Michael MacCombie

Builder

2022 - Current

Head of Platform

2022

Venture Partner

2020

Mentor

2019

Venture Partner

2017

I work with the first network-driven investment firm to find great startups, and leverage our community to help them scale.

Member

2018

Director of Platform

2017 - 2021

Co-Founder

2017 - 2018

The Underground is a membership community for diverse and generally underrepresented entrepreneurs in tech (Founders who are female, LGBTQAI, formerly incarcerated, veteran, and/or people of color). We work to help these entrepreneurs scale their companies, which includes creating high-value events that up their skills, building resources to help them navigate the ecosystem, bringing them together with the right investors and collaborators, and solving those individual challenges that require a creative solution.

Investor / Community

2016 - 2017

Evertrue Ventures is the Brown University alumni investment group. We work to help companies led by our alumni and undergraduates grow through our support.

Behavior Scientist

2015 - 2016

I work with companies ranging from early stage startups to the Fortune 100, helping them to incorporate behavior science into their strategy around community, product, and experience design to build engagement and loyalty. With startups, where I mostly focus, this work also expands to pitching, branding, storytelling, customer acquisition, and fundraising. I specifically enjoy diving into the science of storytelling, of community, and of remarkability.