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Michael Stark

General Partner at Crosslink Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Michael Stark is the Founder and General Partner at Crosslink Capital in San Francisco, California, where he has successfully invested in companies like AirVine Scientific and Node. With a distinguished MBA from the University of Michigan and a background in engineering from Northwestern University, he brings expertise in venture capital, investor relations, and business development to his role. Highlights of Michael Stark's career include founding Crosslink Capital and serving on the boards of companies like AirVine and Espresa, while making successful investments in startups such as Livescribe and Validity Sensors.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2022 - Current

AirVine Scientific improves the way indoor network infrastructures are deployed, operated, reconfigured, and repurposed.

Raised $18,200,000.00 from Crosslink Capital and Crosslink Capital.

  • Founder and General Partner

    1989

Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators, typically at the Seed-Series A stage.

  • Board Member

    2017

Espresa is the world’s first Culture Benefits® platform that makes heroes out of HR teams.

Raised $31,242,387.00 from WestWave Capital, Clear Ventures, Crosslink Capital, New Era Capital Partners, Ridge Ventures, WestWave Capital, Crosslink Capital, Moneta VC and Ridge Ventures.

  • Director, McCormick Advisory Council for Northwestern's School of Engineering

    2010

  • Director, Dean's Advisory Board Ross School of Business

    2004

  • Board Member

    1999 - 2009

Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits.

Raised $9,500,000.00.

  • Partner

    1983 - 1990

  • Financial Analyst

    1980 - 1982

An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.

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