Mike Ghaffary
InvestorGeneral Partner at Burst Capital · General Partner at Canvas Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5M – $20M checks · typically $10M
About
Mike Ghaffary, former Stitcher co‑founder and Eat24 CEO who exited to Grubhub, uses a playbook approach to marketplaces (frequency, take rate) and favors AI that creates blue‑collar and small‑business jobs.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningFintechHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces
Experience
- Burst CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Canvas VenturesGeneral Partner2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Social Capital LPGeneral Partner2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- YelpCEO of Yelp Eat242015 — 2017San Francisco
- YelpSenior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development2010 — 2015
- SuperhumanInvestor2015 — 2016
- StravaAdvisor / Investor2012 — 2015San Francisco, California, United States
- TrialPayDirector of Business Development2009 — 2010
- StitcherCo-Founder and Vice President, Business Development2007 — 2009San Francisco
- Summit PartnersVice President2006 — 2007
- Boston Consulting GroupSummer Associate Consultant2005
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA2002 — 2006
- Harvard Law SchoolJD2002 — 2006
- University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science1998 — 2002
- Monta Vista High SchoolHigh School, General
Skills & more
Venture Capital40Start-ups71Corporate Development23Strategic Partnerships57Entrepreneurship25Strategy66Business Development72Strategic Planning27Mergers1Product Management7E-commerce16Leadership16
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MarketingSalesforce.comGo-to-market StrategyBusiness IntelligenceBusiness PlanningAnalyticsMobile DevicesLead GenerationMergers & AcquisitionsContract NegotiationMarketing StrategyOnline AdvertisingFrom Mike's professional profile.
Same school
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
Also attended Harvard Law School126
Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesKenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystDavid GoldenManaging Partner, Revolution VenturesTracy Van GrackChief Communications Officer at RevolutionSid ShenaiVenture partner at Madrona and co-founder and CEO of Proof DiagnosticsRufus KingInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
+ 120 more
Also attended University of Southern California343
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft
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Shared employers
Also worked at Social Capital LP22
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsCarmen CollynsHead of Investor Relations at CAVU Consumer PartnersJonathan HsuCo-founder, Managing Director at Tribe Capital FirstlookTed MaidenbergCo-founder, Managing Director at Tribe Capital FirstlookJake EllowitzCo-Founding Partner, Credit / Termina at Tribe Capital Firstlook
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Also worked at Yelp32
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalVince SollittoVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalHarrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesMichael StoppelmanVenture Advisor at Verissimo Ventures
+ 26 more
Also worked at Strava16
M.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at Drone Deploy at Scale Venture PartnersAustin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid SwainChief Marketing Officer at ParadigmJonathan PoffleyVice President at TCVNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVChristian SiegeleManaging Partner at Capnamic
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Colleagues at Burst Capital
Network4
Alex RosenScout
Managing Partner at Ridge Ventures
Darby WongScout
Angel investor
Elizabeth WeilScout
Founder & Partner at Scribble Ventures
Gary LittleScout
Operating Partner at Canvas Ventures
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