Michael Stoppelman Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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75
- Portfolio
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54
- Exits
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20

Michael Stoppelman General Information
Description
Mr. Michael Stoppelman serves as Advisor at SignalFire. Mr. Stoppelman served as an Advisor at Burst Capital and Propelo. He serves as a Venture Advisor at Verissimo Ventures. He co-founded Yelp. He serves as Venture Partner at Kivu Ventures. He is an Angel Investor. He is the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at Yelp. He started at Yelp as a software engineer working on the search engine. He took over as head of engineering in 2012 after serving as a manager and Director of Engineering in the proceeding years. He scaled the engineering team from 30 to over 500 engineers. Before Yelp he was a software engineer at Google for 3.5 years and served as the tech lead for the AdSense Traffic Quality team. He received his BS in Computer Science from Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003. He serves as a Board Advisor at Ponto Software.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Santa Monica, CA
- United States
Michael Stoppelman Investments (75)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Siro | 20-May-2025 | Later Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Tensor9 | 14-May-2025 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Hostie AI | 29-Apr-2025 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Pixeltable | 05-Dec-2024 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | |||
Integrated BioSciences | 02-Oct-2024 | Drug Discovery | Generating Revenue | |||
Slingshot AI | 20-Aug-2024 | Other Healthcare Technology Systems | Startup | |||
Zamp | 09-May-2024 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Morty (Entertainment Software) | 20-Apr-2023 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Pebble (Social/Platform Software) | 13-Jan-2023 | Angel (individual) | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Tldraw | 30-Nov-2022 | Seed Round | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue |
Michael Stoppelman Exits (20)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Census | 01-May-2025 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Kubecost | 17-Sep-2024 | ||
Iron Ox | 04-Jul-2024 | ||
StayTuned (Business/Productivity Software) | 27-Jun-2024 | ||
dot.LA | 26-Apr-2024 | ||
Charma | 01-Oct-2023 | ||
Okay (Business/Productivity Software) | 31-May-2023 | ||
Okera | 03-May-2023 | ||
Openbase (Software Development Applications) | 24-Apr-2023 | Out of Business | |
Propelo | 24-Jan-2023 | Merger/Acquisition |
Michael Stoppelman Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Michael Stoppelman Co-Investors (443)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Sequoia Capital | 4 |
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Michael Stoppelman FAQs
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Who is Michael Stoppelman?
Michael Stoppelman is an angel Investor who has made 75 investments.
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What kind of investor is Michael Stoppelman?
Michael Stoppelman is an angel investor.
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What does Michael Stoppelman do?
As an angel investor, Michael Stoppelman invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Michael Stoppelman invested in?
Michael Stoppelman has made numerous investments in companies like Siro, Tensor9, and Hostie AI within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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What has Michael Stoppelman invested in recently?
Michael Stoppelman's latest investment was on 20-May-2025 in Siro, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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