About
Chief Commercial Officer with a background at ARM Holdings and TTP Communications, and co-founder and CIO of Accelerated Digital Ventures where he deployed over £85m across 30+ companies and fund-of-fund investments.
Experience
- Molten VenturesCorporate Advisorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Bloc VenturesCommercial Advisorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Bloc VenturesChief Commercial Officer2020 — 2025
- Helix GeospaceNon Exectutive Directorcurrent2025 — presentOxfordshire
- YordexNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- mindtrace.aiNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentManchester, England, United Kingdom
- Zeetta NetworksChairman2022 — 2024Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV)Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer2016 — 2020London, England, United Kingdom
- Push DoctorNon-executive director2020Manchester, United Kingdom
- FunderbeamBoard Observer2019London, England, United Kingdom
- KadenceBoard Observer2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- B-SecurBoard Observer2017 — 2019Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- WayhomeBoard Observer2017 — 2018London, England, United Kingdom
- ARMVP Strategic Business Development2013 — 2017Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- ARMDirector of Corporate Development2011 — 2013
- ARMDirector of marketing - processor division2009 — 2011
- ARMDirector of Marketing - media processing division2006 — 2009
- DataCentredNon Executive Director2014 — 2016Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- MarmaladeNon Executive Director2012 — 2013London, United Kingdom
- Vidiactive LtdAdviser to the Board2009 — 2011
Education
- Alliance Manchester Business SchoolMBA, Finance2001 — 2003
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessExec education, Corporate Business Model Innovation2014
- University of SurreyMSc, Electronics1994 — 1997
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessExec education, Venture Capital Executive Program2012
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementEntrepreneurship Development Program2008
- Harvard Business SchoolHigh Potentials Leadership2005
Skills & more
Customer Acquisition1Infrastructure1Board of DirectorsMarketing StrategyEngineeringEntrepreneurshipInvestmentsSemiconductors10Mobile Devices40Product Management76Wireless22ARM8
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Product MarketingSoCMergersBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalStart-upsProcessorsGo-to-market StrategyAnalytical SkillsRelationship DevelopmentEmbedded SoftwareStrategyLanguages German
From Michael's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Alliance Manchester Business School34
EgilInvestor at InvestinorCarole GinmanHead of Marketing at OxxPatrick NorrisGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalTony ThomasVenture Partner at Lux CapitalDuncan EasterbrookPartner, Chief Financial Officer at RTP GlobalSam NasrolahiPrincipal at InMotion Ventures
+ 28 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
+ 483 more
Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management410
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor
+ 404 more
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
+ 1,771 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Helix Geospace3
Also worked at Yordex2
Also worked at mindtrace.ai1
Colleagues at Bloc Ventures
Andy Green
Non Executive Director at Bloc Ventures
Andy Green CBE
Non Executive Director at Bloc Ventures
Bruce Beckloff
Co Founder & CEO at Bloc Ventures
David Carr
Compliance Officer at Bloc Ventures
David Leftley
Co Founder & CTO at Bloc Ventures
David Pollington
Head of Research at Bloc Ventures
Paul Roy
Non Executive Chairman at Bloc Ventures
Richard Yates
Finance Director at Bloc Ventures



























