Investing Profile

Michael Fertik

VCInvestorFounder
Managing Partner and Founder at Heroic Ventures
heroicvc.comUnited States
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
Heroic Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$575K

Michael Fertik is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Michael Fertik's Investments On Record (14)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Nozomio
SeedOct 2025$6M
Pre SeedMay 2025$2M
$8M
Co-investors: Jack Brody (Mana Ventures), Emma Phillips (Latitude), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Joshua Schachter
Triumph
Series AMay 2023$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst)
Hebbia
Series AJul 2022$30M
$160M
Co-investors: Alex Immerman (Andreessen Horowitz), Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Sangeen Zeb (GV (Google Ventures)), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures), Stanley Druckenmiller
ProntoNLP
Convertible NoteJun 2022
Anysphere
Pre SeedApr 2022$400K
$2.4B
Co-investors: Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Matt Bornstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Ian Hathaway (Open AI Startup Fund), Vic Koch (Gokin Solar), Patrick Collison
Mperativ
Series ADec 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Warren Weiss (WestWave Capital)
Electric Monster
UndisclosedNov 2021
Walkie-talkie
Pre SeedNov 2021$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Stan Massueras

Michael Fertik's Experience

Managing Director and Founder Verdict Capital2026 - Present
CEO and Founder modelcode.ai, Inc.2023 - Present
CEO and Founder Modelcode AI2023 - Present
First Ever Investor Anysphere2022 - Present
First Investor Minttown2022 - Present
michaelfertik.substack.com Substack2022 - Present
michaelfertik.substack.com Substack2022 - Present
First Investor Cursor / Anysphere2022 - Present
First Ever Investor Triumph2021 - Present
First Investor Hebbia2020 - Present
First Investor Hebbia AI2020 - Present
First Ever Investor NextSilicon2017 - Present
First Money Investor Sunbit2016 - Present
Managing Partner and Founder Heroic Ventures2016 - Present
First Ever Investor Ethos2016 - Present
First Ever Investor Ethos2016 - Present
First Ever Investor Ethos Life2016 - Present
Executive Chairman and Founder Reputation2015 - Present
Lecturer in Law Harvard Law School2014 - Present
First Ever Investor CursorPresent
Founder IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Law Clerk IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Founder and CEO/President IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
CEO and Founder WaveShift LLC2015 - 2024
First Money Investor & Active Advisor DataSet2015 - 2021
Founder & Formation Investor SightGlass Vision, Inc.2016 - 2021
First Ever Investor DataSet2015 - 2021
First Money Investor & Active Advisor Scalyr (acquired by SentinelOne)2015 - 2021
First Ever Investor Scalyr (acquired by SentinelOne)2015 - 2021
CEO & Founder & Formation Investor b4.ai2017 - 2019
CEO Council Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget2012 - 2016
CEO and Founder Reputation2006 - 2015
Founder Top-Patents2003 - 2009
Founder Minttown2003 - 2009
Founder NewCo2003 - 2009
Founder TruExchange2003 - 2009
Founder Campaign for a National Majority2003 - 2009
Law Clerk Top-Patents2005 - 2006
Law Clerk NewCo2005 - 2006
Law Clerk Minttown2005 - 2006
Law Clerk TruExchange2005 - 2006
Law Clerk Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit2005 - 2006
Founder and CEO/President Top-Patents1999 - 2002
Founder and CEO/President NewCo1999 - 2002
Founder and CEO/President Minttown1999 - 2002
Founder and CEO/President TruExchange1999 - 2002