Where does Mike Giardello work?

Mike Giardello is Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures.

Where did Mike Giardello go to school?

Mike Giardello studied at Caltech (Visiting Associate); Caltech (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Catalysis and Material Science); Northwestern University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry).

Mike Giardello

Investor

Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Find your path to Mike

124 people in our graph share verified history with Mike — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Julie Castro AbramsunlockedMike: together at Northwestern University (1988–1989)

×2Mike: together at Northwestern University

×5Mike: together at Caltech

×4Mike: together at Grinnell College

About

Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures; holds a PhD.

Experience

Mount Wilson VenturesPartnercurrent2016 — present130 W. Union Street Pasadena, CA
Cinder Biological, Inc.Chairman & CEOcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, California
Innovate PasadenaCo-Founder & Chairmancurrent2026 — presentPasadena, CA
Scaled Science PartnersCo-Founder & Chairmancurrent2023 — presentPasadena, California, United States
Newlight Technologies, Inc.Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer2023 — 2025
Newlight Technologies, Inc.Chief Operating Officer2020 — 2023
Newlight Technologies, Inc.Project Specialist / Consultant2018 — 2020Huntington Beach, California, United States
SeqOnce Biosciences Inc.Board Member & Senior Advisor2018 — 2024Pasadena, CA
SAFCell, Inc.Board Member & Senior Advisor2017 — 2020Pasadena, CA
Innovate PasadenaCo-Founder & President2013 — 2020Pasadena
Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at USCEntrepreneur In Residence2016 — 2019University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Materia (Acquired by ExxonMobil)Founder & Senior Advisor2015 — 2017Pasadena
MateriaFounder, President, CEO & CTO1999 — 2015Pasadena
MateriaFounder, Executive Vice President & CTO1998 — 1999Pasadena
Elevance (Acquired by Genting)Board Member & Member of Compensation Committee2007 — 2010Chicago, Illinois
Cyrano Sciences (Acquired by Smith)Acting VP of Operations1997 — 1998
Maxdem (Acquired by Solvay)Research Scientist1995 — 1997

Skills & more

R&D40Polymers28Chemistry29Chemical Engineering17Materials Science15Product Development25Organic Chemistry9Process Engineering16Manufacturing11Coatings10Engineering10Commercialization13

+9 more

MaterialsCompositesLean ManufacturingProject EngineeringPolymer ChemistryStart-upsBusiness StrategyPlasticsCatalysis

From Mike's professional profile.

Colleagues at Mount Wilson Ventures

Richard Weil

Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Giardello?: Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures; holds a PhD.
Where does Mike Giardello work?: Mike Giardello is Partner at Mount Wilson Ventures.
Where did Mike Giardello go to school?: Mike Giardello studied at Caltech (Visiting Associate); Caltech (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Catalysis and Material Science); Northwestern University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry).

Founder mafias

Northwestern University mafia239

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Osman KhanBAFounded Paddle 8 +3 Chris SchuhDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Xtalic +2 Paulo FontesExecutive Program, Business & Management for Transplant LeadershipFounded UPMC +2 Jeff HinckBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Vertical Insure +1 Shelby ClarkBSFounded RelayRides +1 Jeffrey LiuBachelor of Science - BSFounded Guavapass +1

+ 232 more

Caltech mafia153

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded Anthropic Fei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World Labs Bill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5 Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2 Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1 Aditya RajagopalBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Esperto Medical +1

+ 146 more

Grinnell College mafia17

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Joel PollickBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Percent Pledge +1 Clint KorverB.A.Founded Ulu Ventures Beth ObermillerBachelor’s DegreeFounded Alumni Ventures Ham SerunjogiBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Chipper Cash Maijid MoujaledBAFounded Chipper Cash Bruce FriedrichB.A.Founded The Good Food Institute

+ 10 more

Newlight mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Key ComptonInvestorFounded Mimeo +1

Same school

Also attended Caltech254

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VC Susannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

+ 248 more

Also attended Northwestern University637

Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark Capital Naomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures Eric OngInvestor at Lightbank Bill PescatelloInvestor at Lightbank Scott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group Anna WangAssociate at March Capital Partners

+ 631 more

Also attended Grinnell College34

Nick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, Llc Clint KorverCofounder, Managing Director at Ulu Ventures Beth ObermillerCo-Founder & Board Member Emeritus at Basecamp Fund Curt PabstVenture Partner at RSCM Terran MottInvestor at Positive Sum Capital Andreata MuforoPartner at TLcom Capital

+ 28 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Innovate Pasadena1

Gene ChuangInvestor at Hyphen Capital

Also worked at Newlight Technologies, Inc.1

Key ComptonManaging Director at GPO Fund