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Michael Spirito

Partner at Sapphire Ventures

New York, New York

VC
Investor

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $100,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Education

Investments

beehiiv

Series B

Total Funding: $51M

Overtime

Series A

Total Funding: $220M

Mixhalo

Series A

Total Funding: $36M

GreenPark Sports

Seed

Total Funding: $54M

Flowhaven, Licensing Suite

Series A

Total Funding: $21M

Aglet

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

Buzzer

Seed

Total Funding: $4.3M

QL Gaming Group

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Work Experience

Sapphire Ventures, LLC

2018

  • Partner

    2018

    Co-founder of and partner in Sapphire Sport. Focus on the future of consumer with sport, media, entertainment and ecommerce as the backdrop.

FOX Sports

2014 - 2018

  • Head of Business Development and Digital Media

    2014 - 2018

    Oversee digital media business of FOX Regional Sports Networks

YES Network

2006 - 2018

  • Head of Business Development and Digital Media

    2006 - 2018

    Oversee digital media, business development and corporate strategy of YES Network (sold to FOX in 2014 for $3.8BN)

Time Warner Inc.

2000 - 2004

  • Founding Member, Senior Manager Time Warner Ventures

    2000 - 2004

    Series A and B investor in and board member of N2 Broadband (acquired by Tandberg TV (ERIC) in 2005). Series C and D investor in and board observer to BigBand Networks (ARRS), IPO in 2007.

Credit Suisse

1998 - 2000

  • Investment Banking Analyst, Media and Telecommunications Group

    1998 - 2000