Partner
Mike Lazerow
Co-founder and Managing Director, Velvet Sea Ventures
- Firm
- Velvet Sea Ventures
- Title
- Co-founder and Managing Director
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Michael is a serial entrepreneur and investor whose last company, social software company Buddy Media, sold for $745 million to Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), where he served as chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer, Marketing Cloud. Michael has 60+ early-stage investments under his belt, including Eaze, Scopely, Map Anything, Buzzfeed, Domo, Namely, Tumblr and Dash Radio. Michael was the recipient of Ernst & Young’s coveted Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011. Additional honors include Fortune Magazine’s 40 Under 40, Crain’s New York 40 Under 40, #1 on the Silicon Alley 100 and the Ad Age Digital A-List. Michael earned a BS and MS in Journalism from Northwestern University. Michael is a co-founder and Managing Director of VSV and serves on the investment committee.
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