Michael Lightman
Founder of Hate Your Deck
Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2021 - Current
Great founder? Successful business? Sh*t story? We help founders tell the story investors need to hear.
Hate Your Deck creates and refines fundraising decks to help businesses attract investors.
Venture Partner
2021
Republic gives people the power to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic has facilitated over $250 million in investments from over one million global community members. Republic Venture Partners (like me) collaborate across the startup ecosystem to support founders and their ideas. If you are a startup looking to raise capital from the crowd, message me here on LinkedIn!
Republic Crypto offers a compliant and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform for investors seeking high growth potential.
Outreach Strategy Consultant
2021 - 2023
Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) is a two-year program at Argonne National Labortory for innovators focusing on energy and science technologies. Through an annual application call, four to six teams will be selected to join CRI. Program participants will receive the financial and technical support needed to mature nascent technologies that face long development cycles to the proof-of-concept level, thus getting them to the point where they can access conventional sources of financial support to scale and launch into the marketplace. CRI’s ability to embed innovators at Argonne and provide multi-faceted support sets it apart from incubators, accelerators and R&D fellowships.
Argonne National Laboratory conducts researches in basic science, energy resources, and environmental management.
Raised $41,400,000.00 from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, US Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Energy and US Department of Energy.
Strategy & Outreach Coordinator
2021 - 2023
Duality is the preeminent quantum focused accelerator. Headquartered at the Polsky Center at the University of Chicago, the team has partnered with the biggest names in quantum to provide entrepreneurs with everything they need to build and grow the next generation of quantum startup.
Duality is a accelerator program in the nation exclusively dedicated to supporting innovative quantum startups.
Director of Strategy
2019 - 2020
Managing Partner (Founding Member)
2019 - 2019
BIV is part venture fund, part accelerator. I was number two in the organization and helped raise $50M, set up the investment thesis for both the accelerator and fund, brought in and trained the team, and helped kick off the NY and Singapore programs.
Solving the world's greatest challenges by backing the world's best entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers
Innovation and Entrepreneurship at InfoDev
2015 - 2019
Supported the design and rollout of two accelerators in the Caribbean, one on Climatech companies and the other on 'last mile to investment' companies. I also supported the design and rollout of an accelerator in Ethiopia and helped put together a guidebook on accelerator best practices.
The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Raised $81,000,000.00 from Northern Trust, QBE Insurance Group, NSW Treasury Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SAFA, Aware Super and Treasury Corporation of Victoria.