Michael Perez
Deputy General Counsel
As Deputy General Counsel, Mike oversees Mucker’s investment process, advises the firm on a variety legal matters, and assists with firm operations and compliance.
Prior to joining Mucker, Mike was a corporate attorney with Silicon Legal Strategy, APC and Cooley LLP, where he advised innovative venture-backed technology companies on a variety of legal issues, including formation, debt and equity financing, corporate governance, and commercial contract drafting and negotiation. He also advised investors in debt and equity financings and ongoing compliance matters. Mike began his legal career as a labor and employment attorney with Littler Mendelson P.C.
Mike is lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds degrees in Economics and Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Davis, and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
Mike can be reached at mike at mucker dot com.
Articles by Michael Perez
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos Health
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos Health, to...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...