# Mike Edwards > Mike Edwards is a seed investor at Pioneer Media backing E-Commerce and Enterprise Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Pioneer Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-media-9c5f) - Total investments: 10 - Last investment: Dec 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marallo - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/marallo - Website: http://marallo.com Mike Edwards is a CEO at Pioneer Media. Mike has a wealth of experience in building and scaling consumer technology companies in private and public markets ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $387k–$5.6M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | E-Commerce | 3 | 30% | | Enterprise Software | 3 | 30% | | Art | 2 | 20% | | Mobile | 2 | 20% | | Apps | 1 | 10% | 30 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 9 | 90% | | Angel | 1 | 10% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Canada | 5 | 50% | | United States | 4 | 40% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SportsIcon | SportsIcon lets users connect with sportspeople through NFT’s and masterclasses. | $5.6M | Seed | Dec 18, 2021 | | | Hack Capital Ventures | Hack Capital is a software company that helps digital companies hire, train, retain, and motivate employees to do the best work of their lives. The company is building vertically integrated systems of intelligence that will help startup companies, as they grow, to manage their scale intelligently. | $750K | Seed | Feb 13, 2018 | | | Skyscraper | Skyscraper is an all-in-one ad management platform for bloggers. A magical way of running ads on your site that both simple and effective. | $500K | Seed | Dec 03, 2012 | | | Wantering | Wantering is a fashion discovery tool that allows you to discover and buy clothing from across a curated list of boutiques, flash sales sites, and major retailers all in one place. | $387K | Seed | Sep 01, 2012 | | | Food.ee | Food.ee is a fun and simple service which delivers meals, snacks, cakes and alcohol to your office! All you need to do it 1. Pick a price point 2. Choose your food type 3. Build a menu. Its that easy. | $609K | Seed | Aug 23, 2012 | | | LaunchRock | LaunchRock is an online platform that enables its users to create viral "Launching Soon" pages with built in sharing tools and analytics. Users can create landing pages within a short time and collect interest, increase sharing, and build their audience.LaunchRock pages help its clients incentivize and reward users for telling othersabout its clients’ projects through email and their social networks.LaunchRock was launched in 2011 out of Philadelphia’s Startup Weekend and its operations are based in Walnut, California. | $800K | Seed | Nov 08, 2011 | | | Artsicle | Artsicle is a web application to discover your taste in art and rent your favorite original pieces to enjoy at home, starting at $25 a month. Artsicle provide access to some of New York's top emerging artists, letting customers nationwide find the right artwork for them from the comfort of a couch. | $390K | Seed | Nov 02, 2011 | | | Urbandig Inc. | Handcrafted 'off the beaten path' city experiences delivered right to your iPhone.Designed for locals, travelers and voyeurs, this app will uncover the unexpected, off the beaten path and highly interesting places that only a few people know about. We have hand picked Curators that are truly experts about things to do, eat and drinkin selected areas. They have crafted themed experiences like Best Dive Bars, Art in the Streets, Vintage Shopping, Food Trucks, and many more. Not only does the app guide you on cool places to go, it also includes Curator Notes which provides things like what night to go, what to order, what's the history and essentially what's up at different spots. | | Seed | Jun 01, 2011 | | | Summify | Summify offers a service that provides daily summaries of users’ social news feed via email, web or mobile. This service is accessible to individuals via Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader accounts. Summify is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | | Angel | Mar 30, 2011 | | | Unbounce | Unbounce is a provider of conversion optimization tools and technology for marketers that help small and mid-size businesses optimize conversions and accelerate growth. | $850K | Seed | | | 10 of 10 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Yaletown Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaletown-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [AFSquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afsquare) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Pioneer Media VC Fund 1 contacts available at Pioneer Media. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Mike Edwards | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-edwards-2 | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Galaxy Interactive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-interactive) — VC Fund - [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund - [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-canada) - [Transportation Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/transportation-angel-investors-canada) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-canada) - [Internet Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-canada) - [Art Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/art-angel-investors) - [Art Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/art-angel-investors-united-states) ## FAQ ### What does Mike Edwards invest in? Mike Edwards invests primarily in E-Commerce, Enterprise Software and Art startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Mike Edwards's check size? Mike Edwards typically joins rounds of $387k–$5.6M 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 Mike Edwards participates in. ### When did Mike Edwards last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Mike Edwards closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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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