Investing Profile

Michael Lazerow

InvestorVCFounder
Co-Founder amd Managing Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures
velvetseavc.comNew York, New York
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Northwestern University Network
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Salesforce Network
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Current Investing Position
Lazerow Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
51

Michael Lazerow is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Michael Lazerow's Investments On Record (40)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Healthie
Series BOct 2024$23M
Series AJul 2022$16M
$39M
Co-investors: Alex Iskold (2048 Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Gautam Gupta (Strata Capital Partners), KJ Singh (Techstars)
KarmaCheck
Series BJun 2024$45M
Series AApr 2022$15M
$66M
Co-investors: David Shapiro (Alumni Ventures ), Will Groah (Launch Factory), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Youcef Oudjidane (Binhai Venture Capital (Tianjin Binhai VC Investment Management Co., Ltd.))
Gynger
Series AJun 2024$20M
$32M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Ishan Sachdev (Deciens Capital), Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures, L.P.)
Pixel Vault
Series AFeb 2022$100M
$100M
Co-investors: Adam Bain (01 Advisors)
WatchBox
Series UnknownNov 2021$170M
$170M
Co-investors: Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap Ventures), Howard Lindzon (Social Leverage)
nameless
SeedOct 2021$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Marc Weinstein (Mechanism Capital), Michael Rubin (Northpond Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Marc Benioff, Michael Rapino
Autograph
Series AJul 2021$35M
$210M
Co-investors: Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Arianna Simpson (Curated), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins)
Torre.ai
Pre SeedApr 2021$16M
$16M
Co-investors: Brian Requarth (Latitude), Kass Lazerow (Velvet Sea Ventures), Michael Shoemaker

Michael Lazerow's Experience

President and Founder University Wire/Student AdvantagePresent
Chief Strategy Officer Salesforce2012 - 2015
Founder, Chairman, CEO Buddy Media2007 - 2012
Founder Lazerow Consulting2007 - 2009
GM. GOLF.com Time Inc.2006 - 2007
CEO, Founder GOLF.com and GolfServ1999 - 2006

Michael Lazerow's Education

Northwestern University MS Journalism
Northwestern University BS Journalism