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
Product Velocity is a Key to Success
How can you tell if a startup is going to be successful? What beacons signal a company will really take off? What flags hint at a potential crash and burn?...
Our Investment In Emotive
Mucker’s first meeting with Emotive happened in November of 2018, though our initial investment wouldn’t happen until 18 months later in May 2020 when we would lead their Series A....
Save America. Start A Company.
This post originally appeared in Forbes. America recently celebrated Memorial Day to honor military men and women who paid the ultimate price to secure and defend liberty. In a country...
Why More Funding Won’t Magically Fix Your Startup
This post originally appeared in TechCrunch. Some entrepreneurs think that (more) money will solve all their company’s problems. It won’t. Like a teenager with a million-dollar allowance and an identity...
Thriving As A Post-Coronavirus Startup
This post originally appeared in Forbes. Startups are uncertain, high-risk exercises under any circumstance. When investors make available capital, it’s possible to mitigate some of that risk by extending runway...
COVID-19
Our team at Mucker is honored to support our portfolio through the unprecedented set of challenges facing the global community with COVID-19. Here is a compilation of products, services, and...