Investing Profile

Mike Vernal(13)

VCInvestor

Partner at Sequoia Capital

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10 Investors

Connected to Josh Elman, Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), and 7 other investors on Signal.

Networks Mike is a member of
Harvard University Network
156 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
156 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
95 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
39 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Corporation Network
16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $200.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
30
Current Fund Size
$195M

Mike Vernal is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Mike Vernal's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Canvas
Series CSep 2021$50M
Series BMay 2021$20M
Series ADec 2019$8.5M
$81M
Co-investors: Jenny Wang (Owl Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Michael Lynton, Paul Rios
Picsart
Series CAug 2021$130M
$130M
Co-investors: Osuke Honda (DCM), Omar Hamoui (Mucker Capital)
Saturn Technologies
Venture RoundAug 2021$44M
$44M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Marc Benioff
Statsig
Series AAug 2021$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Somar Somasegar (Madrona Venture Group), Fidji Simo
Blues Wireless
Series AJul 2021$22M
$22M
Specto
Seed RoundJun 2021$3.3M
$3.3M
Co-investors: Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital)
StarkWare Industries
Series BMar 2021$75M
$110M
Co-investors: Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX Ventures), Matt Huang (Paradigm), Zach DeWitt (Wing Venture Capital), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Elad Gil, Vitalik Buterin
Aquarium
Seed RoundFeb 2021$2.6M
$2.6M
Co-investors: Daniel Kan, Kyle Vogt

most interested in

Consumer, Social, Marketplaces, Platforms, and the like. Really, happy to learn and help with anything interesting.

Mike Vernal's Experience

Early-Stage Partner Sequoia Capital2016 - Present
VP, Product & Engineering Facebook2008 - 2016
PM & Engineering Lead Microsoft Corporation2002 - 2008

Mike Vernal's Education

Harvard University S.M. Computer Science
Harvard University A.B. Computer Science