Mike Volpe
Investor
Mike Volpe
Investor
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2024 - Current
Independent member of the board of directors
Senior Advisor
2020
Provide strategic advice on SaaS, sales, marketing, and company building to Silversmith investors and portfolio company management teams.
Board Member
2024
Independent member of the board of directors.
Board Member
2018
Independent member of the board of directors for a sales and marketing SaaS company.
VP, Go to Market, B2B Payments
2021 - 2022
Commercialization of B2B Payments products at Capital One. Part of the Lola.com team which joined Capital One in October 2021 through an acquisition.
CEO
2018 - 2021
Lola.com was a SaaS fintech startup which built a spend management and corporate travel management product. As CEO joining a couple years after the founding of the company, I rebuilt the sales and marketing process and teams and grew revenue from $0 to $2m run rate before the pandemic. During the pandemic which demolished the business travel industry, we pivoted to add a spend management product which issued corporate cards and tracked all budgets and expenses across a company. We grew that business to 100 customers and then were acquired by Capital One in October 2021. Funded by General Catalyst, Accel, and CRV.
Board Member
2018 - 2021
Independent member of the board of directors. Ecommerce SMB SaaS company acquired by Attentive in 2021. Advisor to the CEO and founder since 2014.
Board Member
2014 - 2018
Independent member of the board of directors for a mobile-centric SaaS company with a field activity management app.
CMO
2016 - 2018
Lead marketing and sales development at global cybersecurity SaaS company: * Increased web traffic by 580%, grew lead generation by 420%, created 650% more pipeline, and helped grow revenue by 500% * Launched company into EMEA region, including building marketing team there * Grew marketing team from 7 to 25 people * Managed Business Development (BDR/SDR) team and Inside Sales team
Board Member
2015 - 2016
Independent member of the board of directors for a marketing SaaS company with a revenue event marketing app. Company acquired by EventFarm in fall 2016.