Mike Volpi

Mike Volpi

General Partner atHanabi CapitalCalifornia

Mike Volpi is a General Partner at Hanabi Capital with nearly two decades of investing experience and prior senior roles at Cisco. He serves on boards of companies including Scale AI, ClickHouse, Ferrari, and Confluent.

What Mike can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ALead preference not reported
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Career

  1. Cisco · Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of routing business
  2. Index Ventures · retired partner
  3. Hanabi Capital · General Partner
    Now
  4. Cisco · Chief Strategy Officer
  5. Cisco · SVP/GM of Cisco’s routing business
  6. Index Ventures · partner

Investments named in public bios

Scale AIClickHouseFerrariConfluent

Focus

aisoftwareinfrastructure

Education

Stanford, Bachelor’s in Mechanical EngineeringStanford GSB, MBA

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Who is Mike Volpi?

Mike Volpi is a General Partner at Hanabi Capital with nearly two decades of investing experience and prior senior roles at Cisco. He serves on boards of companies including Scale AI, ClickHouse, Ferrari, and Confluent.

How much does Mike Volpi invest?

Hanabi Capital has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Mike Volpi?

A warm intro from a founder Hanabi Capital backed works best.

What did Mike Volpi do before Hanabi Capital?

Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of routing business at Cisco; retired partner at Index Ventures; Chief Strategy Officer at Cisco; SVP/GM of Cisco’s routing business at Cisco; partner at Index Ventures.

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