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Mike Walsh

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Investor and Board Member at HIFI Labs
📍 Manhattan Beach, California, United States

Mike Walsh is a Founding Partner at Structure Capital, focusing on seed-stage companies that capitalize on under-utilized assets. An early investor in giants like Salesforce. com and Uber, he has backed over 150 startups. He holds an MBA from Columbia University. Colleagues and founders describe him as insightful, attentive, and down-to-earth.

Outside of venture capital, Mike has a passion for music, which influences his work with music tech company HIFI Labs. He is a proud father of two sons and serves on the board of Moraine View R&R, a fellowship retreat dedicated to supporting the well-being of our nation’s veterans.

He was struck by lightning in a cemetery when he was 14 years old.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Investor and Board Member
Location
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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Seed-Stage Investing
As a founding partner of Structure Capital, he focuses on providing seed-stage capital to passionate teams, having invested in over 150 companies like Uber, Sonder, and Carta.
Sharing Economy
His investment thesis centers on the "zero waste economy" by backing companies that leverage under-utilized assets, such as time, skills, cars, and houses.
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Career

Work history

3-2020
Investor and Board Member
HIFI Labs
10-2021
Board Member
Moraine View R&R
1-2020
Investor and Board Member
Proto Hologram
5-2013
Founding Partner
Structure Capital
6-2010
Investor
Uber.com
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Education
2002 - 2004
MBA
Columbia University
2002 - 2004
MBA
Columbia Business School
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