Mike Cunningham
Partner at Optum Ventures
Mike Cunningham
Partner at Optum Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2023 - Current
Investing in and supporting innovative healthcare entrepreneurs and their companies. I'm excited to be supporting all of our teams and working directly with CareBridge, Diameter Health (acquired by Availity), Endear, Future, Humata, Main Street, Rethink, Rinse, Synapticure, Tilda, and Vesta along with several others that will be announced soon.
Principal
2019 - 2023
Ambassador
2021
Leadership Council Member
2015 - 2021
Principal
2014 - 2019
Mike invested in, and partnered with, passionate entrepreneurs to redefine legacy industries such as healthcare. Mike also helped manage several of the firm's funds and their 30+ active portfolio companies at any given time. Over the years, Mike made many investments, was involved with 10 company boards, and helped facilitate numerous successful exits.
Transaction Advisory Services Group
2012 - 2014
Consulted companies of various sizes, from Fortune 500's to startups.
Professor Assistant - Mathematics Department
2009 - 2012
Professor’s assistant for a number of the math classes including Chaos, Fractals and Dynamics and Calculus.
Investment Analyst
2012 - 2012
Screened, assessed and presented potential investments to the firm’s Investment Committee. Performed attribution analyses and back tested potential investment strategies in relation to the efficient frontier.
Consulting Intern
2011 - 2011
Litigation consulting group
Financial Consulting Intern
2011 - 2011
Assisted with investment research, portfolio allocations and client relations.
Actuarial Analyst Intern
2010 - 2010
Performed statistical, risk, and competitive analyses to assist with the launch of a new underwriting model.