Michael Kapoor
About Michael Kapoor
Michael is a career finance professional turned Tech Entrepreneur and Investor. After a decade in the Finance Industry, Michael’s inner entrepreneur led him into the start-up world in Silicon Valley. After launching two successful start-ups of his own, Michael took his operating experience and ran the East Coast practice for Propeller Venture Capital. Relocating to Washington, D.C. full time in 2015, he Co-Founded WishKnish, a DAG platform ahead of its time. After successfully exiting the blockchain industry in 2019, he joined the Shatter Fund as their XiR - the first Venture Firm to solely invest in women entrepreneurs. Now the COO of Shatter - Funds 1 & 2 in harvest mode - Michael helped expand Shatter's footprint into women's professional sports and independent media projects as Shatter III's Managing Director. Michael is a COO-level Advisor to several startups in Washington, San Francisco, and Lagos. He also sits as the first Entrepreneur In Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Law School. Specialties: Big Data, Consumer Commerce, Finance, Gamification, Product design, User experience, Startup Advisor