Investing Profile

Mike Vernal(13)

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Investor + Engineer
Palo Alto, California
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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
252 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
252 CONNECTIONS
Facebook Network
120 CONNECTIONS
Sequoia Capital Network
60 CONNECTIONS
Microsoft Corporation Network
21 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$10K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
49

Mike Vernal is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Mike Vernal's Investments On Record (31)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Unblocked
SeedOct 2023$8M
$18M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Brian Thomas (Resolute Ventures), Stewart Butterfield, George Ruan, Farhad Mohit
Rockset
Series BAug 2023$44M
Series BOct 2020$40M
Series ANov 2018$19M
$100M
Co-investors: Jerry Chen (Greylock)
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Series BJun 2023$25M
Series AApr 2022$11M
$40M
Co-investors: Ben Rubin (Sequoia Capital), Bryan Kim (Andreessen Horowitz), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Everett Randle (Kleiner Perkins), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Antoine Martin, Mike Krieger, Julie Zhuo
Cybersyn
Series AApr 2023$63M
$63M
Blues Wireless
Series AJan 2023$32M
Series AJul 2021$22M
$54M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (LGF), Bill Gates
Verkada
Series DSep 2022$210M
Series CJan 2020$80M
Series BApr 2019$40M
$340M
Co-investors: Alex Kurland (Meritech Capital Partners), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Lak Ananth (Next47), Victor Hwang (Msd Capital)
Switchboard
Series AJul 2022$25M
SeedMay 2022$14M
$50M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Kenneth Ballenegger (Oyster Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Daniel Portillo (The General Partnership), Dylan Field, Justin Mateen
Rippling
Series DMay 2022$250M
Series COct 2021$250M
$1.2B
Co-investors: Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Henri Yuan (Alumni Ventures Group), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Neil Mehta (Greenoaks Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Max Altman (Apollo Projects), Matthew Bellamy (Helium-3 Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Huican Zhu (AMINO Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Qiang "Larry" Li (AMINO Capital), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Sohail Prasad, Sue Xu, Samvit Ramadurgam, Matt Bellamy

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