Mike Vernal

CEO

Palo Alto, California, United States23 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Early investor in multiple successful tech startups.
  • Extensive experience in venture capital and product engineering.
  • Strong background in computer science and software development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned investor and engineer in the SaaS and tech startup ecosystem.

Contact

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Skills

Other Skills

Computer Science.NETWeb ServicesWCFProduct ManagementSQLDistributed SystemsC++ScalabilityCProgram ManagementSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentFriendly PersonalityMobile Applications

About

Investor @ Conviction. Engineer by nature. Early investor in Aven, Clay, Cognition, Cursor, Decagon, Fireworks, Mirage (Captions), Notion, Rockset (acq. OpenAI), Statsig (acq. OpenAI), Verkada, Wealthfront (IPO).

Experience

23 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 yr 4 mos
Current Experience

Conviction

Partner

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Sabbatical

Sabbatical

Apr 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

Fireworks ai

Investor

Sep 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Keen technologies

Investor

Aug 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

  • John Carmack / AGI.

Deno

Board Member

Feb 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Brooklyn, NY

Rippling

Investor

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Gadget

Board Observer

Jul 2021 – Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Statsig

Board Member

Feb 2021 – Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Seattle, WA

  • Acquired by OpenAI.

Captions

Board Member

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · New York, United States · On-site

Airtop

Board Member

Oct 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Census

Investor

Oct 2020 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Acquired by Fivetran.

Aquarium

Investor

Aug 2020 – Oct 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Acquired by Notion.

Interval

Investor

Aug 2020 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

  • Acquired by Meter.

Picsart inc.

Board Member

Apr 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Palo Alto, CA

Blues wireless

Board Member

Jan 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Aven

Seed Investor

Jan 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Untapped

Board Member

Jun 2019 – Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Acquired by Podium Education.

Verkada

Investor

Jun 2019 – Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Mateo County, California, United States

  • Co-led the Series B.

Clay

Board Member

May 2019 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs 8 mos · New York, New York, United States · On-site

Akita software

Board Observer

Oct 2018 – Jun 2023 · 4 yrs 8 mos · San Mateo County, California, United States · Hybrid

  • Acquired by Postman.

Starkware

Investor

Jul 2018 – Nov 2024 · 6 yrs 4 mos · Israel

Dagster labs

Investor

Jun 2018 – Nov 2024 · 6 yrs 5 mos · Remote

Threads

Board Member

Sep 2017 – Jun 2024 · 6 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • Acquired by Shopify.

Rideos

Board Member

Sep 2017 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • Acquired by goPuff.

Whisper

Board Member

Jul 2017 – Jun 2023 · 5 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Acquired by Meta.

Rockset

Board Member

Nov 2016 – Jun 2024 · 7 yrs 7 mos · San Mateo, CA

  • Acquired by OpenAI.

Houseparty (life on air.)

Board Member

Nov 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • Acquired by Epic Games.

Sequoia capital

Partner

May 2016 – Mar 2023 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Menlo Park & San Francisco, CA

Notion

Investor

Nov 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco, CA

Various startups

Angel Investor

Jun 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 11 mos · Various · Remote

  • Notion, Cursor, Cognition, Decagon, Sunday Robotics, Wealthfront, Socket, Meter, Additive.ai (acq), Buddybuild (acq)

Facebook

VP, Product & Engineering

Jan 2008 – May 2016 · 8 yrs 4 mos · Menlo Park, CA

Microsoft corporation

Product & Engineering

Jun 2002 – Jan 2008 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Redmond, WA

Education

Harvard University

S.M. — Computer Science

Jan 2001 – Jan 2002

Harvard University

A.B. — Computer Science

Jan 1998 – Jan 2002

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