Investing Profile

Mike Kerns(1)

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Partner at TCG

tcg.coSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

TCG (The Chernin Group) Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Mike Kerns is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Entertainment & Sports (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Series B)Entertainment & Sports (Series A)Media/Content (Seed)Consumer Internet (Series B)Marketplaces (Series B)Media/Content (Series B)Media/Content (Series A)Marketplaces (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Internet (Series A)Marketplaces (Seed)

Mike Kerns's Investments On Record (11)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Substack	Series CJul 2025$100M	$190M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Mood Rawghani (Bond), Mood Rowghani (Bond), Bernardt Vogel (VU Venture Partners), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Emmett Shear, Mark Pincus, Kenji Niwa, Hari Lakshmanan, Audrey Gelman
Night	Series UnknownSep 2022$18M	$18M
Co-investors: Jacob Smilovitz (TCG (The Chernin Group))
Premier Lacrosse League	Series DJul 2022
Co-investors: Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
Surfline	Series UnknownDec 2020$30M	$30M
Sketchy	Series UnknownSep 2020$30M	$59M
Co-investors: James Kim (Reach Capital), Michaela Venuti (TCG (The Chernin Group))
MeatEater	Series UnknownOct 2019$50M	$50M
Co-investors: Marco DeMeireles (TCG (The Chernin Group))
The Action Network	Series BFeb 2019$18M Series AJan 2019	$18M
Co-investors: Jens Hilgers (BITKRAFT Ventures), Stephen Reisert (RSE Ventures), Marco DeMeireles (TCG (The Chernin Group)), Adam Marchick
Drivetime	SeedNov 2018$4M Seed RoundNov 2018$4M	$19M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Hootan Rashidifard (Canaan Partners), Jay Chi (Makers Fund), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Eduardo Vivas (Curated), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Paul Bernard (Amazon Alexa Fund), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), David Ambrose (Bungalow Capital), Mark Pincus, Adam Foroughi, Scott Banister