Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Oren is an entrepreneur, investor, board member, and advisor to technology startups in the US and Europe. He co-founded Mashery in 2006 and served as CEO until Intel acquired the company in 2013. When it was acquired, Mashery-powered APIs were used by over 350,000 active developers in over 100,000 active applications, and counted among its

customers many of the largest e-commerce, media, and data companies in the world.

Oren has made angel investments in several successful companies including Uber, Pebble Post, Addy, Navdy, and eero. He also invests as an LP in several early- and mid-stage VC funds. He served as an outside (non-executive) director of Aepona, an Irish software company, from 2011 through its acquisition by Intel in 2013. He was also an early advisor to the founder of Gnip, which was acquired by Twitter.

Oren advises enterprise SaaS, PaaS, and cloud companies, and has assisted several such companies in developing and implementing strategies for growth and in closing M&A transactions. He also served on the US Government Health Information Technology Policy Enrollment Workgroup at the invitation of the White House CTO.

Oren has spoken at numerous conferences around the world, including SXSW, Le Web, f.ounders, the Dublin Web Summit, Web 2.0, and Podim Slovenia. He has keynoted at events for companies such as American Express and Capital One, and has guest lectured at Cal and UCLA.

Prior to founding Mashery, Oren was VP at Feedster, a search engine and ad network for RSS feeds, where he led the company’s business development efforts in the US and China, closing partnerships with AOL, Real Networks and Mitsui. He was president of ColtHR (a SaaS employee benefits management platform) and of winebid.com (the Internet’s largest wine auction house). He also spent a year as ED and CEO of The Groundlings, a Los Angeles based comedy improv theatre company.

Oren holds an SB in Electrical Engineering (VI-1) from MIT and an MBA from UCLA.

Number of Investments 4
Oren Michels has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - PebblePost on Mar 12, 2016, when PebblePost raised
$7M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 12, 2016
PebblePost
Series A - PebblePost
$7M
Oct 6, 2013
PebblePost
No
Seed Round - PebblePost
$1.4M
Aug 28, 2013
ShopPad
Seed Round - ShopPad
$500K
Oct 15, 2010
Uber
No
Angel Round - Uber
$1.3M
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Oren Michels has exit - Uber.
  • Uber Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Number of Past Jobs 5
Oren Michels has had 5 past jobs including Chief Strategist - Intel Services Division at Intel.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Intel
Chief Strategist - Intel Services DivisionMay 2013Dec 2014
Mashery
Co-Founder and CEOMay 2006May 2013
WiFinder
OwnerJun 2001May 2010
Feedster
VP - Business DevelopmentMar 2005Apr 1, 2006
WineBid.com
PresidentJan 1998Jan 2000
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 5
Oren Michels holds 2 board and advisor roles as Chairman at Xapix and Advisor to CEO at WayUp.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Server Density
Member of the Board of DirectorsOct 26, 2015Apr 2018
Fieldlens
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2015Jun 2017
Aepona
Non-Executive Member of the Board of DirectorsApr 2011Jun 2013
Mashery
Member of the Board of DirectorsMay 2006May 2013
Sweepery
Advisor
Number of News Articles 31
NewsJan 6, 2020
Funding RoundMar 12, 2016
PebblePost raised $7,000,000 / Series A from Alpine Meridian and 21 other investors
Funding RoundOct 6, 2013
PebblePost raised $1,350,000 / Seed from Alpine Meridian and 16 other investors
Funding RoundAug 28, 2013
ShopPad raised $500,000 / Seed from 819 Capital and 15 other investors