About Me

Hey there, I’m Mike . I am currently Partner, Head of Investments at MarketX Ventures, a growth and late stage VC fund and fintech platform.

My career vision is Global Impact through Innovation and I describe myself as:

<aside> 🚀 My unique career path has giving me a contrarian perspective on startup investing.

See below to learn more

My Career Highlights

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I launched Care Bear Venture Partners in July 2021 for three reasons:

  1. to help my community better access the VC ecosystem
  2. to help amazing founders build their dreams
  3. to impact the world positively

<aside> 🚀 The decision was enabled by many of my previous investments made in 2017 and 2018 at Hemi Ventures raising big rounds and going public in 2020 and 2021.

See my Hemi VC Investment Track Record for more

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You can find me on Linkedin, and Twitter

Track Record

Even though I did some investing at Fontainburg Capital, my first formal role in venture capital was at Hemi Ventures, an early stage, deeptech fund, based in Palo Alto, CA.

There, I specifically focused on autonomous vehicles, robotics, AI, EVs, AR/VR, Space, Semiconductors, etc. I also served as board observer at five portfolio companies.

Of the eight deals that I brought through investment committee and got allocation in (four closed), the major winners include: