Mike Rowan
7x Founder | past exec @ SendGrid & Techstars | Operator, Builder & Advisor
Stonington, Connecticut
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Min Investment:
$25,000.00Max Investment:
$100,000.00Target Investment:
$50,000.00
Skills
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Work Experience
2025
Digital Product Strategy & Innovation
2025
2023
Member
2023
A global community of post-exit founders supporting each other on life's endless journey to find purpose, fulfillment, and meaning.
2022
Advisor
2022
Parambil is an Al-powered knowledge platform built for tort law. Products on market include automatic case validation, medical chronologies, complaints, fact sheets and more...
2021
Managing Partner
2021
A small portfolio of early stage investments in awesome founders
2018
Mentor
2018
Actively engage in programs to provide hands in operational knowledge & help founders proactively look around the corners as best I can.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2024 - 2024
Techstars Catalyst Program As an EIR, I help founders cut through the noise and focus on practical steps that move their startups forward. I work with them to clarify their challenges, navigate next steps, and connect with the right people — whether it’s technical experts, business mentors, or potential partners — so they can approach each stage of growth with confidence and the right support.
Chief Product Officer
2018 - 2020
A product studio to support the development and launching of venture-scale businesses with the support of corporate partners.
2022 - 2023
Co-founder & CEO
2022 - 2023
Operations as a service for venture-backed founders. The financial visibility needed to be a data-driven decision maker. We take care the financial operations so founders can lead their business more effectively. - Accounting & Bookkeeping - Corporate Setup & Entity Compliance - Planning & Budgets - Financial Performance Reviews - Financial & Data Room Organization - Mentor Support & Guidance
2018 - 2023
Co-founder & COO
2018 - 2023
The venture studio we’d always talked about. Enabling design and development of computer software, inventing a new experiences, and enabling communications between everyone with trust and empowerment.
2019 - 2021
Co-Founder & COO
2019 - 2021
2011 - 2018
VP Product (Studio / R&D)
2011 - 2018
IPO (SEND) in 2017 & later Acquired by Twilio (TWLO) A corporate product studio focused on Product R&D (Horizon 2 & 3) in/validating next generation products for our customers to love and value. - Multi-channel marketing automation, workflows, APIs and applications - Data replication & transformation APIs and applications - Cloud-based load testing platform for APIs and applications - IOT device deployment and messaging framework - Email Advertising platform and APIs for multichannel display ad campaigns - DSP / CDP design, architecture & integrations
2010 - 2011
Founder & CEO
2010 - 2011
Acquired by SendGrid. A product studio for developer tools/services.