Mike Annunziata

Founder & General Partner

2018 - Current

We lead pre-seed rounds in companies solving hard engineering problems. Investing across Space, Communications, Climate, AI, Healthcare, Energy, and Robotics. Pre-seed/seed portfolio of over 20 companies with an aggregate enterprise value of over $1B. Pre-seed/Inception: -Radiant (USV, DCVC, a16z, Founders Fund) -Northwood (Founders Fund, a16z) -Varda Space (Founders Fund, Lux, Khosla, Caffeinated Capital) -AnySignal (Caffeinated Capital, Blue Yard, Acequia Capital) -ConductorAI (AltCap, Haystack, Bungalow) -Integral (Haystack, Caffeinated Capital, TheGP, Virtue) -Biosphere (Lowercarbon, Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital) -ShipIn Systems (Zeev Ventures) Seed: - K2 Space (Altimeter, First Round, Countdown Capital) - Float Health (Wave Capital, Canvas Ventures)

Board Member

2021

Varda is expanding the economic bounds of humankind by building the world’s first space factories.

Scout

2022 - 2023

Partner at Caffeinated Capital Collective, a pre-seed and seed-stage operator fund investing in exceptional founders

CEO & Co-founder

2016 - 2023

Farther Farms is a Series B Hard Tech startup building a more sustainable food system through processing technology innovation. Using supercritical fluids and other methods, we develop and sell value-added food products that aim to make quality food, accessible everywhere.

Investment Partner

2016 - 2018

Student investment fund backed by First Round Capital. Member of NYC Investment Team investing in inception/pre-seed rounds of the best student founders.

Senior Investment Analyst

2014 - 2018

Senior Investment Analyst for $10B Ivy League University Endowment. Sourced, diligenced, and monitored fund and co-investments in private equity, venture capital, and growth equity asset classes. Prior experience sourcing and managing Real Estate and Natural Resources investments, as well as global public equities and private credit portfolios. Ongoing involvement with endowment portfolio management and asset allocations projects, including portfolio rebalancing, strategic and tactical asset allocation.

Legal Analyst

2011 - 2014

$30B+ family office investing across all liquid and illiquid asset classes.

Recruitment Intern

2010 - 2010

Labor Relations Professional Intern

2009 - 2009

Finance Intern

2009 - 2009