Mike McCauley
InvestorFounderCo-founder & General Partner, Garage Capital at Inovia Capital · Cofounder and General Partner at Garage Capital · Founder at BufferBox
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
FoundedBufferBox · YC
About
Co-Founder and General Partner at Garage Capital, an emerging manager partnered with Inovia.
Founder at BufferBoxYC S12
Intro paths
YC
Mike went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Mike can intro founders to BufferBox's investors below.
BufferBox's investors · 1
Co-founders at BufferBox
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Jay ShahFounder
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Aditya BaliFounder
Experience
- Garage CapitalCofounder and General Partnercurrent2013 — presentKitchener-Waterloo, Canada
- C100 AssociationCharter Membercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- X, the moonshot factoryProduct Manager, Google X2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleProduct Manager, Google Fi2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleProduct Manager, BufferBox2012 — 2014Mountain View, California
- The Food Bank of Waterloo RegionMember of the Board of Directors2011 — 2015
- BufferBoxCofounder2010 — 2012Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Research In MotionHardware Engineer & Mechanical Design (Internships)2008 — 2009Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Colleagues at Inovia Capital
Alex McIsaac
General Partner at Inovia Capital
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Alex Norman
Partner at N49P
Alice Reimer
Co-Founder & Venture Partner at Inovia Capital
Andreas Huber
Partner, COO at 3TS Capital Partners
Arie Koifman
Investor at Inovia Capital
Charlotte Borgognoni
Vice President at Inovia Capital
Chris Arsenault
Founder and Partner at Inovia Capital
Colleen Moorehead
Board Chair at The 51 Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike McCauley?
- Co-Founder and General Partner at Garage Capital, an emerging manager partnered with Inovia.
- Where does Mike McCauley work?
- Mike McCauley is Founder of BufferBox and Co-founder & General Partner, Garage Capital at Inovia Capital.
- What companies did Mike McCauley found?
- Mike McCauley founded BufferBox.
- Where did Mike McCauley go to school?
- Mike McCauley studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (BASc, Mechatronics Engineering); Shad Valley.
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