Investing Profile

Mike Kerns(1)

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Partner at TCG

tcg.coSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

TCG (The Chernin Group) Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Mike Kerns is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Entertainment & Sports (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Series B)Entertainment & Sports (Series A)Media/Content (Seed)Consumer Internet (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)Media/Content (Series B)Media/Content (Series A)Marketplaces (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Internet (Series A)Marketplaces (Seed)

Mike Kerns's Investments On Record (11)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Substack	Series CJul 2025$100M	$200M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Mood Rawghani (Bond), Mood Rowghani (Bond), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Audrey Gelman, Hari Lakshmanan, Kenji Niwa, Mark Pincus, Emmett Shear, Conor Bronsdon
Night	Series UnknownSep 2022$18M	$18M
Co-investors: Jacob Smilovitz (TCG (The Chernin Group))
Premier Lacrosse League	Series DJul 2022
Co-investors: Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
Surfline	Series UnknownDec 2020$30M	$30M
Sketchy	Series UnknownSep 2020$30M	$59M
Co-investors: Michaela Venuti (TCG (The Chernin Group)), James Kim (Reach Capital)
MeatEater	Series UnknownOct 2019$50M	$50M
Co-investors: Marco DeMeireles (TCG (The Chernin Group))
The Action Network	Series BFeb 2019$18M Series AJan 2019	$18M
Co-investors: Jens Hilgers (BITKRAFT Ventures), Marco DeMeireles (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Stephen Reisert (RSE Ventures), Adam Marchick
Drivetime	SeedNov 2018$4M Seed RoundNov 2018$4M	$19M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Hootan Rashidifard (Canaan Partners), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Eduardo Vivas (Curated), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), David Ambrose (Bungalow Capital), Paul Bernard (Amazon Alexa Fund), Adam Foroughi, Mark Pincus, Scott Banister