Michael Miao

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled Glean from $20M to $250M ARR
Raised over $600M in Series D, E, and F
Grew company valuation from $1B to $7.2B

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital and Finance expert with significant SaaS experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalFinancial AnalysisInvestment BankingCorporate FinanceProduct Management

Other Skills

Mergers & AcquisitionsFinancial ModelingData AnalysisEquitiesDebt & Equity FinancingPrivate PlacementsMarket AnalysisBusiness StrategyLBOEconomicsPowerPoint

About

I write about Startups, Venture Capital, and Technology here: https://michaelmiao.substack.com

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Glean

VP of Finance & BizOps

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Glean is the Work AI platform that connects and understands all your enterprise data to generate trusted answers and automate work grounded in company knowledge.
I am part of Glean's executive team and responsible for our Strategic Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Business Operations, and Investor Relations functions.
What I'm most proud of during my time at Glean:
Built the Finance team from scratch as the first Finance hire
Scaled the company from $20M ARR to $250M+ ARR capital efficiently
Led Series D, E, and F fundraises, raising $600M+ of primary capital from new and existing investors
Grew our valuation from $1B to $7.2B

Mergers & AcquisitionsFinancial ModelingData AnalysisEquitiesVenture CapitalDebt & Equity Financing+8

Ivp

Partner

Dec 2015 – Nov 2023 · 7 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco

IVP is a growth-stage VC firm with $7B AUM. I had the privilege of partnering with some amazing founders during my eight years at the firm.
Investment Experience (Chronological Order):
Jasper Series A
Pigment Series B
SEON Series B (Board)
Veriff Series B (Board)
Aledade Series E
H1 Series B (Board)
Aiven Series B (Board)
Curology Series D (Board)
HashiCorp Series D
CrowdStrike Series E
Motive Series C (Board)
Wise Series E
Grammarly Series A (Board)

Venture CapitalMarket AnalysisInvestment Banking

Dropbox

Strategic Finance

Jan 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Led several cross-functional strategic projects across corporate finance, biz ops and product management
Built financial and operating models for use in company planning and strategic engagements
A/B tested new features and built internal tools to track KPIs
Spearheaded SQL/analytics training for 10+ Strategic Finance and Business Operations new hires
Corporate Finance:
Built data driven cohort based model to predict Dropbox storage growth for company planning
Worked on Dropbox’s $500M Revolving Credit Facility and Dropbox’s $350M Series C fundraise
Developed board decks for quarterly board meetings
Biz Ops:
Dropbox Pro go-to-market roadmap strategy to accelerate Pro’s long-term growth potential
Worked on Amazon Web Services negotiation that led to significant decrease in public cloud costs
Built competitive landscapes for collaboration software, Y-combinator and data analytics companies
Product Management:
A/B tested and launched new promotions for expired Samsung and HTC deal users
A/B tested and shipped Weekend Notifications feature
Shipped initiatives such as metadata optimization and elimination of low engagement space bonuses

Financial ModelingData AnalysisCorporate FinanceProduct Management

Deutsche bank

Investment Banking

Jun 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Completed transactions include:
Cox Media Group's $20M private placement in Collective
Rally Software's $138M follow-on offering
Web.com's $225M convertible debt offering
SunPower's $300M convertible debt offering
Dell's $25bn leveraged buyout
Freescale's $800M term loan facility
Guidewire's $378M follow-on offering
Supercell's $1.5bn sale of 51% stake to SoftBank and GungHo (adviser to key selling shareholders)
Trulia's $200M convertible debt offering

Investment BankingFinancial Analysis