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Mike Cristinziano

Former head of Corporate Development, Citrix at Bull City Venture Partners

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

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About

Mike Cristinziano is a Strategy and Corporate Development Consultant at CatalystNinja, working with public and private growth-stage software companies. He also serves as an independent board member, investor, and advisor, and has been involved in M&A and financing transactions totaling over $7 billion in cumulative deal value across 25 years.

Experience

  1. CatalystNinjaStrategy & Corporate Development Consultantcurrent2017 — present
  2. Scale Social AIInvestor and Advisorcurrent2025 — presentDurham, North Carolina, United States
  3. AllstacksInvestor and Advisorcurrent2024 — presentRaleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
  4. LevitateInvestor and Member Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentRaleigh, North Carolina, United States
  5. Bull City Venture PartnersInvestor and Advisory Board Membercurrent2022 — presentDurham, NC
  6. Login VSIInvestor and Advisory Board Membercurrent2021 — presentAmsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. MacrometaAdvisory Board Member2019 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  8. NstreamStrategic Advisor2021 — 2023Campbell, California, United States
  9. TrueContext, formerly ProntoFormsMember Board Of Directors, Compensation Committee Chairman2016 — 2023Ottawa, Canada Area
  10. Triangle Tweener FundFounding Funder2022Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
  11. ServiceTradeInvestor and Member Board Of Directors2017 — 2021Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
  12. AppBusAdvisory Board Member2018 — 2020Greater Philadelphia Area
  13. DigitalOceanSVP, Strategy & Corporate Development2018 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  14. ImpervaStrategic Advisor2017 — 2018Redwood City, CA
  15. NutanixSrategic Advisor2017 — 2018San Jose, CA
  16. Digital GuardianTechnical Advisory Board Member2016 — 2018
  17. Digital GuardianInvestor and Member Board Of Directors2012 — 2015Waltham, MA
  18. CitrixCorporate VP, Strategic Development2003 — 2017Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
  19. Untangle, Inc.Member Board Of Directors2007 — 2016Sunnyvale, CA
  20. UnitrendsAdvisory Board Member2011 — 2013Columbia, South Carolina, United States
  21. SourcefireMember Board Of Directors2009 — 2013Columbia, Maryland, United States
  22. Bridgewater SystemsMember Board Of Directors2005 — 2011Ottawa, Ontario
  23. BMO Capital MarketsManaging Director1997 — 2003Greater New York City Area
  24. Needham & CompanyVice President1995 — 1997
  25. Telcordia TechnologiesMember of Technical Staff1988 — 1995

Skills & more

CitrixEnterprise Software3SaaS1Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Board of DirectorsStrategy45Venture Capital22Management9Virtualization8Corporate Finance1Investments4Software Development6
+12 moreFinanceInvestment BankingNetworkingInvestor RelationsGo-to-market StrategyBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingSoftware IndustryStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsProduct Management

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Who is Mike Cristinziano?
Mike Cristinziano is a Strategy and Corporate Development Consultant at CatalystNinja, working with public and private growth-stage software companies. He also serves as an independent board member, investor, and advisor, and has been involved in M&A and financing transactions totaling over $7 billion in cumulative deal value across 25 years.
Where did Mike Cristinziano go to school?
Mike Cristinziano studied at University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science (MS), Systems Engineering); Temple University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Carnegie Mellon University (Information Networking Institute).

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