Michael Dornbrook Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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27
- Portfolio
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11
- Exits
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15

Michael Dornbrook General Information
Description
Mr. Michael Dornbrook serves as Venture Partner & Investment Committee Member at Converge Venture Partners. He serves as Advisor at VirZOOM and Zelgor Games. Previously, he served as Board Member at SyncOnSet Technologies and Modulate. He served as an Advisor at Play Labs. He also served as Board Member & Advisor at OtherSide Entertainment. Mike brings his entrepreneurial spirit to Converge Venture Partners, where his background in marketing, operations, and product management provides valuable insights into the development and launch of products. Mike completed his undergraduate studies at MIT. As a student, he very successfully ran the campus film and lecture series, the largest student activity on campus, earning him a "business" reputation. When his friends developed Zork, one of the earliest computer games at the computer game pioneer Infocom, they enlisted Mike to help them out. This marked the beginning of Mike's long and successful career in gaming. Among his responsibilities at Infocom, Mike dealt with customer issues and, again tapping into his business spirit, saw an opportunity to build paid support services for the game players. While he was at business school at the University of Chicago, the company contracted with him to create the Zork Users Group. Mike published the highly successful New York Times mail-order newsletter to sell the game maps and InvisiClues hint booklets he created. After business school, Mike sold his company to Infocom and rejoined them as head of marketing. He launched over forty Top-10 bestsellers and is particularly proud of championing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. After Activision's acquisition of Infocom, Mike pursued a series of startups of his own, first in consumer products, and then in cellular services, before re-entering the computer games business as co-founder and president of Boffo Games. Eventually, Mike was recruited to Harmonix Music Systems where he served as COO and was responsible for Harmonix's Finance, Administration, Legal, HR, Business Development, and Marketing. Harmonix's most famous product, Guitar Hero, became a huge hit, earning critical acclaim and breaking the record for the fastest videogame franchise to hit $1 billion in sales (it went on to sell $3 billion). Rock Band, Harmonix's next franchise, broke this record by hitting $1 billion in sales in just over one year. Mike handled the major deals for the company, including the game publishing contracts, the Chinese manufacturer of all the drums and guitars, and the sale of the company to Viacom for over $700 million, including earnouts, one of the highest prices ever paid for a game developer, yielding the investors up to 220X.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- 6 Liberty Square
- PMB 451
- Boston, MA 02109
- United States
Michael Dornbrook Investments (27)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Tribe XR | 25-Jan-2021 | Seed Round | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | ||
coUrbanize | 09-Apr-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
RxWare | 22-Jan-2020 | Other Healthcare Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Hearo | 31-Dec-2019 | Entertainment Software | Out of Business | |||
GameClub | 02-May-2019 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
OtherSide Entertainment | 23-Oct-2018 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
AMPLIFi (Fan Engagement Technologies) | 01-Sep-2018 | Application Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Voatz | 08-Jan-2018 | Government | Generating Revenue | |||
OffGridBox | 07-Aug-2017 | Seed Round | Alternative Energy Equipment | Generating Revenue | ||
NestReady | 09-Jun-2017 | Early Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue |
Michael Dornbrook Exits (15)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Replenish | 26-Jan-2024 | Out of Business | |
Hearo | 29-Aug-2023 | ||
GameClub | 25-Mar-2022 | ||
NestReady | 09-Aug-2021 | ||
LocusPlay | 31-Mar-2021 | ||
Arcbazar.com | 01-Feb-2021 | ||
DondeEsta | 01-Nov-2019 | ||
Reactor Media | 09-Aug-2019 | ||
Banshee | 01-Feb-2018 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Dashbell | 30-Jun-2017 | Out of Business |
Michael Dornbrook Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Michael Dornbrook Co-Investors (15)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Abstract Ventures | 1 |
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Beni Venture Capital |
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Kevin Hartz |
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LearnStart |
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Precursor Ventures |
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Michael Dornbrook FAQs
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Who is Michael Dornbrook?
Michael Dornbrook is an angel Investor who has made 27 investments.
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What kind of investor is Michael Dornbrook?
Michael Dornbrook is an angel investor.
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What does Michael Dornbrook do?
As an angel investor, Michael Dornbrook invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Michael Dornbrook hold?
Michael Dornbrook holds 2 board seats including Beamable and Modulate.
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What has Michael Dornbrook invested in?
Michael Dornbrook has made numerous investments in companies like Tribe XR, coUrbanize, and RxWare within the Educational Software, Business/Productivity Software, and Healthcare Services industries.
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What has Michael Dornbrook invested in recently?
Michael Dornbrook's latest investment was on 25-Jan-2021 in Tribe XR, a company within the Educational Software industry.
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