# Mike Leffer

> Mike Leffer is a seed investor at Early Light Ventures (Baltimore) backing SEO and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Early Light Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/early-light-capital)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-leffer
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikeleffer?lang=en

Mike Leffer is a seed investor at Early Light Ventures in Baltimore focused on SEO and SaaS. Mike Leffer is the Principal at Early Light Ventures. Attended The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SEO | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ProductWind | ProductWind is an influencer marketing platform designed for brand promotion. They partnered with brands to find, negotiate, review, track, and rate influencers and help them launch their influencer marketing campaigns, enabling clients to improve their online retail business. For each influencer, it generates trackable attribution links and claimcodes. They know which influencers will drive sales after hundreds of campaigns. To create perfect product pages, they work with influencers. Its influencers are experts at creating and uploading lifestyle content, as well as speaking on Amazon Live and writing Amazon Posts. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| ProductWind | ProductWind is an influencer marketing platform designed for brand promotion. They partnered with brands to find, negotiate, review, track, and rate influencers and help them launch their influencer marketing campaigns, enabling clients to improve their online retail business. For each influencer, it generates trackable attribution links and claimcodes. They know which influencers will drive sales after hundreds of campaigns. To create perfect product pages, they work with influencers. Its influencers are experts at creating and uploading lifestyle content, as well as speaking on Amazon Live and writing Amazon Posts. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Credit Mountain | Credit Mountain is a fintech startup founded in 2020 and is based in Dallas, TX | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 16, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Broom Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fathom-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [412 Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/412-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CUCollaborate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cucollaborate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SpringTime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/springtime-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Early Light Ventures

VC Fund · Baltimore, United States

We are not unicorn hunters and we don't care if your market size is $1 Billion, or $1 Trillion. However, we are very disciplined seed-stage investors that have been in your shoes as founders, and will move very fast for the right companies. If we invest, we'll add as much value as possible and be there with you every step of the way.We only invest in B2B software companies and have a special affinity for companies in the mid-atlantic region. Here are the main quantifiable metrics we're looking for:• Valuations ranging from $3 million to $12 million • $400,000 ARR - $3 million ARR (annual run rate) • Previously raised less than ~$2 million • Net burn rate less than $100,000 a month • Growing at least 80% year-over-year • Gross churn rates under 4% per year and positive net churn • Aiming for $50 million - $150 million exits

5 contacts available at Early Light Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cal Simmons | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cal-simmons |
| Greg Cangialosi | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-cangialosi |
| Mark Joseph | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-joseph-3 |
| Mike Leffer | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-leffer |
| Sam Diener | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-diener |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Leffer invest in?

Mike Leffer invests primarily in SEO, SaaS and Credit startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mike Leffer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Leffer 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?

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