Michael Sidgmore

Co-Founder & Partner, Broadhaven Ventures

2016

https://www.broadhaven.vc/ Michael is a Co-Founder & Partner at Broadhaven Ventures, where he focuses on sourcing, investing, and managing investments into early-stage FinTech companies and VC funds. Led invesments into: Liveoak Technologies (Acq. by DocuSign - Seed, Board Director / Observer) Covalto (Seed, Board Director until 2018) Nowports (Seed, Board Director) Republic (Series A, Advisor) Kovi (Seed, Advisor) Brassica (Seed, Advisor, acq. by BitGo) Shakepay (Series A) FranQ (Series A) 73 Strings (Series A) Bunch (Seed) Allocate (Seed) Harvest (Acq. by Envestnet - Seed, Board Observer & Advisor) Starship HSA (Acq. by Optum - Seed, Board Director) Super Seguros (Seed, Board Director until July 2021) ScaleFactor (Series A, Board Observer) Kyash (Series C) Goodcover (Series A) MoMo (Series D) Bitso (Series C) Calii (Series A) Pomelo (Seed) Addi (Series B) Spenmo (Seed) Conta Simples (Seed) NextPay (Seed) Mendel (Seed) Houm (Series A) Unstoppable Domains (Series A) nocnoc (Seed) Savvy Wealth (Seed) Umba (Series A) Bondaval (Series A) Alongside (Seed) LemonEdge (Series A) Other Broadhaven Ventures investments include Carta, MoneyLion, BioCatch, WealthTech (acq. by MoneyLion). Broadhaven Capital Partners is an independent investment bank and investor in financial technology. Broadhaven has advised on over $90 billion in announced merger and acquisition transactions in financial services since 2010.

Founder

2021

Media platform (podcast and newsletter) that is the meeting place for private markets, providing high-quality content, community, and capital.

Strategic Partner

2022

Strategic Partner & Minority Owner at Cantilever Group, a GP stakes firm investing in middle market asset managers with a strategic investment from BTG Pactual.

Founder & Partner

2013

Investing in companies and funds, including: Klarna (2014), Coupang (2014, IPO), Lyft (2014, IPO), Lending Club (2013, IPO), Pensco (2014, Acq), Boost VC (2016), Republic (2017), Polychain Capital (2017), Pantera Capital (2017), Forge (2018, IPO), Etherscan* (2021), Alt (2021), Sorare* (2021), Angel City FC (2021) and more (*denotes co-investment through fund manager relationship).

Advisor

2021

Venture Partner

2020

Goodwater Capital is a next generation venture capital firm. We believe consumer technology is revolutionizing the world and we are devoted to entrepreneurs who are furiously building products and platforms that consumers love. Our mission is to empower exceptional entrepreneurs who are changing the world. Goodwater invests globally and is fortunate to have partnered with exceptional founders at Toss, Monzo, Kyash, Stash, Tide, Xendit, MoMo, Dosh, ZeroDown, Photomath, Badi, IRL, Youper, Sweatcoin, EverlyWell, Memebox, Tophatter, Zumper, Goodcover, Scentbird, Hush, care/of, SimpleContacts, Frank & Oak, Amino, Pager, Retrica, Weee!, Rabbit, Dote, Flirtey, Snow, Anomalie, IRL, and YOLO.

Board Director

2019

Advisor

2019

Special Advisor

2014

Panorama Point Partners is a private investment firm based in Omaha, Nebraska that invests globally in proprietary market niches and special situations across the private investments spectrum. Panorama was founded by the former CIO of Capricorn Investment Group, a well-respected multi-family office, and the Panorama team has over 25 years of investment experience in Silicon Valley, New York, and London.

Advisor

2023 - 2024

Acq. by BitGo (February 2024).