Investing Profile

Michael Stewart

VCInvestor
Partner at M12
m12.vc/team/michael-stewartSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Michael is a member of
University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business Network
50 CONNECTIONS
Intel Corporation Network
44 CONNECTIONS
Purdue University Network
40 CONNECTIONS
Applied Materials Network
11 CONNECTIONS
Applied Materials Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
M12 Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$6.0M
Investments On Record
12
Current Fund Size
$35M

Michael Stewart is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Michael Stewart's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fastino
Pre SeedNov 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: George Mathew (Insight Partners), Thomas Dohmke
Armada
Series UnknownJul 2024$40M
$110M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), James Currier (NFX), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Eric Futoran
Volley
Series CJul 2024$55M
$72M
Co-investors: Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Scott Rupp (BITKRAFT Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), James Currier (NFX), Michael Madden (Alumni Ventures ), Ron Rofe (Rainfall Ventures), Esteban Sosnik (Reach Capital)
SynthLabs
SeedFeb 2024
Co-investors: Mei Z.
d-Matrix
Series BSep 2023$110M
Series AApr 2022$44M
$150M
Co-investors: Chun Xia (TSVC Capital), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Eric Bielke, Sue Xu
Inworld AI
Series BAug 2023$56M
Series AAug 2022$50M
$140M
Co-investors: Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Izhar Armony (CRV), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Srini Ananth (Intel Capital), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Andy Harrison (Section 32), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Nate Mitchell, Chuck Eesley
Ideal Semiconductor Devices
Series BApr 2021$23M
$23M
Antaios
Series ADec 2020$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Vincent Deltrieu (Innovacom)

most interested in

Hardware for Non-von Neumann computing; display materials; industrial IoT; imaging and spectroscopy hardware; industrial blockchain; synthetic bio

not interested in

Any kind of real estate, asset repurchase, marketing, adtech, or other consumer focused software companies

Michael Stewart's Experience

Investment Principal Applied Ventures LLC2015 - Present
Co-founder JUSE2015
Senior Manager of Strategic Business Development Applied Materials2014 - 2015
Project Manager: Chrysalix EVC Deep Dive Berkeley Innovative Solutions2014 - 2014
Director of Solar Development Earth, Air, & Space Educational Foundation2012 - 2014
Senior Technology Manager Applied Materials2012 - 2014
Process MTS / Technology Lead Applied Materials2009 - 2012
Process Engineer IV Applied Materials2005 - 2009
Senior Research Scientist Intel Corporation2004 - 2005
Postdoctoral Research Associate - DARPA Molectronics Program Rice University2001 - 2004

Michael Stewart's Education

University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business MBA
Purdue University PhD
Purdue University Krannert School of Management AMP
Louisiana State University BS
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Diploma