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

26 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), and 23 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

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

Michael Silton's Investments On Record (27)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Clovers	SeedSep 2021$15M	$15M
Co-investors: Nate Redmond (Alpha Edison), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures)
Dragonboat	SeedJul 2021$3M Pre SeedApr 2020	$3M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Sergio Monsalve (Roble Ventures), Nuno Sebastiao (Oak HC/FT), Ita Ekpoudom (GingerBread Capital), Ron Pragides
Tapcart	Series BJun 2021$65M SeedJul 2019$4M SeedDec 2017$850K	$80M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Deborah Benton (Willow Growth Partners LP), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), Brandon Hoffman (Sunset Ventures)
Veryfi	Series AApr 2021$12M Pre SeedMar 2017$700K	$13M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Jazmin Medina (NewView Capital)
BLAZE®	Series AMar 2021$8M SeedJul 2019$2M	$10M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Ian Dominguez (Delta Emerald Ventures)
Nextbite	Series COct 2020$120M Series BJul 2019$18M Series ASep 2018$10M SeedFeb 2018$3M	$150M
Co-investors: Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), David Waxman (TenOneTen Ventures), Emanuel Pleitez, Eytan Elbaz
Repeat	SeedMay 2020$2M Pre SeedNov 2018$1M	$12M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Lance Dietz (KB Partners), Steve Ahern (KB Partners), Marcos Gonzalez (Vamos Ventures), Henri Pierre-Jacques (Harlem Capital), Anna Barber (M13), Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Eric Ries
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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