# Michael Sharkey

> Michael Sharkey is a seed investor at MB Business Capital (Chicago) backing Music and CRM. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MB Business Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mb-business-capital-2)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-d-sharkey-b4938811/

Michael Sharkey is a seed investor at MB Business Capital in Chicago focused on Music and CRM. Michael D. Sharkey, President, MB Business Capital, is responsible for the bank's asset based lending group. With nearly 40 years of experience in financial services, he oversees a nationwide market with regional offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City,San Francisco, and Scottsdale.From July 2008 until the merger with MB in 2014, Sharkey was president of Cole Taylor Business Capital and executive vice president, asset based lending.Prior to that, he was president and CEO of LaSalle Business Credit, where he helped build the group into the fifth largest asset based lending company in the United States. During his tenure at LaSalle, he also served as executive vice president for LaSalle Bank and ABN Amro. Sharkey began his career in financial services with GE Capital as a field examiner and loan officer, and moved on to Manufacturers Hanover Commercial Corporation where he served as senior loan officer. From there, he joined and within four years became president of StanChart Business Credit, which was ultimately acquired by LaSalle Bank.Sharkey is a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial Finance Association, as well as past president and chairman of that organization. He is also past president of the American Brain Tumor Association.Sharkey is a graduate of Rutgers University and J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 2 | 67% |
| CRM | 1 | 33% |
| Events | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Muso | Muso is a live-entertainment start-up born in Melbourne and now operating Australia-wide. We help venues create better live entertainment experiences and help artists find more gigs to create more revenue opportunities. We leverage technology to make things more efficient, fair and transparent to ultimately make live music more accessible to morepeople. Eventually we hope that every venue will be a live music venue but until then we’ll work on changing one at a time. | $2M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Surreal | Surreal is an entertainment for helping professionals focus on the growth of their business | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Logic PD | Logic PD is a complete product lifecycle solutions company for connected offerings serving the world’s most demanding markets.Logic PD collaborates with clients to guide them throughout the complete lifecycle of their product development and electronics manufacturing services needs to accelerate their growth and capture value. With integratedcapabilities in research, design, engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and aftermarket services, Logic PD helps its clients identify opportunities, reduce risk, and control costs to deliver the next generation of innovative products into the world’s most demanding markets. | $9M | Debt Financing | Aug 15, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alberts Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberts-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rampersand](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rampersand) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sandhill Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandhill-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MB Business Capital

VC Fund

MB Business Capital offers flexible financing for regional and national store based retail chains.

1 contacts available at MB Business Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Sharkey | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sharkey-6103 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Sharkey invest in?

Michael Sharkey invests primarily in Music, CRM and Events startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Sharkey's check size?

Michael Sharkey typically joins rounds of $2M–$2M 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 Sharkey participates in.

### When did Michael Sharkey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Sharkey closed in Oct 2021. 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?

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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