# Michael Herf

> Michael Herf is a seed investor at flux (Los Angeles) backing Mobile and Art. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: flux
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-herf-ba319
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/herf

Michael Herf is a seed investor at flux in Los Angeles focused on Mobile and Art. Michael Herf - President @ flux

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 67% |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Android | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cuseum | Cuseum helps museums accelerate visitor and member engagement with the use of digital tools. Cuseum's software platform makes it easy for museums, cultural institutions, and public attractions to publish mobile apps, manage their collections, access visitor analytics, and generate new revenue opportunities.The company was founded in 2014 andis headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 18, 2015 |  |
| Lightbox | Lightbox develops consumer mobile apps, initially focusing on pushing the envelope for user experience on the Android platform. Their first product is Lightbox Photos which replaces the Android camera app. It syncs the photos on your phone with your social networks and provides cloud hosting of your photos on Lightbox.com. Lightbox's team wasacqui-hired by Facebook. | $1.2M | Seed | Feb 01, 2011 |  |
| Ze Frank Games | Ze Frank Games is a stealth startup that develops social games for social networks. Ze Frank Games was acquired by Buzzfeed in September 2012. | $500K | Seed | Jul 15, 2010 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chang Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-com-0014) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fusion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fusion-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About flux

VC Fund



1 contacts available at flux.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Herf | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-herf |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Herf invest in?

Michael Herf invests primarily in Mobile, Art and Apps startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Herf's check size?

Michael Herf typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Herf participates in.

### How do I contact Michael Herf?

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### When did Michael Herf last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Herf closed in Feb 2015. Shizune tracks 3 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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