Mike Asem

Founding Partner

2016 - Current

M25 is a venture capital investment firm targeting early-stage, tech-enabled startups in the Midwest. With investments in over 100 companies since 2015, we are one of the most active investors in the region.

Board Member, Midwest Lead

2019

BLCK VC was formed to connect, engage, empower, and advance black venture investors by providing a focused community built for and by black venture investors.

Board Member

2019

Civic Eagle leverages innovative technology to help organizations quickly identify, track, and analyze legislation and regulations.

Board Member

2019

Elate is helping companies power sustainable growth by optimizing business outcomes through data-driven OKRs. With Elate's industry-leading Operations Intelligence platform, leaders now have a platform that drives adoption, collaboration, and a measurable business impact across every department of your organization.

Board Member

2018

ScriptDrop is a Healthcare IT company with a focus on innovating in the pharmacy space.

Fellow, Class 24

2019

Advisor

2016

Board Member

2018

PicDiversity, Inc. is a nonprofit that exists to provide teachers with photos that mirror the diversity of their students. America’s classrooms are a mix of races, nationalities, genders and disabilities. Photos used as visual aides to demonstrate appropriate school behaviors or subject objectives, should reflect this diversity.

Director of Collaborative Relationships

2015 - 2016

As Director of Collaborative Relationships, my main directive is to create and cultivate meaningful connections with alumni and friends of Purdue, leading to the success of Foundry startup companies and the licensing of Purdue technologies. Some of my responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Find and match mentors capable of providing meaningful advice to Foundry clients. • Identify and manage talent introductions, leading to formal engagements with Foundry startup companies in leadership positions or as board members. • Establish first customers identification, leading to corporate engagements with Purdue. • Cultivate and nurture potential collaborative and development partners or customers for Foundry startups. • Oversee participation in and develop new competitions such as Business Plan or Prototyping. • Market unlicensed intellectual property to large companies or by identifying teams and entrepreneurs that may assist. • Identify and develop first customers for purposes of funding research, licensing intellectual property and leading to MOU activities.

Student Fellow

2013 - 2014