Michael Basch

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, General Partner

2020

Atento Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm focused on partnering with Founders to build technology around healthcare, climate-tech, and business services. The firm manages over 60 portfolio companies and has invested in 35 various-stage investment firms, oftentimes emerging, since inception. Representative investments include Fabric Health, One Finance, Torch Capital, and Volt.

Consultant: Venture, Investment, Partnership, & Strategy

2017

GKFF is dedicated to creating equal opportunity for young children and building a diverse, vibrant Tulsa-metro area. The Foundation focuses on a series of philanthropic initiatives aimed at educational opportunities for children and financial resources for small businesses in Tulsa. On the investment side, GKFF oversees a large portfolio of early-stage venture capital, private equity, and fund-of-fund investments. Responsible for designing and developing several regional programs, including Tulsa Remote, Tulsa Innovation Labs, Atlas School, TulsaResponds, Tulsa4Tesla, inTulsa, BuildinTulsa, Tulsa Service Year, 412 Angels, and several others to guide Tulsa-centric organizational mission.

Advisor

2017

sourceM is a groundbreaking custom product design and sourcing agency working across the globe. We provide decades of experience designing and creating branded merchandise, packaging, retail goods, gifted items and various private label programs. Between our dual-headquarters in Los Angeles and Guangzhou, China, we empower and enable our clients to create anything within the realm of imagination. Our clients include both Fortune 500 companies and smaller retailers. We have elite creative designers, engineers and manufacturing partners - enabling us to provide top-tier solutions in pursuit of creating tomorrow’s products and experiences.

Adjunct Professor

2020

Entrepreneurship and Commercialization of Technology

Advisor

2016 - 2021

Upon leaving Spotad to work for Hillary For America, I stayed involve as an advisor and continue to do so until this day. I advise on various aspects of the business including: Corporate strategy, sales, operations, finance, and HR related items.

President

2014 - 2017

Early investor in an AI-driven mobile performance marketing platform that was eventually sold to Ironsource in 2021. Oversaw non-technical operations and led customer-facing efforts to facilitate the hypergrowth phase of the company prior to successful exit.

Advisor

2019 - 2020

Founded in 2015 by company President David Jankowsky, Francis Energy is dedicated to expanding our EV Network across the country in an effort to offer EV drivers convenient, easy to use and affordable public charging stations.

Organizer

2016 - 2016

Joined the Technology and Innovation Policy team before becoming a full-time organizer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Built a team of hundreds of volunteers to deliver a strong turnout and the highest margin of victory in Dane County history.

Partner

2007 - 2016

Managing Director

2007 - 2014

Advisor

2005 - 2007

Joined as Partner #5 to transform a t-shirt company into a global sourcing business with hundreds of full-time employees around the world spanning 8 offices. Helped build the company’s corporate infrastructure, governance, and managed the company’s global e-commerce strategy. BAMKO was sold to Superior Uniform Group in 2016.

Teacher & Tutor

2006 - 2011

I tutored and taught classrooms for the GMAT & GRE for Kaplan Test Prep and was one of the top-rated teachers in my center by student-assessment surveys.

District Manager

2000 - 2007

Started as a barista in 2000, earning yearly promotions until becoming District Manager in 2005 to oversee 22 stores with hundreds of employees across southern California. Opened my own store in 2003, which held the record for sales volume at the time.