Where does Mike Arpaia work?

Mike Arpaia is Managing Partner at Moonfire Ventures.

What check size does Mike Arpaia write?

Mike Arpaia typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What companies has Mike Arpaia invested in?

Investments tracked here include Fleet Device Management, LiveFlow, Trickest.

What awards has Mike Arpaia received?

Completed avalanche training with the American Avalanche Association (A3) in January 2024 via Silverton Avalanche School in Ophir, CO. Completed Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) certification in May 2023. Recertified with the National Outdoors Leadership School (NOLS) in May 2025 in Boulder, CO.

Mike Arpaia

Investor

Managing Partner at Moonfire Ventures · Executive at Moonfire

United Kingdom

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Listed as author of a Moonfire engineering article.

Contact· published on Mike's own website

mike@moonfire.com

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Beyond investing

Founded: Co-founded Kolide. Created and open-sourced osquery while at Facebook in 2014.
Education: Completed a program at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in February 2023.
Boards: Served as an AI Advisor to the UK Government Office for Science.
Communities: Was a guest lecturer at ETH, LBS, and UCL.
Awards: Completed avalanche training with the American Avalanche Association (A3) in January 2024 via Silverton Avalanche School in Ophir, CO. Completed Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) certification in May 2023. Recertified with the National Outdoors Leadership School (NOLS) in May 2025 in Boulder, CO.
Hobbies: Spends time in the mountains with his family and has long-standing interests in wilderness medicine and avalanche operations. Maintains open-source software for biological engineering across data infrastructure, machine learning, robotics, and formal methods.
Family: Spends time in the mountains with his family.

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Moonfire's investors · 2

Helsana HealthInvest AGDübendorf · $1.1M – $5.5M checks OVNI CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks

Co-founders at Moonfire

Mattias LjungmanFounder

Hugo LuCEO

Will DaviesCTO

Experience

MoonfireManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentLondon
Government Office for ScienceArtificial Intellgence Advisor2022 — 2023United Kingdom
WorkdayMachine Learning Architect2020Boulder, Colorado, United States
WorkdayPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer2019 — 2020Boulder, Colorado, United States
Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteMachine Learning Research Engineer2019 — 2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
KolideCo-Founder & CTO2016 — 2019Boulder, Colorado, United States
MetaEngineering Manager2015 — 2016Menlo Park, California, United States
MetaStaff Software Engineer (E6)2014 — 2015Menlo Park, California, United States
EtsySenior Software Engineer2013 — 2014Brooklyn, New York, United States
EtsySoftware Engineer2012 — 2013Brooklyn, New York, United States
iSEC PartnersSecurity Engineer2011 — 2012New York, New York, United States
Gotham Digital Science, a Stroz Friedberg companySecurity Engineer2011New York, New York, United States

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Machine Learning

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Investments

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Fleet Device ManagementLiveFlow Trickest

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Arpaia?: Listed as author of a Moonfire engineering article.
Where does Mike Arpaia work?: Mike Arpaia is Managing Partner at Moonfire Ventures.
What does Mike Arpaia invest in?: Mike Arpaia invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech.
What check size does Mike Arpaia write?: Mike Arpaia typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Mike Arpaia invested in?: Investments tracked here include Fleet Device Management, LiveFlow, Trickest.
What awards has Mike Arpaia received?: Completed avalanche training with the American Avalanche Association (A3) in January 2024 via Silverton Avalanche School in Ophir, CO. Completed Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) certification in May 2023. Recertified with the National Outdoors Leadership School (NOLS) in May 2025 in Boulder, CO.