Michael is one of the three co-founders of Gramercy Venture Advisors. Prior to Gramercy Michael spent the previous eight years as CEO of Double Impact, a leading San Francisco venture catalyst. Michael has helped in the development, funding, growth and exit of over 100 early stage technology companies from around the world. He has extensive international experience in building, funding and managing start-up companies. Prior to Double Impact, Michael was Managing Director of Macromedia's Asian operation during the three years leading to its very successful NASDAQ listing in December 1993. As well as his involvement across the full range of activities at Gramercy Venture Advisors and Gramercy Private Equity and serving on the various group Boards and Investment Review Committees, Michael is also Chairman of Chat Ventures (New York) www.chattheplanet.com, WebND Technologies (Beijing) www.huanxun.cn and www.isino.com, Trusted Delivery (Melbourne) www.trusteddelivery.com and E Ball Games (Melbourne) www.eballgames.com.au . In addition Michael also sits on the Boards of Digital Marketing Solutions (Bangkok) www.dmsasialimited.com, My Place Online (Adelaide) www.myplaceonline.com.au and Byron Organics (Byron Bay). |