# Michael Baum > Michael Baum is a seed investor at FOUNDER.org backing Software and Machine Learning. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [FOUNDER.org](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-org) - Location: San Francisco, United States - Total investments: 13 - Last investment: Oct 2018 - Lead investor: 15% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelthebaum - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/michaelbaum - Website: http://www.founder.org - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/founderorg 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. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $300k–$2M | | Series A | $7.5M–$9M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 3 | 23% | | Machine Learning | 3 | 23% | | Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 23% | | mHealth | 2 | 15% | | Health Care | 2 | 15% | 24 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 4 | 31% | | Series A | 3 | 23% | | Grant | 1 | 8% | | Series B | 1 | 8% | | Funding Round | 1 | 8% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 4 | 31% | | Germany | 2 | 15% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Unu motors | 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 | | | Unu motors | 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 | 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 | | | KONUX | 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 | 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 | | | KONUX | 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 | | | KONUX | 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. | 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 | 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 | | | Eko Health | 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 | | 10 of 13 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [MIG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mig-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [UVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uvc-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Capnamic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnamic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [FOUNDER.org](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-org) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [NRW.BANK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nrw-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About FOUNDER.org VC Fund · San Francisco, United States FOUNDER.org invests in student entrepreneurs solving big problems they help these courageous innovators build great companies. Their mission is to get more student starting companies, creating jobs and changing the world. But they know it takes more than just money and an idea. Their approach immerses teams in a holistic experience using the 8D©program based on intense challenges, real-world skills development and shared experiences among the most talented student founders around the world.They are a team of serial Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who have built billion dollar companies. Now they’re working with the next generation of student entrepreneurs from universities around the world to help them build high impact companies. Each of them works closely with the teams, bringing their experience in ideation, team building, business models, product and technology, market and customer development, operations and fundraising to bear as hands on mentors. 5 contacts available at FOUNDER.org. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Elliot Shih | Director of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliot-shih | | Martha de Monclin | Marketing Communications Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martha-de-monclin | | Michael Baum | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-baum | | James Murray | Director of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-murray-5 | | Tony Ayaz | Chief Business Development Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vince-barrett | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund - [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund - [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund - [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund - [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Transportation Angel Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-angel-investors-germany) - [Transportation Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-investors-germany) - [Transportation Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-angel-investors-europe) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-germany) - [Machine Learning Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/machine-learning-angel-investors-europe) - [Machine Learning Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/machine-learning-investors-germany) ## FAQ ### 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. ### When did Michael Baum last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Michael Baum closed in Oct 2018. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? 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