# Michael Schwab

> Michael Schwab is a seed investor at Big Sky Partners (Venice) backing Outdoors and Recreation. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Big Sky Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-sky-partners)
- Location: Venice, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schwab-4a4306133

Michael Schwab is a seed investor at Big Sky Partners in Venice focused on Outdoors and Recreation. Michael B. Schwab, founder and Managing Director of Big Sky Partners, is an active and engaged investment professional with nearly a decade of experience investing in, and mentoring, early stage companies through every stage of company growth and technology/product development. Since founding Big Sky in 1999, Mr. Schwab has remaineddisciplined in his investment approach across all 18 portfolio company investments, highlighting the firm’s primary focus on people first. Big Sky specializes in seed and Series A technology financing, applying a multi-sector investment strategy with a particular focus on the cleantech and alternative energy sectors. Mr. Schwab has extensive expertise in, and can offer entrepreneurs significant strategic contacts within, the clean energy, photovoltaic, next-generation Internet and global financial services industries, as well as broad exposure to emerging international real estate investment opportunities. Mr. Schwab currently sits on the Board of Directors of Solaicx and MongoNet.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Outdoors | 2 | 67% |
| Recreation | 2 | 67% |
| Events | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SENDY | Buy, Sell and Rent Adventure Sports equipment anywhere in North America. | $1.9M | Seed | Nov 28, 2024 |  |
| Lohum | Lohum manufactures lithium-ion battery packs and recovers critical battery materials from used lithium-ion batteries through recycling. | $23M | Series B | Feb 09, 2024 |  |
| Natural Selection Tour | Natural Selection Tour provides outdoor events and experiences designed to inspire a deeper connection to mother nature. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 13, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baring Private Equity Partners India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baring-private-equity-partners-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cactus Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cactus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chhattisgarh Investment Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chhattisgarh-investment-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stride Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stride-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VenturEast](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventureast) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Big Sky Partners

VC Fund · Sausalito, United States

Big Sky Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high tech startups and emerging growth companies. The firm specializes in seed and A series technology financing, while applying a multi-sector investment strategy with a particular focus on the cleantech and alternative energy sectors.Founded by Michael Schwab, Big SkyPartners is headquartered in Sausalito, California.

2 contacts available at Big Sky Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Ferrara | Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ferrara |
| Michael Schwab | Founder, Managing Partner and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-schwab |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Schwab invest in?

Michael Schwab invests primarily in Outdoors, Recreation and Events startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### When did Michael Schwab last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Schwab closed in Nov 2024. 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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