# Lorne Michaels

> Lorne Michaels is a seed investor at Broadway Video Ventures backing Apps. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Broadway Video Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broadwayvideo-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/snlornemichaels

Lorne Michaels is an Emmy-Award winning producer and writer, best known as the creator and executive producer of Saturday Night Live. Michaels is also executive producer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Portlandia, 30 Rock, and other award-winning television shows and films.Michaels’ motion picture creditsas a producer include Mean Girls, Wayne’s World, Tommy Boy, and Three Amigos (which he produced and co-wrote with Steve Martin and Randy Newman). His most recent film is 2012’s The Guilt Trip, starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Islands | The San Francisco-based startup launched out of stealth today to offer users different channels, or “islands,” through which they can organize a game of volleyball, share class notes, or simply create a support group. | $1.9M | Seed | Aug 30, 2017 | http://islands.im |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rainfall Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainfall-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indicator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Ore Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Broadway Video Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Broadway Video Ventures targets early and growth-stage investments, acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures across the media, entertainment, and technology sectors, seeking to leverage and enhance Broadway Video’s existing content and distribution businesses. In addition, BVV incubates new businesses, notably Above Average.

2 contacts available at Broadway Video Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Birnbaum | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-birnbaum-2 |
| Lorne Michaels | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorne-michaels |

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## FAQ

### What does Lorne Michaels invest in?

Lorne Michaels invests primarily in Apps, Software and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Lorne Michaels?

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### When did Lorne Michaels last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lorne Michaels closed in Aug 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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