Mike Vernal joined Conviction as general partner in 2025, bringing experience as a Sequoia investor and a product and engineering executive at Meta. He is an investor at Conviction, an AI-focused venture capital firm.
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Conviction writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Sequoia · investor
- Meta · product and engineering executive
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Who is Mike Vernal?
Mike Vernal joined Conviction as general partner in 2025, bringing experience as a Sequoia investor and a product and engineering executive at Meta. He is an investor at Conviction, an AI-focused venture capital firm.
How much does Mike Vernal invest?
Mike Vernal invests through Conviction, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at seed, series a.
How do I pitch Mike Vernal?
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What did Mike Vernal do before Conviction?
investor at Sequoia; product and engineering executive at Meta.
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