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Mike Bestvina

Former founder @ Renna Partners / exited. Help 400+ Private Equity firms assess tech. angel, board member, advisor.

Austin, Texas

Angel
Advisor
Strategy Operator
Former CEO

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $25,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $50,000.00

Lists including Mike

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

Investments

Steadily

Seed Round

Total Funding: $60M

Latest Articles

Medium•Apr. 2017

Technology Due Diligence, or Lack Thereof

Venture Capital
Startup
Tech
Business
Finance
Medium•Aug. 2016

Episode 19: What does Jon Reed really think about Digital Transformation?

Enterprise Software
Startup
Digital Transformation
accessibility vs security
automated enterprise
Medium•Jul. 2016

Episode 17: Putting the Enterprise Lens on Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends

Mary Meeker
Internet
Essl
Mary Meeker's 2016 Internet Trends
enterprise technology
Medium•Jun. 2016

Episode 15: Making IoT development suck less with Atomiton

IoT
Internet of Things
Software Development
IoT development
Atomiton
Medium•Jun. 2016

Why SaaS Consolidation is Going to Heat Up

SaaS
Startup
Mergers And Acquisitions
SaaS consolidation
M&A in SaaS
Medium•May 2016

Episode 14: Taking the arcana out of Fintech

Fintech
Technology
Essl
Fintech demystification
internal vs external finance
Medium•Apr. 2016

Episode 11: Making digital transformation suck less — Abhijit Thosar // Cognizant

Enterprise Technology
IoT
UX
digital transformation
enterprise UX
Medium•Apr. 2016

Episode 10: Making global-first enterprise software businesses // Mike & Amit

Enterprise Software
User Experience
Globalization
global enterprise software
international business challenges
Medium•Apr. 2016

Week 10: Enterprise apps to watch

Productivity
Enterprise Technology
SaaS
Mavenlink
project management software
Medium•Mar. 2016

Week 8: Enterprise Apps to Watch

SaaS
Enterprise Technology
Essl
Box
document collaboration
Medium•Mar. 2016

Episode 6: Economic Downturn — Impending Doom or Period of Enlightenment?

Tech
Enterprise Technology
economic downturn
enterprise software companies
SAP 2008 reaction
Medium•Jan. 2016

Week 2: Enterprise Apps to Watch

SaaS
Apps
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Apps
Blackline
Medium•Jan. 2016

Launching the ESSL Podcast and Blog

Startup
Enterprise Software
ESSL Podcast
ESSL Blog
Mike Bestvina
Medium•Jan. 2016

Podcast 0: Why #ESSL? Meet Mike and Amit

Startup
Enterprise Software
Essl
Human Capital
Excel vs enterprise apps
Medium•Jan. 2016

Week 0: Enterprise Apps to Watch

Productivity
Startup
Enterprise Apps
Project Management
Basecamp
Medium•Dec. 2015

Episode 1: How the Enterprise Frankenstein has changed

Enterprise Software
SaaS
Essl
enterprise software M&A
enterprise startups
Medium•Dec. 2015

Episode 2: Are you Tech-Led or Tech-Enabled?

Startup
Tech
Mergers And Acquisitions
tech-led vs tech-enabled
technology in HR
Medium•Dec. 2015

Episode 3: The Shadow IT Lightsaber is getting stronger

Cloud Computing
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Software
Shadow IT
Traditional IT
Medium•Dec. 2015

Episode 4: Command Line to Conversation UX

UX
Design
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise User Experience
startups
Medium•Dec. 2015

Episode 5: Mobility is gulping down traditional software

Mobile
Enterprise Technology
Enterprise Software
enterprise mobility
mobile apps