Investing Profile
Mike Vernal(13)
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Early-Stage Partner at Sequoia Capital
Palo Alto, California
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Harvard University Network
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cbCurrent Investing Position
Sequoia Capital Venture Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
55
Current Fund Size
$195M
Mike Vernal is on these Sector & Stage Rankings
Developer Tools (Series A)Developer Tools (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Series A)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)Marketplaces (Series A)Seattle / PortlandEnterprise (Series A)New York CityConsumer Internet (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)San Francisco Bay AreaAngel, Scout, and Solo-CapitalistsConsumer Internet (Series A)Marketplaces (Seed)FinTech (Series A)FinTech (Seed)
Mike Vernal's Investments On Record (35)
| Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
|---|---|---|
Corridor | Series AMar 2026$25M | $25M |
Worktrace AI | SeedDec 2025$9M | $9M |
Statsig | Series CMay 2025$100M Series BApr 2022$43M Series AAug 2021$10M | $150M |
Unblocked | Series AMay 2025$20M SeedOct 2023$8M | $28M |
Decagon | Series AJun 2024$30M | $480M |
Pika | Series BJun 2024$80M | $120M |
Rockset | Series BAug 2023$44M Series BOct 2020$40M Series ANov 2018$19M | $100M |
Mirage | Series BJun 2023$25M Series AApr 2022$11M | $36M |
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Consumer, Social, Marketplaces, Platforms, and the like. Really, happy to learn and help with anything interesting.Mike Vernal's Experience
Partner Conviction2025 - Present
Sabbatical Self-Employed 2023 - Present
Sabbatical Self-Employed2023 - Present
Seed Investor Fireworks AI2022 - Present
Investor Rippling2021 - Present
Investor Gadget2021 - Present
Board Member Captions2021 - Present
Board Member Mirage2021 - Present
Board Member Census2020 - Present
Board Member Switchboard2020 - Present
Early-Stage Partner Sequoia Capital2016 - Present
Angel Investor & Institutional Investor Notion2013 - Present
Investor Notion2013 - Present
Angel Investor Stealth Company (Mike Vernal)2013 - Present
Angel Investor Various 2013 - Present
Angel Investor Various2013 - Present
Investor IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Sabbatical Self-EmployedPresent
Board Member PicsArtPresent
Investor Robyn FrankelPresent
Board Member Statsig2021 - 2025
Investor Fireworks AI2022 - 2025
Board Member Clay2019 - 2025
Angel Investor Various Startups2013 - 2025
Sabbatical Sabbatical2023 - 2024
Investor Keen Technologies2022 - 2024
Investor NewCo2022 - 2024
Board Member Deno2022 - 2024
Board Observer Gadget2021 - 2024
Board Member Airtop2020 - 2024
Board Member Picsart2020 - 2024
Board Member PicsArt Inc.2020 - 2024
Seed Investor Aven2020 - 2024
Board Member Blues Wireless2020 - 2024
Board Member Blues2020 - 2024
Investor StarkWare2018 - 2024
Investor Dagster Labs2018 - 2024
Investor Elementl2018 - 2024
Investor Aquarium2020 - 2024
Board Member Threads2017 - 2024
Board Member Rockset2016 - 2024
Board Member Rockset (acquired by OpenAI)2016 - 2024
Board Member Untapped2019 - 2024
Investor Interval2020 - 2023
Investor Akita Software2018 - 2023
Board Observer Akita Software2018 - 2023
Board Member Whisper2017 - 2023
Investor Census2020 - 2023
Investor Verkada2019 - 2023
Partner Sequoia Capital2016 - 2023
Board Member rideOS (acquired by Gopuff)2017 - 2021
Board Member Houseparty (part of Epic Games)2016 - 2019
VP, Product & Engineering Facebook2008 - 2016
PM & Engineering Lead Microsoft Corporation2002 - 2008
Product & Engineering Microsoft2002 - 2008
Mike Vernal's Education
Harvard University S.M., Computer Science Computer Science
Harvard University S.M. Computer Science
Harvard University A.B. Computer Science
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