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

- Investments
- 22
- Portfolio
- 10
- Exits
- 11

Michael Dearing General Information
Description
Mr. Michael Dearing is the Founder at Harrison Metal Capital. He serves as a Board Member at Toolchain Labs. He was a Board Member of Euclid. He also serves as a Board Member at Dote and serves as the Board Member & Advisor at Signal Sciences. He serves as Advisor at Most Days. He also serves as Technical Advisory Board Member at Kepha Partners. He also serves as a Board Member at Zebra IQ. He currently teaches at Stanford University. Previously, he spent more than six years at eBay. He also served as Board Member at Guild Education. As SVP & General Merchandise Manager of eBay North America, he was responsible for more than $1.7B in annual revenues and nearly $20B in gross merchandise sales across thousands of merchandise categories. He also led the development of many of the features and services of the eBay.com site including Buy It Now, eBay Stores, ProStores and Want It Now. He also designed and built the company's first onsite, direct and product marketing teams to leverage the world's largest database of online consumer activity. Prior to eBay, he held leadership positions at Industrial Shoe Warehouse, The Walt Disney Company, and Bain & Company. He also serves as a Board Member at Grand Rounds, Crew, Flite, Good Eggs, ZipZapPlay, MoPub, Metaresolverand 500px, and Adstack. He was a Board Member at Yard Club. He joined the d.school faculty at Stanford University. He holds an AB in Economics with a focus on economic history from Brown University, as well as an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He is an Angel Investor.
Contact Information
- Woodside, CA
- United States
Michael Dearing Investments (22)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Islands XYZ | 30-Nov-2021 | Early Stage VC | 00.00 | Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
0000 00000000 | 20-May-2021 | 0000 00000 | 000 | Personal Products | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
0000000000 | 03-Jun-2019 | 00000 00000 | 000 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
000000 | 05-Mar-2018 | 0000 00000 | 00.000 | Beverages | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
000000 | 24-Jan-2018 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
000000000 | 02-Nov-2017 | 0000 00000 | 00.00 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
0000 | 09-Feb-2017 | 00000 00000 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 | |
000 | 01-Nov-2015 | 0000 00000 | 000 | Social/Platform Software | Out of Business | 0000000 0000000 |
Mixmax | 21-Apr-2015 | Seed Round | 00.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
Crew (Communication Software) | 11-Feb-2015 | Seed Round | 00000 | Communication Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
Michael Dearing Exits (11)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Crew (Communication Software) | 14-Jul-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
000000000 | 01-Oct-2020 | 000000000000000000 | 000.00 |
0000000 | 12-Aug-2020 | 0000000000 | |
0000 | 27-Feb-2020 | 000000000000000000 | 00.000 |
00000 000000 | 01-Nov-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
000 | 21-Oct-2016 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 | 01-Dec-2015 | 0000000000 | |
000000000 | 29-Mar-2012 | 000 | 000.00 |
IndexTank | 11-Oct-2011 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Doostang | 12-Jul-2011 | Merger/Acquisition |
Michael Dearing Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
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Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Michael Dearing | Angel Investor | 000 | 0 | 0 | Woodside, CA |
Michael Dearing Co-Investors (23)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Harrison Metal Capital | 3 | 0 |
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Creandum | 0 | 0 |
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Firebolt Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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Floodgate Fund | 0 | 0 |
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SV Angel | 0 | 0 |
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