# Michael Dearing

> Michael Dearing is a Series A investor at Harrison Metal backing Software and E-Commerce. See 101 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Harrison Metal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harrison-metal-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 101
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldearing
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mcgd
- Website: https://www.harrisonmetal.com

Michael Dearing is a Founder at Harrison Metal and an Assistant Director of Management Services at Bermuda Monetary Authority. He was a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University. Michael attended Suffolk University, Brown University, and Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 14 | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 11 | 11% |
| SaaS | 10 | 10% |
| Internet | 10 | 10% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 32 | 32% |
| Seed | 26 | 26% |
| Series B | 23 | 23% |
| Series C | 10 | 10% |
| Series D | 3 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 62 | 61% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vital Interaction | Vital Interaction is a software provider specialized in automating complex communication workflows. Their premier product, the Automated Patient Interaction System, enables healthcare organizations to communicate more effectively with patients using text messaging, automated voice, and email.This automated system helps both patients and healthcare providers connect quickly through technology to remind patients of appointments, fill open slots and request patient feedback. | $15M | Series A | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| X1 Card | X1 Card is the smartest credit card ever made. Built with 17g of stainless steel and laser etching technology, X1 Card reimagines the credit card from the ground up. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 Card ispartnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 million merchants around the world. The company is cofounded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more. | $25M | Series B | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| X1 | X1 manufactures a smart credit card made with 17 grams of sleek, stainless steel. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 is partnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 millionmerchants around the world. The company is co-founded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more. | $25M | Series B | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Guild | Guild Education's lifelong learning platform offers classes, programs and degrees for working adults, with a path for them to move forward in their education and career. Guild offers these adults support from start to finish, with their technology platform for discovery, learning, and organizing the experience, and extra support with theirtech-enabled student advising model.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States. | $150M | Series E | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| TruckMap | The Mobile App For Truck Drivers |  | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| X1 Card | X1 Card is the smartest credit card ever made. Built with 17g of stainless steel and laser etching technology, X1 Card reimagines the credit card from the ground up. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 Card ispartnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 million merchants around the world. The company is cofounded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more. | $10M | Series A | Sep 17, 2020 |  |
| X1 | X1 manufactures a smart credit card made with 17 grams of sleek, stainless steel. It harnesses the power of technology to offer smart credit limits, an unparalleled rewards program, and automated features that will transform the way you shop and spend. X1 is partnered with Visa Signature, allowing cardholders to use it at more than 46 millionmerchants around the world. The company is co-founded by Twitter alums Deepak Rao and Siddharth Batra and backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and founding COO David Sacks, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, former Twitter COO Adam Bain, Libra co-creator & Instagram’s former head of product Kevin Weil and more. | $10M | Series A | Sep 17, 2020 |  |
| Intello | Intello is a SaaS Operations platform that enables companies to discover and manage their SaaS spend, usage and compliance data. Intello monitors all internal software subscriptions, helping to manage the lifecycle of SaaS apps, reduce wasted licenses and ensure application security. | $2M | Seed | Feb 28, 2020 |  |
| Guild | Guild Education's lifelong learning platform offers classes, programs and degrees for working adults, with a path for them to move forward in their education and career. Guild offers these adults support from start to finish, with their technology platform for discovery, learning, and organizing the experience, and extra support with theirtech-enabled student advising model.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States. | $157M | Series D | Nov 13, 2019 |  |
| CircleCI | CircleCI’s continuous integration and delivery platform that helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. It lets teams ramp quickly, scale easily, and build confidently every day.Velocity is critical for software teams in today's competitive landscape, but maintaining speed canbe difficult as apps and systems grow larger and more complex. CircleCI enables developers to detect and fix bugs before they even reach customers. Thousands of leading companies including Facebook, Kickstarter, Shyp, and Spotify rely on CircleCI to accelerate the delivery of their code and enable developers to focus on creating business value fast.CircleCI is a Bay Area Best Places to Work 2018 award winner from the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in beautiful downtown San Francisco with a global remote workforce, CircleCI is venture-backed by Scale Venture Partners, DFJ, Baseline Ventures, and Harrison Metal Capital. | $56M | Series D | Jul 23, 2019 |  |

10 of 101 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Cowboy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowboy-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Grace Beauty Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grace-beauty-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

## About Harrison Metal

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Harrison Metal invests in early-stage technology companies in consumer, business services, and developer tools sectors. Harrison Metal speiclaizes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and early-stage investment.

1 contacts available at Harrison Metal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Dearing | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-dearing |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Dearing invest in?

Michael Dearing invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 101 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Dearing last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Dearing closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 101 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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