Where does Mike Vernal work?

Mike Vernal is Partner at Conviction and Board director at Blues Wireless.

What check size does Mike Vernal write?

Mike Vernal typically writes checks of $1M – $200M.

Where did Mike Vernal go to school?

Mike Vernal studied at Harvard University (S.M., Computer Science); Harvard University (A.B., Computer Science).

Mike Vernal

Investor

Partner at Conviction · Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital · Board director at Blues Wireless

Palo Alto, California

Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $25K

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

Aydin SenkutunlockedMike: together at Notion (2013–2026)

Mike: together at Aven

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Mike: together at Harvard University

About

Mike Vernal leverages eight years scaling Facebook's core products to offer an operator-focused lens, applying his Market Curve framework, skepticism about data moats, and actionable essays for founders.

Invests in

ConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareSaaS

Board director at Blues Wireless

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Blues Wireless's investors · 2

Lachy Groom Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Blues Wireless

Raymond E. OzzieExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

ConvictionPartnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
RipplingBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
CaptionsBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
NotionInvestorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Various StartupsAngel Investorcurrent2013 — presentVarious
StatsigBoard Member2021 — 2025Seattle, WA
Fireworks AIInvestor2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
ClayBoard Member2019 — 2025New York, New York, United States
SabbaticalSabbatical2023 — 2024
Keen TechnologiesInvestor2022 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
DenoBoard Member2022 — 2024Brooklyn, NY
GadgetBoard Observer2021 — 2024Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
AirtopBoard Member2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
PicsArt Inc.Board Member2020 — 2024Palo Alto, CA
Blues WirelessBoard Member2020 — 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
AvenSeed Investor2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
StarkWareInvestor2018 — 2024Israel
Dagster LabsInvestor2018 — 2024
AquariumInvestor2020 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
ThreadsBoard Member2017 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Computer Science1.NET14Web Services32WCF6Product Management4SQL3Distributed Systems23C++1Scalability10C1Program ManagementSoftware Engineering21

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Software DevelopmentFriendly PersonalityMobile ApplicationsCloud ComputingSynergiesSystem ArchitectureVenture CapitalAgile Methodologies

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Colleagues at Conviction

Mike Vernal

Partner at Conviction

Pranav Reddy

Founder at Conviction

Sarah Guo

Founder & General Partner of Conviction

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Vernal?: Mike Vernal leverages eight years scaling Facebook's core products to offer an operator-focused lens, applying his Market Curve framework, skepticism about data moats, and actionable essays for founders.
Where does Mike Vernal work?: Mike Vernal is Partner at Conviction and Board director at Blues Wireless.
What does Mike Vernal invest in?: Mike Vernal invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS.
What check size does Mike Vernal write?: Mike Vernal typically writes checks of $1M – $200M.
Where did Mike Vernal go to school?: Mike Vernal studied at Harvard University (S.M., Computer Science); Harvard University (A.B., Computer Science).