# Mick Mountz

> Mick Mountz is a seed investor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology backing Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mick-mountz-9982

Mick Mountz is a Principal at Kacchip, LLC. He was a Founder of Kiva Systems and Product Marketing Manager at Apple Computer.With a unique blend of warehouse management expertise and technology insight, Mick is the chief architect of Kiva's game-changing product vision. Prior to Kiva, Mick worked on a business process team at Webvandesigning a next generation distribution strategy for grocery home delivery, during which he experienced first-hand the high cost of order fulfillment and the inflexibility of existing material handling systems. Prior to joining Webvan, Mick spent three years in product marketing at Apple Computer as a Product Manager where he helped move many new technologies into the standard desktop platform including FireWire, DVD, Fast Ethernet, and 3D graphics acceleration. He began his career at Motorola, where he worked as both a Mechanical and a Manufacturing Engineer. In 2008 Mick was a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the New England region. In 2009, under Mick's leadership, Kiva was ranked #6 on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies in America, and Gartner named Kiva one of its "Cool Vendors in Supply Chain Management." Mick holds six United States technology patents. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pensa Systems | Pensa is a leading innovator in changing the way brands and retailers manage retail shelf inventory. Pensa’s data-as-a-service portfolio and use of advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence enable CPG brands and retailers to reduce stockouts and boost revenues by delivering highly accurate real-time visibility of the store shelf at afraction of the cost of other solutions. Pensa partners with top CPG brands and retailers globally, including Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Circle K, and Unilever to address a trillion-dollar “blind spot” at a critical time in the industry. | $2.2M | Seed | May 23, 2018 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is a pre-seed venture firm investing where the digital and physical world intersect. Bolt invests early and with conviction, leading or co-leading the first round of financing in over 90% of our portfolio companies. Bolt has invested in over 70 companies and is currently investing from our $70M Fund. | $3.9M |  | Feb 20, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ATX Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atx-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Autodesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autodesk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grishin Robotics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grishin-robotics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Logitech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/logitech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RevTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revtech-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a research university that conducts research and offers educational courses in science, technology, and engineering. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs.Degrees earned at MIT include bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate.Students from MIT are regularly named Fulbright Fellows, Marshall Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars, and Gates Scholars.The faculty of MIT has won numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize, Medal of Science, John Bates Clark Medal, Fields Medal, PECASE awards, MacArthur ’genius’ grants, and more. Many faculty members are of the AAAS, IEEE, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and other prestigious societies.

5 contacts available at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniela Rus | Professor of EECS | — |
| David DesJardins | Member of the Corporation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-desjardins |
| James DiCarlo | Head, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | — |
| Mick Mountz | Dean's Advisory Committee, School of Engineering | — |
| Paula T. Hammond | Head, Department of Chemical Engineering | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Mick Mountz invest in?

Mick Mountz invests primarily in Retail, Finance and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Mick Mountz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mick Mountz closed in May 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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