Cliff Bersani
Investor
Based in New York City, Cliff invests in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies across the Midwest and East Coast.
Prior to joining Mucker, Cliff worked on growth at Xiaomi, where he was an early member of the team tasked with business expansion outside of China. Over his three years at the company, Cliff drove hundreds of millions of dollars in sales through consumer-facing marketing and enterprise partnerships. During his time at the company, Xiaomi grew to be the third largest smartphone brand globally after Samsung and Apple.
Cliff grew up in Hong Kong and speaks near-native Mandarin. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Princeton University and an MBA from Chicago Booth. During his time at Booth, Cliff completed internships at Osage Venture Partners in Philadelphia and Origin Ventures in Chicago.
Cliff can be reached at cliff at mucker dot com.
Articles by Cliff Bersani
How to Become a Midas VC: Just The Data
By William Hsu The annual Forbes Midas list just came out. Which reminded me that I put together the following data for last years list for a blog post...
Encyclopedias are moving to the blockchain. Everipedia, joined by Wikipedia’s co-founder, is leading the charge.
Mucker portfolio company Everipedia, the “encyclopedia of everything,” announced today that it is creating the world’s first encyclopedia on the blockchain, and that Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger has joined...
5 Lessons for Startups from Edison’s Invention of the Phonograph
by Erik Rannala Real innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum, a lesson that the famed inventor Thomas Edison understood better than most. Throughout his life, Edison revealed that great ideas...
5 Tactics for Improving Startup Culture
Guest post by Gaurav Bhattacharya, CEO and co-founder at Involve. “Culture” is a set of norms and beliefs commonly shared by a group of people that give them a sense...
Mucker Academy: Pricing Models for the Enterprise with Jim Howard
In this episode of Mucker Academy, cloud software executive Jim Howard sits down with the MuckerLab accelerator to share his 15+ years of experience in developing and selling products and...
The Cryptic VC’s Guide to Saying “No” on Investments
by William Hsu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mucker VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart,...