Michael A. Greeley

Michael is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners focused on information technology, healthcare and medical technology investments. Among a range of general investment themes, Michael is currently focused on opportunities involving the convergence of healthcare and IT, technology-enabled business services, and technologies that address the physical security and homeland defense markets.

Michael currently represents the firm on the boards of BlueTarp Financial, TARIS Biomedical, MicroCHIPs, PolyRemedy, Predictive Biosciences, Protein Forest, T2 Biosystems and VidSys and led the firm's investment in Magen BioSciences.

Michael's blog, On the Flying Bridge, can be found at www.ontheflyingbridge.com.

Michael founded IDG Ventures Atlantic in 2001 before it transitioned to Flybridge Capital Partners in 2008. Michael served on the board of International Data Group, the flagship Limited Partner for the IDG Ventures global network of funds.

Previously, Michael was with Polaris Venture Partners, where he focused on both early-stage and later-stage financings for emerging growth companies. Before Polaris, Michael served as Senior Vice President and Founding Partner of GCC Investments, a $200 million private equity fund. Prior to GCC Investments, Michael was a Vice President and one of the early professionals at Wasserstein Perella & Co., an international merchant bank with a $1.0 billion private equity fund. Additionally, Michael was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. and worked in the Leveraged Buyout Group of Credit Suisse First Boston.

In previous positions, Michael has served on the Boards of a number of public and private companies including Global TeleSystems Group (NASDAQ: GTSG), El Sitio International (NASDAQ: LCTO), MotherNature.com (NASDAQ: MTHR), Crescent Communications (acquired by Clear Channel), Fleetcor Technologies and American Capital Access.

Michael received a BA with honors in Chemistry from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Michael currently serves as Chairman of the New England Venture Capital Association where he served as President from 2005 to 2008 and was recently appointed to the board of the National Venture Capital Association and as Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Massachusetts Information Collaborative. He also serves on the investment committee of the Partners Innovation Healthcare Fund, is a member of the Executive Business Advisory Council for Mass General Hospital for Children, and a trustee and on the investment committee of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Additionally, Michael authors a column called "Nothing Ventured" for BioIT World magazine and blogs on the venture industry for Xconomy.

Although Michael considers himself a New Yorker, he grew up in Hong Kong. He is married with two children and is an avid runner, having successfully completed five marathons in the past few years. While at Williams, Michael had a remarkably undistinguished career as a four-year varsity lacrosse player.

Recent posts

The Slog Continues…

Last week the National Venture Capital Association (where I am on the Executive Committee) and Thomson Reuters announced the 2Q12 fundraising data for venture firms—don’t worry, you are excused if you... Read more »
Does Facebook Solve VC Industry Woes?

So here is my obligatory post on Facebook…which will be the most spectacular IPO of a venture-backed company in the history of mankind…and it just priced tonight.

The shares priced at... Read more »
Shrinkage—Expanded Upon….

Poor investment returns have had a similar effect to cold water – the VC industry is shrinking. As a follow-up to comments I posted this past weekend, I wanted to look... Read more »
Fourth Quarter Venture Results—Shrinkage Comes in All Forms

The Q4 2010 VC funding data were released late last week—and the headline was quite upbeat. VCs invested $5 billion in 765 deals in this past quarter, which while essentially... Read more »
Five Popular Predictions for 2011 That Are Wrong

1. Prediction in Vogue: 2011 will be the year of the “Super Angel”

Reality: Given all the angel investment activity, and the fact that it has never been easier to... Read more »
A VC Re-Visits China: Vitality and Optimism, but What Lies Ahead?

What a fascinating week to be traveling in Asia. President Obama is here for the G20 Summit—as is Tiger Woods—and, frankly, I am surprised at how tough the local press is... Read more »
5 Things Michigan Can Do to Build a Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem

Building a sustainable innovation ecosystem is hard and will require patience married to a sense of real optimism. It will require numerous centers of innovation: academic settings, corporate research labs, world-class... Read more »
2010 Venture Capital Oscar Predictions

Even though Oscar buzz is not yet in the air, it is pretty clear what film titles will rule in 2010. So sit back, grab your popcorn…the envelopes please.

Precious:... Read more »
Big (and Smart) Government

In the past few months I have had the opportunity to interact with a number of state and federal officials as the financial crisis has unfolded. And for the most part... Read more »
12 By 12 By 12 By 12 By 12

Yesterday, I participated in a very exciting event that culminated with the announcement by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick of an important funding program—a $1 million annual business plan competition called MassChallenge... Read more »
What I Like About Innovation in New England

There is a lot of great stuff going on in Boston right now. Granted, there are still many signs of paralysis throughout the system, but there are also many high-quality entrepreneurs... Read more »
Things I Learned at the National Venture Capital Association Meeting

I am at the annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association being held in Boston lastthis week. The tone was remarkably upbeat—but only for those firms with either a new... Read more »
Down is the New Up: Two Suggestions for How CEOs Can Cope With the Downturn

For the last six months VCs thought they were really funny whenever they used the phrase “flat is the new up.” This crept into the VC lexicon at the beginning of... Read more »
Pop Goes the (Venture) Weasel…

So the first quarter venture funding data were just released and the news for entrepreneurs was decidedly bad. It is pretty clear the party for “easy money”—particularly for cleantech companies–is emphatically... Read more »
Go East, Young Man, Way East

So to bastardize an expression of one of my forefathers, Horace Greeley, everyone should at some point in the near future “go (to the) Far East.” I am traveling through the... Read more »
Ten 2008 Predictions from the VC Cheap Seats…

This will be a big year for us in the exponential economy—will we have a recession? Will oil stay above $100 a barrel? Republican or Democrat? Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox... Read more »
Dare to be Greater

At the outset of my career I had the great fortune of working with Bruce Wasserstein on Wall Street who made his reputation imploring CEOs that they should “dare to be... Read more »

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