Michael Palank
Managing General Partner @ MaC Venture Capital
Washington, United States
Michael Palank is a General Partner at MaC Venture Capital. He attended DePaul University.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
Last updated:
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Industries Michael Palank invests in
Stages Michael Palank invests in
Countries Michael Palank invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (15%)
- Internet 3 (12%)
- Aerospace 3 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (12%)
- Mobile 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (19%)
- Series A 2 (8%)
- Funding Round 2 (8%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Investments
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| Finli is an enterprise payment platform intended to empower neighborhood schools & studios, online and offline, for the changing world. The company's platform allows schools and service providers to transfer administrative tasks such as invoicing, payment collection, reconciliation, and customer management seamlessly, helping users tomanage their entire business in one place. | $150K / Seed / Sep 06, 2024 | ||
| Unlocking satellite internet capacity through user terminal innovation | $8M / Series A / Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Fursure is the first financial platform for pet parents, spanning debit cards, insurance, and more — disrupting how Americans spend money on their cumulative 185 million pets, a >$120B market, growing to $275B by the end of the decade. Fursure simplifies getting insurance with a national pet insurance marketplace, rewards pet parents foreveryday spend that they can redeem on veterinary care and save in a rainy day fund for emergencies, and offers exclusive discounts on best-in-class products across pet categories. Fursure's cofounders were Princeton classmates, former Facebook Senior PM (CEO) and Amazon Architect (CTO), and featured as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology 2022. | $3M / Seed / Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Edge Delta believes there is a better way to do observability. A more efficient, simple, and faster way that no longer requires tough decisions regarding which datasets are valuable enough to monitor. With Edge Delta, DevOps, Developer and SRE teams can control costs and maximize visibility, end overages, remove blind spots in data, and stayahead of data growth.Edge Delta was founded in 2018 by Ozan Unlu and Fatih Yildiz and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. | $63M / Series B / May 03, 2022 | ||
| Prepared offers an AI-powered platform designed to enhance emergency response operations. The platform integrates functionalities such as automated triage for non-emergency calls, real-time translation of audio and text in multiple languages, and situational awareness tools including live video and multimedia sharing. It also provides qualityassurance features that allow supervisors to evaluate call-taking performance in real-time. By consolidating these tools into a single interface, Prepared aims to assist public safety answering points in managing calls more efficiently and effectively. | $9.8M / Seed / Apr 06, 2022 | ||
| Radish Health is a digital platform providing primary care services to municipalities and small businesses. By focusing on core service areas and personalized care, Radish assists businesses and governments in saving on healthcare costs while providing better care for their teams' when compared to current market offerings. Radish was able toset up in-person workplace clinics, provide telehealth services, and send at-home test kits to employees as a workplace benefit by focusing on rebuilding care for modern patients' needs. It provides access to critical services such as primary care, mental health, nutrition counseling, and others.Radish Health was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York. | $4M / Seed / Mar 24, 2022 | ||
| Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse. | $3.2M / Seed / Mar 15, 2022 | ||
| Sequel | $5M / Seed / Dec 21, 2021 | ||
| Starfish Space is a space technology company focused on developing infrastructure for in-orbit satellite servicing and maintenance. It designs autonomous spacecraft, particularly its Otter vehicle, which can rendezvous with, dock to, and interact with satellites already in orbit. The company’s technology enables services such as extending theoperational life of satellites, repositioning them, and safely removing defunct satellites or debris from space. Its systems rely on advanced robotics, navigation software, and electric propulsion to perform precise proximity operations in orbit. Through these capabilities, it aims to make satellite servicing more affordable and scalable, supporting the long-term sustainability and growth of space activities. | $7M / Sep 28, 2021 | ||
| Starfish Space is a space technology company focused on developing infrastructure for in-orbit satellite servicing and maintenance. It designs autonomous spacecraft, particularly its Otter vehicle, which can rendezvous with, dock to, and interact with satellites already in orbit. The company’s technology enables services such as extending theoperational life of satellites, repositioning them, and safely removing defunct satellites or debris from space. Its systems rely on advanced robotics, navigation software, and electric propulsion to perform precise proximity operations in orbit. Through these capabilities, it aims to make satellite servicing more affordable and scalable, supporting the long-term sustainability and growth of space activities. | $7M / Seed / Aug 01, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About MaC Venture Capital
MaC Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on finding ideas, technology, and products that can become infectious. The firm invests in technology companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors in an increasingly diverse global marketplace.MaC VC is the result of the merger between successful LosAngeles and Bay Area-based Seed funds, Cross Culture Ventures, and M Ventures.
MaC Venture Capital Contacts
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Michael Palank
Managing General Partner
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Charles King
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Danny Brown
Partner
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Haley Farnsworth
Partner
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Marlon Nichols
Co-founder & Managing General Partner
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What does Michael Palank invest in?
Michael Palank invests primarily in Software, Internet and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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