General Partner at Canvas Ventures, investing in marketplace and consumer and software companies
San Francisco, California
Vice President @ Summit Partners From July 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 1 month) Summer Associate Consultant @ Boston Consulting Group From May 2005 to August 2005 (4 months) Writing Software @ MSC Software From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) General Partner @ Social Capital LP VC investing in companies at Series A, B and seed...
Vice President @ Summit Partners From July 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 1 month) Summer Associate Consultant @ Boston Consulting Group From May 2005 to August 2005 (4 months) Writing Software @ MSC Software From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) General Partner @ Social Capital LP VC investing in companies at Series A, B and seed rounds. Series A for HubHaus and Series A for CloudKitchens. From August 2017 to September 2018 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVice President of Business and Corporate Development @ Yelp Led partnerships with Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft, Yahoo, Verizon, BMW, Lexus, Mercedes, and acquired 5 companies including Eat24 From October 2010 to October 2015 (5 years 1 month) Director of Business Development @ TrialPay Led partnerships with Facebook and several others. From August 2009 to October 2010 (1 year 3 months) Angel Investor and Advisor @ Personal Angel investor and advisor to consumer and software companies including: Strava, Superhuman, Optimizely, Faire (Indigo Fair), Padlet, Skip scooters, Metromile, Pocket, Philz Coffee, and a handful of other Y Combinator companies. From May 2014 to March 2019 (4 years 11 months) San Francisco, CaliforniaCEO of Yelp Eat24 @ Yelp CEO of high growth marketplace for food delivery, operated as a subsidiary of Yelp. First led partnership with company when it was 10 people, led acquisition and asked by founders of Eat24 and Yelp to be CEO. Grew to $700 million annualized gross revenue and 500 employees, scaling teams for product, engineering, sales, support, marketing, and analytics. From February 2015 to August 2017 (2 years 7 months) San FranciscoCo-Founder and Vice President, Business Development @ Stitcher Co-founded company (most recently acquired by SiriusXM for $300 million). Initially did product management, fundraising, and led partnerships with: the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CBS, Fox, the Washington Post, AOL, TechCrunch, and several others to stream news and talk on demand on the iPhone, Android, etc. From July 2007 to July 2009 (2 years 1 month) San FranciscoGeneral Partner @ Canvas Ventures Canvas is investing out of a $300M fund, focusing on leading Series A and B investments across marketplaces and consumer and software companies. All four general partners at Canvas have deep operating and investing experience, so we know what it’s like to build a company. Prior to Canvas, I invested in about 20 companies personally and while at my prior firm, including: Marketplaces and Marketplace-enablers:CloudKitchensFaire (Indigo Fair) - marketplace matching retailers with inventoryCambly - video-based on-demand English tutoring marketplaceSnackpass - on-demand take out foodConsumer:StravaMetromilePadletSkip ScootersPocketPhilz CoffeeSoftware and B2B:SuperhumanOptimizelyAvochatoStandard Cognition San Francisco Bay Area
Summit Partners
Vice President
July 2006 to July 2007
Boston Consulting Group
Summer Associate Consultant
May 2005 to August 2005
MSC Software
Writing Software
1999 to 2001
Social Capital LP
General Partner
August 2017 to September 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
Yelp
Vice President of Business and Corporate Development
October 2010 to October 2015
TrialPay
Director of Business Development
August 2009 to October 2010
Personal
Angel Investor and Advisor
May 2014 to March 2019
San Francisco, California
Yelp
CEO of Yelp Eat24
February 2015 to August 2017
San Francisco
Stitcher
Co-Founder and Vice President, Business Development
July 2007 to July 2009
San Francisco
Canvas Ventures
General Partner
San Francisco Bay Area
What company does Mike Ghaffary work for?
Mike Ghaffary works for Summit Partners
What is Mike Ghaffary's role at Summit Partners?
Mike Ghaffary is Vice President
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Mike Ghaffary works in the Venture Capital & Private Equity industry.
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Mike Ghaffary's colleagues are Jun-Sheng Li, and Ching Wu
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