Mike Asem
Partner @ M25
Chicago, United States
Mike Asem is a pre-seed investor at M25 in Chicago focused on Software and Marketplace. While earning his B.A. at Purdue University, Mike championed The Anvil, which is now the largest student-run coworking space and startup incubator in the world. While at Purdue, Mike was also a Student Fellow for Chicago Ventures, and was the first and only student to be named OnePurdue Scholar for making the largest impact to the Purdue communityby a single student. After graduating, Mike led business development at a nanotech startup born out of Purdue. Most recently, Mike served as Director of Collaborative Relationships for the Purdue Foundry, where he supported business development and talent related activities for startups in the Foundry’s portfolio. Aside from his passion for working with startups, Mike can often be found making fruit wine, rooting for Chicago sports, and hunting down great sushi.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries Mike Asem invests in
Stages Mike Asem invests in
Countries Mike Asem invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (60%)
- Marketplace 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Beauty 1 (20%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (60%)
- Seed 2 (40%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Pavewise provides management and solution software that assists users in developing successful strategies. Using asphalt paving variables in conjunction with technologies to increase productivity and profits on any paving project. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Swept AI is a software company that provides AI applications tool, compliance infrastructure and security services. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| Top Tier Lessons is a 3-sided marketplace designed specifically as a way for student athletes to make money, on their own terms, doing the sport they love. Top Tier Lessons connects student athletes with parents in the local community looking for sports lessons for their kids. Our process is incredibly simple. A student athlete is able to go ontothe site, sign up and list their time availability similar to how you fill out a when2meet. Parents then browse the selection of student athletes in their area, and book a time slot and lesson through the site. The venue is either chosen by the parent or we suggest one in the area based on our partnerships. We handle the venue, payment, scheduling and safety of each lesson. | $520K / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Improovy is a digitally-native managed marketplace that connects homeowners to vetted painting contractors and controls the entire end-to-end experience. | $2.8M / Seed / Jun 28, 2022 | ||
| Rebundle provides synthetic hair products that eliminate skin rashes and single-use waste. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Jan 17, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About M25
M25 is a Chicago-based Midwest-focused venture capital firm run by Victor Gutwein and Mike Asem. Since the firm's inception in 2015, M25 has invested in 90+ early-stage tech startups in over 24 cities across 11 states in the Midwest. M25's objective, analytical model and collaborative, forward-thinking approach creates a large portfoliospanning several industries across the entire region, allowing them to establish M25 as a key node in Midwest startup ecosystem.
M25 Contacts
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Abhinaya Konduru
Senior Associate
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Katie Birge
Associate & Head of Platform
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Mike Asem
Partner
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Victor Gutwein
Managing Partner
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What does Mike Asem invest in?
Mike Asem invests primarily in Software, Marketplace and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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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The most recent investment recorded for Mike Asem closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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