Mike Baker - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England
Gender Male

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Mike Baker has been pioneering digital media platforms for 20 years and is a widely recognized thought leader in interactive advertising. Before co-founding DataXu, he was vice president at Nokia, where he created and ran Nokia Interactive. Baker came to Nokia through its acquisition of mobile advertising leader Enpocket in 2007, where he was the

founding investor and CEO. Baker was previously a partner at venture capital firm GrandBanks Capital. He has also been executive vice president at Engage Technologies, an innovator in online advertising and behavioral targeting. An active angel investor in digital media, he is currently chairman of the board of Nexage, a mobile advertising solutions provider. Baker holds degrees in law and telecommunications management.

Personal Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Flat	—	Pre Seed Round - Flat	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	IRIS.TV	—	Series B - IRIS.TV	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Disruptel	—	Seed Round - Disruptel	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CodeGem	—	Pre Seed Round - CodeGem	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SafeGraph	—	Series A - SafeGraph	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tappp	No	Venture Round - Tappp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Fysical Labs	No	Angel Round - Fysical Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Fam	No	Seed Round - Fam	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sendbloom	No	Seed Round - Sendbloom	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Allclasses	No	Seed Round - Allclasses	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	NEXAGE	Relay Ventures	—	Series B - NEXAGE	obfuscated obfuscation

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Sendbloom

Mike Baker

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Sendbloom

Kinvey

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IRIS.TV

Sendbloom Tailored outbound messaging for sales
Kinvey Kinvey is a BaaS provider that makes it easy for developers to set up, use, and operate a cloud back-end for their mobile apps.
IRIS.TV IRIS.TV is a video data platform. We provide video data connectivity to enable better viewing experiences and advertising outcomes.
Fam Fam's mission is to build products that revolutionize the way teens and millennials communicate.
Disruptel Disruptel is a visually-aware artificial intelligence that understands image and video content.
Allclasses Allclasses, Inc. provides an online search engine that allows users to search for and discover classes and class.

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Mike Baker

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder & CEO

dataxu

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
dataxu	Co-Founder & CEO	Apr 2009	Nov 2019
Nokia	Vice President & General Manager	2007	2008
Enpocket	President & CEO	2004	2007
GrandBanks Capital	Partner	2002	2004
Engage	Executive Vice President	1999	2001
Steel Connect	Executive Vice President of Engage Technologies	1998	2001

Board and Advisor Roles

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Mike Baker

holds

board and advisor roles including

Strategic Advisor

Investor

Advisor

Plannuh

, and

Board Member

Pixability

Investor Strategic AdvisorNov 2019
Plannuh AdvisorJan 1, 2018
Pixability Board Member
NextView Ventures Advisory Board
Collaborate.com Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Relay Ventures	Venture Advisor	—	—
Qualia	Advisory Board	—	—
NEXAGE	Chairman of the Board	—	—

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