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Mike Ghaffary

General Partner, Canvas Ventures

About

Mike Ghaffary is a former founder who co-founded podcast app Stitcher and served as CEO of Eat24, leading it through its acquisition by Grubhub, before becoming a venture capital investor at Canvas Ventures. He uses a structured, playbook-like approach to evaluate online marketplaces based on specific metrics like frequency and take rate, and advocates for AI companies that create jobs for blue-collar workers and small businesses rather than just automating white-collar work. Mike Ghaffary is a former founder who co-founded podcast app Stitcher and served as CEO of Eat24, leading it through its acquisition by Grubhub, before becoming a venture capital investor at Canvas Ventures. He uses a structured, playbook-like approach to evaluate online marketplaces based on specific metrics like frequency and take rate, and advocates for AI companies that create jobs for blue-collar workers and small businesses rather than just automating white-collar work.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
FinTech
Health
AI
Marketplaces
Logistics

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $25M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA