Michael Piechalak
Partner @ Rakuten Capital
San Francisco, United States
Michael Piechalak is a Series C investor at Rakuten Capital in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Internet. Mike Piechalak is a Partner at Rakuten Capital. He Attended Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Industries Michael Piechalak invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 1 (100%)
- Internet 1 (100%)
- InsurTech 1 (100%)
- Insurance 1 (100%)
- E-Commerce 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Simplesurance develops innovative cross-selling solutions for e-commerce shops to combine traditional insurance industries with fast-paced digital business. Simplesurance's solution enables e-tailors to cross-sell product insurances within but not only the checkout processes and even before. Therewith online-shops are able to monetizecustomers twice in one process and gain additional margins and profit. More than 2,000 partners including many well-known e-commerce platforms and mobile electronic manufacturers, use the innovative power and flexibility of the company’s cross-selling platform. In addition, Simplesurance offers to all customers an innovative digital broker service to manage all of the insurances on smartphones, easy and completely paperless.Simplesurance was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $24M / Series C / May 08, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Rakuten Capital
Rakuten Capital is a corporate venture capital group that provides funding, sector experience and operational support to its portfolio companies across the world. Rakuten Capital is part of the Rakuten Group, one of the world’s leading internet service companies. Rakuten has built and invested in innovative internet businesses in e-commerce,financial services, digital content and advertising since 1997. Rakuten has ranked in the top 30 of Forbes Magazine‘s annual “World’s Most Innovative Companies” list, and operates in Asia, Europe and the Americas. The company is headquartered in Tokyo and is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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Adit Swarup
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Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel
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Hiroshi Takasawa
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Kazuyoshi Abumi
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Michael Piechalak
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What does Michael Piechalak invest in?
Michael Piechalak invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and InsurTech startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Michael Piechalak closed in May 2018. 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.
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