Mike Buckley
Venture Advisor
Biography
Mike is a Venture Advisor at Cerity Partners Ventures.
As an advisor, Mike brings extensive experience in venture investing, financial leadership, and operational execution. Mike worked as a corporate venture investor for 14 years at Intel Capital, where he led the global consumer investment practice. In addition to being an advisor at Cerity Partners, Mike is also Chief Financial Officer at Soli Organic, an innovative venture-backed produce company seeking to transform agriculture through unlocking the efficiency and sustainability of indoor growing. Prior to Soli, Mike was an executive leader at Postmates, as SVP of Business, and Nike, as CFO Nike Direct.
Learn more about Cerity Partners Corporate Venture Capital.
Education
- BA in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University
- General Management Program at Harvard Business School
Highlights
- Invested over $300 million in approximately 50 companies while at Intel Capital, driving strategic impact through successful exits, including five IPOs and numerous acquisitions by companies such as Comcast, Hitachi, Intel, and Naspers.
- Key member of Postmates’ executive leadership team during high growth period and acquisition by Uber for $2.7B.
- Led, as CFO of Nike Direct (digital commerce, stores and experiences), the acceleration of direct-to-consumer as Nike’s primary growth engine delivering $12B in 2019 sales.
- Board member of Betaworks, an innovative New York City-based start-up studio.
Meet Our Corporate Venture Capital Colleagues
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Rajat Aiyer Rajat AiyerSenior Associate
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Marissa Baker Marissa BakerSenior Associate
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Greg Bergamesco Greg BergamescoPartner
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Julian Bergerson Julian BergersonAssociate
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Eric Budin Eric BudinPartner
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Bill Carson Bill CarsonPartner
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Orion Choy Orion ChoyPrincipal
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Felicia Colson-Wong Felicia Colson-WongPrincipal
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Taylor Crimmins Taylor CrimminsAssociate
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Chris Cronin Chris CroninSenior Principal
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Jon Cullom Jon CullomSenior Principal
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Rahul Daryanani Rahul DaryananiSenior Principal
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Anthony Doe Anthony DoeSenior Associate
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David Feldman David FeldmanSenior Associate
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Mel Gaceta Mel GacetaVenture Advisor
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Will Geiger Will GeigerPartner
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Rich Grant Rich GrantPartner
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Brandon Gunning Brandon GunningSenior Associate
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Sarah Heddins Sarah HeddinsSenior Associate
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David Horowitz David HorowitzPartner
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Kevin Jones Kevin JonesSenior Principal
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Beth Kearns Beth KearnsPartner
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Brian Laegeler Brian LaegelerPartner
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Scott Lenet Scott LenetPartner
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Harout Nazerian Harout NazerianPrincipal
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Aneri Patel Aneri PatelSenior Associate
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Abigail Risse Abigail RisseSenior Associate
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Matthew Shackelford Matthew ShackelfordSenior Principal
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Sima Shah Sima ShahPrincipal
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Megan Szerlong Megan SzerlongPrincipal
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Colin Tasi Colin TasiSenior Principal
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Kindra Tatarsky Kindra TatarskyPartner
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Jack Taylor Jack TaylorPartner
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AJ Tomas AJ TomasPrincipal
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Melissa Tse Melissa TseSenior Principal
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Dr. Peter Ulrich Dr. Peter UlrichPartner
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Kalefe Wright Kalefe WrightSenior Principal
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John Zimmerman John ZimmermanSenior Principal
