Investing Profile

Michael Silton(536)

VCFormer CEOFounderOperator
VC, Former Founder/CEO with 1 failure, 1 exit and 1 IPO
actoneventures.comLos Angeles, California
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27 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Vishal Vasishth (Obvious Ventures), and 24 other investors on Signal.

Networks Michael is a member of
University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management Network
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Current Investing Position
Act One Ventures Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $3.5M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
41

Michael Silton is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Michael Silton's Investments On Record (27)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Clovers
SeedSep 2021$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Nate Redmond (Alpha Edison), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Dragonboat
SeedJul 2021$3M
Pre SeedApr 2020
$3M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Sergio Monsalve (Roble Ventures), Nuno Sebastiao (Oak HC/FT), Ita Ekpoudom (GingerBread Capital), Ron Pragides
Tapcart
Series BJun 2021$50M
SeedJul 2019$4M
SeedDec 2017$850K
$65M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft)
Veryfi
Series AApr 2021$12M
Pre SeedMar 2017$700K
$13M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Jazmin Medina (NewView Capital)
BLAZE®
Series AMar 2021$8M
SeedJul 2019$2M
$10M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Ian Dominguez (Delta Emerald Ventures)
Nextbite
Series COct 2020$120M
Series BJul 2019$18M
Series ASep 2018$10M
SeedFeb 2018$3M
$150M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), David Waxman (TenOneTen Ventures), Emanuel Pleitez, Eytan Elbaz
Repeat
SeedMay 2020$2M
Pre SeedNov 2018$1M
$12M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Lance Dietz (KB Partners), Steve Ahern (KB Partners), Marcos Gonzalez (Vamos Ventures), Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital), Anna Barber (M13), Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Eric Ries
Storyblaster
SeedMar 2020$3M
Series UnknownNov 2018$2M
$5M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)

most interested in

Focus on enterprise software especially ecommerce infrastructure, compliance and fintech. Particular interest in diverse founding teams. We are former founders ourselves with exits, failures and an IPO. Bringing a strong community of experienced entrepreneurs and executive to help provide advice and customer connections to our portfolio companies. 70% of our companies were founded by women or minorities.

not interested in

Sorry not investing in Consumer, Hardware, Medical Devices or Diagnostics

Michael Silton's Experience

Managing Director Act One Ventures LP2016 - Present
CEO/Founder Rainmaker Systems1998 - 2012

Michael Silton's Education

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
Swarthmore College
Harvard-Westlake School