard Tech startup.
2016 - 2018
Investment Partner
2016 - 2018
Learned how to invest at inception from some of the best in the business. Built an awesome network of ambitious startup founders and early career VCs whose scale and rate of success continues to amaze me.
2014 - 2018
Senior Investment Analyst
2014 - 2018
Allocated over a billion dollars to blue chip and emerging asset managers. Learned what great investors (and investment firms!) look like. Was taught how to prudently allocate capital and proactively manage portfolios and risk. Was taught the importance of sound investment principles, applied consistently.
2011 - 2014
Legal Analyst
2011 - 2014
Mostly took a lot of notes. Learned a lot in the process by listening to people far smarter and more accomplished than me. Spent time and built relationships with people operating at the top of the investment world.
2010 - 2010
Recruitment Intern
2010 - 2010
Fulfilled a childhood dream and interned at the Commissioner's office for a summer. A cool experience!
2009 - 2009
Labor Relations Professional Intern
2009 - 2009
Another childhood dream...got to work at Disney World! Learned what it takes to scale an organization whose core offering is a high touch, high quality consumer experience.
2009 - 2009
Finance Intern
2009 - 2009
Part-time finance intern. Learned what professional world hard work looks like for the first time.