Investing Profile

Mike Kerns(1)

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Partner at TCG
tcg.coSan Francisco, California
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Networks Mike is a member of
NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1031 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1031 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
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Current Investing Position
TCG (The Chernin Group) Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
13

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Mike Kerns's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Substack
Series CJul 2025$100M
$200M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Mood Rawghani (Bond), Mood Rowghani (Bond), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Conor Bronsdon (Ridwell), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Audrey Gelman (Audrey Gelman), Justin Waldron, Mark Pincus, Kenji Niwa, Emmett Shear, Hari Lakshmanan
Night
Series UnknownSep 2022$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Jacob Smilovitz (Meating Place)
Premier Lacrosse League
Series DJul 2022
Co-investors: Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Rich Kleiman (35V), Kevin Durant (oklahoma city thunder)
Sketchy
Series ADec 2020$30M
$89M
Co-investors: Michaela Venuti (TCG (The Chernin Group)), James Kim (Reach Capital)
Surfline
Series UnknownDec 2020$30M
$30M
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: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Hootan Rashidifard (Canaan Partners), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Eduardo Vivas (Angel investor), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Paul Bernard (Amazon), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), David Ambrose (Steadfast Venture Capital), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Mark Pincus, Justin Waldron, Adam Foroughi

Mike Kerns's Experience

Partner TCG2015 - Present
President, Digital The Chernin Group2015 - Present
Founder & CEO Citizen Sports Network2003 - Present
Associate StartupsPresent
Associate BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Vice President of Business Development StartupsPresent
Vice President of Business Development BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
VP. Social and Personalization YahooPresent
SVP Product Homepage and Verticals YahooPresent
Vice President of Business Development Angel Investors, L.P.Present
Associate Asset Management GroupPresent
Vice President of Business Development Asset Management GroupPresent
VP. Social and Personalization yahooPresent
SVP Product Homepage and Verticals yahooPresent
Founder & CEO Citizen SportsPresent
Associate NewCoPresent
Vice President of Business Development NewCoPresent
Associate Top-PatentsPresent
Vice President of Business Development Top-PatentsPresent
Partner TCG (The Chernin Group)Present
SVP Product Homepage and Verticals Yahoo!2013 - 2015
VP. Social and Personalization Yahoo!2010 - 2013
Vice President of Business Development Steinberg and Moorad Sports Management2001 - 2004
Associate Angel Investors, L.P.2000 - 2001

Mike Kerns's Education

UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles

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