I’m a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and technology executive.
I currently serve as a partner at Lightspeed, a global venture capital firm. On behalf of Lightspeed, I’ve led seed, series A, and series B staged startup investments in companies at the intersection of AI, consumer, and media. Some examples: Pika, Suno, Tome, Granola, and Particle.
Before becoming a VC, I was a founder and angel investor to 50+ companies. I co-founded and served as CEO of Anchor, which is the world’s largest podcasting platform, and is now known as Spotify for Podcasters. Anchor was acquired by Spotify in 2019, where I went on to serve as the Head of Talk, leading the podcast and video businesses.
Prior to founding Anchor, I served as VP of Product for Aviary, growing the photo editing platform’s audience to over 100 million creators before being acquired by Adobe in 2014. Before that, I worked in the music industry at Atlantic Records and in consulting at Accenture.
I’m originally from New York and currently live in New Jersey. I believe:
- Having fun at work is much more valuable than your compensation.
- Moving fastest is usually (but not always) more important than being smartest.
- Changing the solution is OK, changing the problem is not.
- Action reflects priority.
Michael Mignano 