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Investor profile

Mike W. Erwin

Founder, General Partner, and Chief Investment Officer, Ecliptic Capital

About

Mike W. Erwin co-founded Austin innovation studio Chaotic Moon as CFO alongside Ben Lamm and William "Whurley" Hurley, combining hands-on experience managing fast-growth startup finances with building new product lines before launching Ecliptic Capital. He has maintained a long-time business partnership with Whurley across multiple ventures and brings three decades of serial entrepreneur experience with cybersecurity roots, positioning him as an operator-turned-investor who leads seed capital into technically complex frontier technologies. Mike W. Erwin co-founded Austin innovation studio Chaotic Moon as CFO alongside Ben Lamm and William "Whurley" Hurley, combining hands-on experience managing fast-growth startup finances with building new product lines before launching Ecliptic Capital. He has maintained a long-time business partnership with Whurley across multiple ventures and brings three decades of serial entrepreneur experience with cybersecurity roots, positioning him as an operator-turned-investor who leads seed capital into technically complex frontier technologies.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Deeptech
Hardware
Climate
Health
Cybersecurity
Energy

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA