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Mike Edelhart
InvestorManaging Partner at Ataraxia VC · Managing Partner at Social Starts · Co-Founder Emeritus and Senior Advisor at Joyance Partners
San Francisco
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About
Mike Edelhart has worked in technology journalism, product testing, startups, and venture capital for four decades. He helped launch PC Magazine, PC Week, and other Ziff-Davis titles, ran Ziff's product testing labs, and served as Ziff's Executive Vice President, then directed conference content and supported early investing at SoftBank. He has been CEO of startups including Olive Software, Inman News, and Zinio, was a partner at the VC fund Redleaf, has authored over 20 books, and hosts the Inception podcast about startups.
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AgTechBiotechConsumerFoodTechHealthtechSocial
Investments
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AlphaPointAurycBlockappsBoundless MindCanvs AICleanifyCloverDexterEntrypointEpicEpicore BiosystemsFIGUR8Fresco NewsFulcrumFunnelbeamHelloTokenHookitHorton PointHushInverseJobbleKeeebLimitlessListenLocariMachine ColonyMagicCubeMycroftNewsWhipOgaOriginal StitchPathover (Mixbowl)Price.comRadRheoScatterSigrid TherapeuticsSlash KeyboardSotheby's HomeStratifydThe HustleUnaliWearUnocerosVendorHawkVisual VocalWerkWorkTangoYouStake
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Edelhart?
- Mike Edelhart has worked in technology journalism, product testing, startups, and venture capital for four decades. He helped launch PC Magazine, PC Week, and other Ziff-Davis titles, ran Ziff's product testing labs, and served as Ziff's Executive Vice President, then directed conference content and supported early investing at SoftBank. He has been CEO of startups including Olive Software, Inman News, and Zinio, was a partner at the VC fund Redleaf, has authored over 20 books, and hosts the Inception podcast about startups.
- Where does Mike Edelhart work?
- Mike Edelhart is Managing Partner at Ataraxia VC and Managing Partner at Social Starts and Co-Founder Emeritus and Senior Advisor at Joyance Partners.
- What does Mike Edelhart invest in?
- Mike Edelhart invests in AgTech, Biotech, Consumer, FoodTech, Healthtech, Social.
- What companies has Mike Edelhart invested in?
- Investments tracked here include AlphaPoint, Auryc, Blockapps, Boundless Mind, Canvs AI, Cleanify, Clover, Dexter, Entrypoint, Epic, Epicore Biosystems, FIGUR8, and 36 more.
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