M.G. Siegler (born November 2, 1981) is a general partner at Google Ventures, where he primarily focuses on seed and early-stage investments.[citation needed]
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Early life and education
He is originally from Ohio, and obtained his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 2004.[1]
Career
After graduation, he moved out to Los Angeles to get a job in Hollywood, and took on tasks such as a set PA and a script reader. He then moved to San Diego, where he did front-end web development. During his stint as a web developer, he started taking blogging more seriously, which helped him get noticed by VentureBeat.[1] He became a blogger for VentureBeat from 2007 to 2009, and a blogger for TechCrunch from 2009 to 2014.[2] As a blogger, much of his blogging focused on Apple, and he was "known best for his unabashed pro-Apple bias".[3] He became a partner at CrunchFund in 2011, where he helped build a portfolio including Airbnb, Betable, Crowdtilt, Ifttt, Karma, Mailbox, Path, Square, Uber, Vine, and Yammer.[4] He left CrunchFund for Google Ventures in May 2013.[4]
He serves on the board for Slack. He has invested in companies like Medium and Secret.[5] He regularly maintains a blog on Medium called "500ish Words",[6] and was interviewed in the documentary The Startup Kids.[7]
References
- ^ a b "An Interview with MG Siegler of TechCrunch on AOL, Startups, and Apple Fanboyism - Mobile and Social Media". Technmarketing.com. 3 May 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "M.G. Siegler". Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "MG Siegler Interview - Business Insider". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "Announcing a new GV general partner: MG Siegler — GV Library — Medium". Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "With New Anonymous Social App Secret, the Merit Is in the Message". Recode.net. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ^ "M.G. Siegler LIVE Chat on Product Hunt". Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "The Startup Kids". Thestartupkids.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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