Mike Rowan

EIR @ Techstars Founder Catalyst Program

2024

As an EIR, I help founders cut through the noise and focus on practical steps that move their startups forward. I work with them to clarify their challenges, navigate next steps, and connect with the right people — whether it’s technical experts, business mentors, or potential partners — so they can approach each stage of growth with confidence and the right support.

Mentor

2018

Actively engage in programs to provide hands in operational knowledge & help founders proactively look around the corners as best I can.

Chief Product Officer (Studio)

2018 - 2020

A product studio to support the development and launching of venture-scale businesses with the support of corporate partners.

Advisor

2022

Parambil is an Al-powered knowledge platform built for tort law. Products on market include automatic case validation, medical chronologies, complaints, fact sheets and more...

Managing Partner

2021

A small portfolio of early stage investments in awesome founders

Co-founder & CEO

2022 - 2023

Operations as a service for venture-backed founders. The financial visibility needed to be a data-driven decision maker. We take care the financial operations so founders can lead their business more effectively. - Accounting & Bookkeeping - Corporate Setup & Entity Compliance - Planning & Budgets - Financial Performance Reviews - Financial & Data Room Organization - Mentor Support & Guidance

Co-founder & COO

2018 - 2023

The venture studio we’d always talked about. Super fun. Super hard. Lots of learnings too, happy to share.

Co-Founder & COO

2019 - 2021

VP Product (Labs / Studio)

2011 - 2018

IPO (SEND) & Acquired by Twilio (TWLO) Product Studio / Lab (Horizon 2 & 3) An internal product studio building next generation products. - Multi-channel marketing automation, workflows, APIs and applications - Data replication & transformation APIs and applications - Cloud-based load testing platform for APIs and applications - IOT device deployment and messaging framework - Email Advertising platform and APIs for multichannel display ad campaigns

Founder & CEO

2010 - 2011

A product studio for developer tools/services --> To SendGrid it went.

Co-founder & CTO

2006 - 2011

RatePoint, founded with other former GeoTrust co-founders to help small businesses collect, manage and promote consumer driven reviews & feedback. Operators of local business email and survey platforms to support local business growth Designed and operated reputation api/knowledge graph for local businesses Designed & Powered API first likeness & recommendation engine for SaaS integration

Head of Research and Development (Founding team)

2000 - 2006

Acquired by VeriSign/Symantec (2006) Inventor of domain validated SSL certificates. Committee of EV SSL Standards Builder & operators of Anti-Phishing API’s and Services Platform (major browsers used) Operators of ubiquitous Certificate Authority platform