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Mike Ghaffary

Investor

General 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

  1. Burst CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Canvas VenturesGeneral Partner2019 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Social Capital LPGeneral Partner2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. YelpCEO of Yelp Eat242015 — 2017San Francisco
  5. YelpSenior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development2010 — 2015
  6. SuperhumanInvestor2015 — 2016
  7. StravaAdvisor / Investor2012 — 2015San Francisco, California, United States
  8. TrialPayDirector of Business Development2009 — 2010
  9. StitcherCo-Founder and Vice President, Business Development2007 — 2009San Francisco
  10. Summit PartnersVice President2006 — 2007
  11. Boston Consulting GroupSummer Associate Consultant2005

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2002 — 2006
  2. Harvard Law SchoolJD2002 — 2006
  3. University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science1998 — 2002
  4. Monta Vista High SchoolHigh School, General

Skills & more

Venture Capital40Start-ups71Corporate Development23Strategic Partnerships57Entrepreneurship25Strategy66Business Development72Strategic Planning27Mergers1Product Management7E-commerce16Leadership16
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