Michael Dodd
Partner @ Austin Ventures
Austin, United States
Michael Dodd is a Series A investor at Austin Ventures in Austin focused on SaaS and Software. Mike has been an active technology investor as well as an executive at a number of leading technology companies for the past 20 years. As an investor, prior to joining Silverton, Mike was a partner at Austin Ventures where he focused on technology investing in enterprise and consumer applications, and prior was a partner at Europeatweb, aEuropean/US venture capital firm. Notable investments included MapMyFitness (Under Armour), Mass Relevance (Spredfast), Ancestry.com, Liqudity Services Inc. (Nasdaq: LQDT) and Spredfast. As an executive, Mike was SVP of Corporate Development at Omniture (Adobe) and SVP and GM at Ancestry.com. In his early career Mike was a technology investment banker with Robertson Stephens in San Francisco. Mike received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in finance from Syracuse University.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 7 (13%)
- Software 7 (13%)
- Internet 5 (9%)
- Information Technology 5 (9%)
- Marketplace 4 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 16 (30%)
- Seed 13 (25%)
- Series B 9 (17%)
- Series C 4 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (6%)
Investments
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| We are the only MDM platform that is specifically designed for Medallion. Our technology is centered around adopting the speed and scale of Databricks using their native platform. In addition, our engineers have been born and raised with Delta Lake and have implemented many with customers enabling them to understand the nitty gritty details of theDatabricks platform. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Ontic is the first protective intelligence software company to digitally transform how Fortune 500 and emerging enterprises proactively address physical threat management to protect employees, customers and assets. Ontic’s SaaS-based platform collects and connects threat indicators to provide a comprehensive view of potential threats whilesurfacing critical knowledge so companies can assess and action more to maintain business continuity and reduce financial impact. Ontic also provides strategic consulting, multidimensional services, education and thought leadership for safety and security professionals at major corporations via its Center for Protective Intelligence. For more information please visit ontic.co | $230M / Series C / Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Pluto is a B2B SaaS platform that empowers researchers to explore their data and make high-quality, meaningful discoveries in a fraction of the time. For biology labs, Pluto is the single source of truth, a secure home for organizing all of their experimental data, analysis, and figures. Researchers can upload data and run statistics- and machinelearning-based analyses easily in their browser, with no coding required. Unique share links enable private sharing between collaborators, as well as public sharing of Pluto Projects to support full reproducibility of scientific manuscripts. The Pluto platform also allows researchers to compare their own results against a database of thousands of published experiments, bringing the global scientific community closer so that more life-changing discoveries can reach the world. | $3.6M / Seed / May 13, 2025 | ||
| Axial Shift is a SaaS platform that bridges the gap between real-time staff performance, sales, and employee experience. | $4M / Seed / Sep 27, 2023 | ||
| Pluto is a B2B SaaS platform that empowers researchers to explore their data and make high-quality, meaningful discoveries in a fraction of the time. For biology labs, Pluto is the single source of truth, a secure home for organizing all of their experimental data, analysis, and figures. Researchers can upload data and run statistics- and machinelearning-based analyses easily in their browser, with no coding required. Unique share links enable private sharing between collaborators, as well as public sharing of Pluto Projects to support full reproducibility of scientific manuscripts. The Pluto platform also allows researchers to compare their own results against a database of thousands of published experiments, bringing the global scientific community closer so that more life-changing discoveries can reach the world. | $3.7M / Seed / May 02, 2023 | ||
| Apprentice is The Manufacturing AI Company. Since 2014 we've built intelligent, mission-critical systems that empower teams to automate workflows they never thought possible. Our proprietary AI model, Apprentice 4.1, is specifically trained and constrained for manufacturing—ensuring strict compliance and human-in-the-loop accountability.Apprentice 4.1 can be deployed as a stand-alone AI agent, or natively embedded within our next-gen Manufacturing Suite. From our Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Laboratory Execution System (LES) to our Connected Manufacturing Network (CMN) and Manufacturing Intelligence (Analytics), Apprentice provides a complete suite of applications to run 24/7 operations and drive significant throughput and margin improvement.Backed by $207 million in venture funding, our platform is trusted by the world's leading manufacturers—including Moderna, Catalent and Gilead—to execute over 30 million requests per month. | $100M / Series C / Jan 19, 2022 | ||
| Bennie is on a mission to provide everyone with access to better benefits. With an easy-to-use app and world-class brokerage services, Bennie is designed to make benefits less complex and more accessible. Our proven team of industry innovators & experts have come together from top benefits firms, technology startups, and insurance carriers tohelp people live healthier lives. | $33M / Seed / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| Ontic is the first protective intelligence software company to digitally transform how Fortune 500 and emerging enterprises proactively address physical threat management to protect employees, customers and assets. Ontic’s SaaS-based platform collects and connects threat indicators to provide a comprehensive view of potential threats whilesurfacing critical knowledge so companies can assess and action more to maintain business continuity and reduce financial impact. Ontic also provides strategic consulting, multidimensional services, education and thought leadership for safety and security professionals at major corporations via its Center for Protective Intelligence. For more information please visit ontic.co | $40M / Series B / Nov 16, 2021 | ||
| Anchor Yacht Rentals is a managed marketplace tech platform that connects private yacht owners and licensed captains to those looking for an unforgettable on-the-water experience. | $2.5M / Seed / Aug 16, 2021 | ||
| At Living Security, we believe that end users are the most important asset and least leveraged opportunity for preventing cybersecurity breaches in the enterprise. Leveraging employees, a scientific Cybersecurity approach to analyzing Human Risk factors, a ground-breaking approach to Human Risk Management, and the ability to measure itseffectiveness and ROI, Living Security creates proven, lasting change that helps prevent Cybersecurity breaches for the enterprise. | $14M / Series B / Mar 30, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Austin Ventures
Austin Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company that specializes in partnering with talented executives and entrepreneurs to build companies. It was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Austin Ventures Contacts
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Jim Kozlowski
Venture Partner
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Joe Aragona
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Ken DeAngelis
General Partner
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Chris Pacitti
General Partner
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