# Michael Pratt

> Michael Pratt is a seed investor at Select Venture Partners backing Mobile and Security. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Select Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/select-venture-partners)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrpratt

Michael Pratt is a seed investor at Select Venture Partners in Washington focused on Mobile and Security. Michael Pratt has over 20 years experience in working with early-stage, venture-backed companies, of which the last 3 were directly involved in mobility.Prior to co-founding SpydrSafe, Michael was the COO of CardStar, Inc., a mobile loyalty company sold to Constant Contact in 2011.From 2006 to 2010, Michael was the CFO/COO of TrustDigital, Inc., a venture-backed Mobile Device Management company sold to McAfee in June 2010.Prior to Trust, Michael was CFO of Galt Associates, Inc., a venture-backed enterprise software company sold to Cerner Corporation in July 2006.Michael’s earlier professional experience includes various finance and operating positions with Mobil Corporation in both domestic and international settings, including President and General Manager of three Mobil subsidiaries.Michael began his professional career with Arthur Andersen & Co.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Security | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Devices | 1 | 100% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SpydrSafe Mobile Security | SpydrSafe Mobile Security has designed the first-of-its-kind Mobile Application Security platform that controls how mobile apps access, use and share corporate data on smartphones and tablets. It is the only solution that provides enterprise IT uniform and fine-grained policy control over ANY mobile app, whether pre-loaded, downloaded fromcommercial app stores, or developed in-house. SpydrSafe was founded in 2011 by seasoned enterprise security professionals and engineers from McAfee/Intel with more than 16 years of combined experience in mobile security. SpydrSafe is headquartered outside of Washington, DC. | $120K | Seed | Nov 22, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Center for Innovative Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/center-for-innovative-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Select Venture Partners

VC Fund · Fredericksburg, United States

Who We AreWe are an early stage, post-seed/pre-Series A investment management firm, with an experienced team, all of whom have extensive cross-industry and cross-functional operating experience in software startups. We invest two crucial elements into early stage software companies – money and experience – to launch early stage companiesto the next level.Many great early stage companies, which have raised initial seed capital to build v1 products and are now looking for a “pre-Series A” round, face a trade off between money and expertise. Individual Angel investors typically cannot identify, evaluate or help early-stage companies move forward, and traditional VC’s invest at much later stages in a company’s development.The Select team bridges the funding and expertise gap, with combined personal experience of more than 100 years of operating experience and over one billion dollars of successful exits. We are committed to using our personal resources, time, and network to help early stage companies succeed.

4 contacts available at Select Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Pratt | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-pratt |
| Adam Slovik | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-slovik |
| Sameer Shalaby | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sameer-shalaby |
| Sol Zlotchenko | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sol-zlotchenko |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Pratt invest in?

Michael Pratt invests primarily in Mobile, Security and Software startups, most often at 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 Pratt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Pratt closed in Nov 2011. 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?

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