Where does Mike Swift work?

Mike Swift is Founder of Major League Hacking.

What check size does Mike Swift write?

Mike Swift typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.

What companies did Mike Swift found?

Mike Swift founded Major League Hacking.

Where did Mike Swift go to school?

Mike Swift studied at MLH Fellowship (Open Source, Software Engineering); Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science); Morristown High School.

Mike Swift

Founder

Founder at Major League Hacking

New York, New York

Writes $25K – $50K checks · typically $37.5K

FoundedMajor League Hacking

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

Robin LiunlockedMike: together at Rutgers University (2008–2009)

×4Mike: together at SendGrid

×7Mike: together at Rutgers University

About

Mike Swift is the CEO and Co-Founder of Major League Hacking (MLH), a developer community organization, and an Investment Partner at Next Wave AI Fund. He previously founded Hacker League, which Intel acquired in 2013, and served as the first developer evangelist for SendGrid, which held an IPO in 2017 and was acquired by Twilio in 2019. Swift was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Education category.

Founder at Major League Hacking

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Major League Hacking's investors · 3

CRESCENT COVE CAPITALSan Francisco Reach CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $12M checks Rethink EducationWhite Plains

Experience

Major League HackingCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2013 — presentNew York, NY
Next Wave NYCInvestment Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
The Community Fund VCInvestment Partner2020 — 2024New York, New York, United States
Hacker LeagueCo-Founder (Acquired by Intel)2011 — 2013New York, NY
SendGridDeveloper Evangelist2012 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
CrowdtapSoftware Engineer2011 — 2012New York, New York
IQResearchSenior Programmer2008 — 2011Metuchen, New Jersey

Skills & more

Web Development65Programming20APIs9Developer Evangelism13Hackathons14Developer Communities11PHP59CSS63JavaScript58Ruby on Rails34Python30HTML38

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Swift?: Mike Swift is the CEO and Co-Founder of Major League Hacking (MLH), a developer community organization, and an Investment Partner at Next Wave AI Fund. He previously founded Hacker League, which Intel acquired in 2013, and served as the first developer evangelist for SendGrid, which held an IPO in 2017 and was acquired by Twilio in 2019. Swift was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Education category.
Where does Mike Swift work?: Mike Swift is Founder of Major League Hacking.
What check size does Mike Swift write?: Mike Swift typically writes checks of $25K – $50K.
What companies did Mike Swift found?: Mike Swift founded Major League Hacking.
Where did Mike Swift go to school?: Mike Swift studied at MLH Fellowship (Open Source, Software Engineering); Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science); Morristown High School.

Same school

Also attended Rutgers University243

Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock Ventures Robin LiInvestor at GGV Capital Dominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at Paradigm Ganesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital Partners Bill DeJianneSales Manager (Eastern U.S.) at Needham Funds Mark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners

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Also attended Morristown High School3

Kirill ZubovskyFounder/Chief Scout at Scoutzie Ben SmithCo-Founder at Async David DellaPelleFounder at Dune Security

Shared employers

Also worked at Major League Hacking9

Matthew GreenfieldManaging Partner at Rethink Capital Partners David A.Governance Advisor at Iron Key Capital Sebastian CrossaCo-Founder at LLM Stats Spencer McKeeCo-founder at Everest Stephen NiFounder at Bluma Robert IhnatisinCTO at Orbital Matter

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Also worked at The Community Fund VC3

Jesse MiddletonGeneral Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners Sonia NagarPartner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital Lolita TaubGeneral Partner at Ganas Ventures

Also worked at SendGrid15

Ryan McIntyreFounding partner of Foundry Scott WilliamsonPortfolio Partner: Product at OSS Capital Ethan KurzweilInvestor at Chemistry David CohenFounder and CEO at Techstars Jake GolmSenior Vice President, Fund Banking at Stifel Venture Banking Kristi DeLozierDirector, Platform at Stand Together Ventures Lab

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Also worked at Crowdtap1

Nick MillerInvestor at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)