# Michael J. Maher

> Michael J. Maher is a pre-seed investor at Start Media (New York) backing Comics and Web Apps. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Start Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-media)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-maher-04a8763

Michael J. Maher is a pre-seed investor at Start Media in New York focused on Comics and Web Apps. Michael Maher serves as CEO of Start Media.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comics | 1 | 100% |
| Web Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Media and Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toonsutra | Toonsutra is a developer of a webtoon comics application. It aims at featuring a range of content for audiences across superhero, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, Bollywood, mythology, action, and more and is available for download on both iOS and Android devices. The application helps users to get access to new stories every day from creators andstorytellers in and outside India in English, Hindi, and other regional languages. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Start Media

VC Fund · New York, United States

Start Media, LLC is a privately held media company with interests in exhibition, feature film production and financing, content discovery technology and publishing. The company is acquiring and building content-driven companies designed to capitalize on dislocations created by an evolving media ecosystem.

3 contacts available at Start Media.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jarred G. Weisfeld | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jarred-g--weisfeld |
| Michael J. Maher | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-j--maher |
| Vinay S. Kolla | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinay-s--kolla |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael J. Maher invest in?

Michael J. Maher invests primarily in Comics, Web Apps and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Pre-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.

### When did Michael J. Maher last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael J. Maher closed in Mar 2022. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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