# Mike Nugent

> Mike Nugent is a seed investor at Vestigo Ventures backing Payments. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vestigo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vestigo-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minugent
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mdnugent

Mike Nugent is a seed investor at Vestigo Ventures in Boston focused on Payments and Software. Mike Nugent is the Managing Director at Vestigo Ventures. Prior to founding Bison, Mike held senior roles at SVG Advisers, LP Capital Advisors and HarbourVest Partners, and has >$3B in private market commitments to his credit. Mike started his career in the public markets with the NASDAQ Stock Market, and also gained significant operatingexperience while running operations for a textiles manufacturer. He received his MBA from Boston College, and his BA from St. Bonaventure University. Mike lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Analytics | 2 | 40% |
| Fraud Detection | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cork | Cork offers cyber guarantees to MSPs that service small businesses and the independent software vendor (ISV) solutions that they manage. | $6M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Calculum | Calculum develops a data analytics platform intended to reinvent the way companies analyze, manage, and negotiate payment terms. It utilizes smart analytics to identify opportunities that will strengthen trading partners by mapping the entire supply chain including environmental, social, and corporate governance factors. It identifies on averageover 20% in working capital benefits and initiatives, positively impacting free cash flow, which in turn can be invested directly in their growth, development, and sustainability programs. | $4.2M | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Acorn Finance | Acorn Finance provides home improvement financing to contractors and homeowners. | $8.4M | Series A | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| ForMotiv | Formotiv is an end-to-end platform for reducing online risk and improving customer experience. Our solution measures end user behavioral biometrics in real-time to detect future outcomes like fraud, delinquency, profitability, and abandonment as users engage with digital applications. | $6M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Acquire App | Developer of an e-commerce platform designed to power and improve checkout experiences. Facing operational challenges late in 2022, the CEO took the company on an exit path and a transaction was recorded later in 2023. | $3M | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DVx Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dvx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dreamit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dreamit-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- KD Venture Partners — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MassMutual Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vestigo Ventures

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Vestigo Ventures is a seed an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts that invests in technology companies focused on financial services. We are distinguished by our deep financial industry expertise, exclusive access to the team and technology at Cogo Labs, powerful network of advisors and proven record asinvestors and operators. These advantages position us to successfully target the next generation of disruptive FinTech companies.

5 contacts available at Vestigo Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Blundin | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-blundin |
| Ian Sheridan | Co-Founder & Managing Director | — |
| Kelly Shaw | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-shaw-69a1 |
| Mark Casady | Co-Founder and General Partner | — |
| Mike Nugent | Managing Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Nugent invest in?

Mike Nugent invests primarily in Payments, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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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### When did Mike Nugent last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Nugent closed in May 2023. 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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