Investing Profile

Michael Silton(536)

VCFormer CEOFounderOperator

VC, Former Founder/CEO with 1 failure, 1 exit and 1 IPO

actoneventures.comLos Angeles, California

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Michael Silton's investing connections

27 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Eva Ho (Fika Ventures), and 24 other investors on Signal.

Networks Michael is a member of

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management Network

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Current Investing Position

Act One Ventures Managing Director

Investment Range

$500K - $3.5M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Michael Silton is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Payments (Seed)AI (Seed)Seattle / Portland Investors who were founders Investors who invested in female founders E-commerce (Seed)Investors who invested in diverse founders Los Angeles / Southern California New York City Midwest Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed)Enterprise Applications (Seed)FinTech (Seed)SaaS (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)Diverse Investors

Michael Silton's Investments On Record (29)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
GetGenAI	SeedApr 2023
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Clovers	SeedSep 2021$15M	$15M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Dragonboat	SeedJul 2021$3M Pre SeedApr 2020	$3M
Co-investors: Ita Ekpoudom (GingerBread Capital), Sergio Monsalve (Norwest Venture Partners), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Tapcart	Series BJun 2021$65M SeedJul 2019$4M SeedDec 2017$850K	$80M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Dana Settle (Greycroft Partners), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP)
Veryfi	Series AApr 2021$12M Pre SeedMar 2017$700K	$13M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
BLAZE®	Series AMar 2021$8M SeedJul 2019$2M	$10M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Repeat	SeedMay 2020$2M Pre SeedNov 2018$1M	$9M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital), Eric Ries (Long-Term Stock Exchange)
Storyblaster	SeedMar 2020$3M Series UnknownNov 2018$2M	$5M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)

most interested in

Focus on enterprise software especially ecommerce infrastructure, compliance and fintech. Particular interest in diverse founding teams. We are former founders ourselves with exits, failures and an IPO. Bringing a strong community of experienced entrepreneurs and executive to help provide advice and customer connections to our portfolio companies. 70% of our companies were founded by women or minorities.

not interested in

Sorry not investing in Consumer, Hardware, Medical Devices or Diagnostics

Michael Silton's Experience

Managing Director Act One Ventures LP2016 - Present

CEO/Founder Rainmaker Systems1998 - 2012

Michael Silton's Education

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management

Swarthmore College

Harvard-Westlake School

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