Michael Baum
CEO & Founder @ Vivant
San Francisco, United States
Michael Baum is a successful Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur who has built billion dollar companies. Michael is the founder and CEO of FOUNDER.org, an early investor in young innovators solving world problems. FOUNDER.org provides audacious innovators an unrivaled experience through it’s company building science, deep mentoring and earlyfunding. Having created over 3,500 jobs, 150 millionaires and more than $6B in shareholder value, Michael is driving the next generation of inspired game-changers.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
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Industries Michael Baum invests in
Stages Michael Baum invests in
Countries Michael Baum invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $300k–$2M
- Series A
- $7.5M–$9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (23%)
- Machine Learning 3 (23%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (23%)
- mHealth 2 (15%)
- Health Care 2 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (31%)
- Series A 3 (23%)
- Grant 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 4 (31%)
- Germany 2 (15%)
Investments
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Unu motors
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unu wants to create the mobility solution that fully connects people to the city. They believe in cities in which all people are enabled to embrace the full potential of urban life. Their first product, electric scooter unu, was launched in summer 2014. unu is stylish, emission-free, quiet and super-easy to charge thanks to portable batteries. | $12M / Series B / Oct 29, 2018 | |
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Unu motors
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unu wants to create the mobility solution that fully connects people to the city. They believe in cities in which all people are enabled to embrace the full potential of urban life. Their first product, electric scooter unu, was launched in summer 2014. unu is stylish, emission-free, quiet and super-easy to charge thanks to portable batteries. | $8M / Series A / Apr 11, 2017 | |
KONUX
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KONUX is a German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. It combines Machine Learning and IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded tomultiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. | $9M / Series A / Mar 06, 2017 | |
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KONUX
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KONUX is a German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. It combines Machine Learning and IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded tomultiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. | $9M / Series A / Mar 06, 2017 | |
PlushCare
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PlushCare is a San Francisco-based tech startup that makes it easy to find and meet with a doctor online, even on the same day. Their mission is to provide patients with the best doctors and the best medical experience in a friendly and personalized way. The company's technology platform enables over 100,000 patients (and growing) to get carefrom a board-certified doctor online. With an NPS of 90 and an App Store rating of 4.9, they strive to provide the healthcare experience that patients deserve. PlushCare has also been developing Coronavirus at home testing. | $8M / Series A / Nov 03, 2016 | |
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KONUX
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KONUX is a German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. It combines Machine Learning and IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded tomultiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. | $7.5M / Series A / Apr 08, 2016 | |
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KONUX
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KONUX is a German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. It combines Machine Learning and IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded tomultiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. | $2M / Seed / Apr 01, 2015 | |
Gemini Data Inc.
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Gemini Data provides an AI-powered platform, Gemini Enterprise, that enables businesses to rapidly integrate generative AI with their existing data. Our platform is cloud-native, no-code, and user-friendly, allowing even non-technical users to connect various data sources and create a semantic understanding layer for more accurate AI insights.www.geminidata.com | Seed / Apr 01, 2015 | |
Eko Health
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Eko Health is a leading digital health company advancing how healthcare professionals detect and monitor heart and lung disease with its portfolio of digital stethoscopes, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Its FDA-cleared platform is used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, allowing them to detectearlier and with higher accuracy, diagnose with more confidence, manage treatment effectively, and ultimately give their patients the best care possible. Eko Health is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with over $125 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Questa Capital, Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, Morningside Technology Ventures Limited, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and others. For more information visit www.ekohealth.com. | $2M / Mar 12, 2015 | |
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Eko Health
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Eko Health is a leading digital health company advancing how healthcare professionals detect and monitor heart and lung disease with its portfolio of digital stethoscopes, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Its FDA-cleared platform is used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, allowing them to detectearlier and with higher accuracy, diagnose with more confidence, manage treatment effectively, and ultimately give their patients the best care possible. Eko Health is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with over $125 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Questa Capital, Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, Morningside Technology Ventures Limited, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and others. For more information visit www.ekohealth.com. | $2M / Seed / Mar 12, 2015 | |
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Co-Investors
About Vivant
VIVANT is an interactive experience platform connecting conscious consumers, responsible winemakers, and expert wine advisors. The company’s immersive, live-streaming, professional-led wine experiences transport consumers to wine regions, vineyards, and producers around the world, anywhere, anytime. VIVANT’s proprietary Live Experiences®,Interactive Tasting Method®, Tasting Tubes™, and gamified learning platform make wine education accessible, entertaining, and effective. The company is empowering a sustainable future for the wine industry by educating consumers, supporting responsible producers, and employing passionate wine educators. Founded in 2019 with offices in San Francisco, Paris, and Pommard France, VIVANT will publicly launch in 2020 with access available by the waitlist at the company’s website www.vivant.eco.
Vivant Contacts
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Michael Baum
CEO & Founder
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Peter Vukovic
Chief Technology Officer
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What does Michael Baum invest in?
Michael Baum invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Michael Baum's check size?
Michael Baum typically joins rounds of $300k–$2M at Seed and $7.5M–$9M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Baum participates in.
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