Michael Lavin
Managing Partner
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GERMIN8 VENTURES
Michael Lavin founded and leads Germin8 Ventures as a purpose-driven venture capital firm with strong strategic backing from CEOs, entrepreneurs, technologists and financiers across the Food & Agriculture industry. He and Germin8 Ventures bring their combination of asymmetric strategic advantages, close-touch and high-conviction investment to the founding teams transforming the global food system. As Managing Partner, Michael oversees Germin8's investing, operations and strategy, as well as actively participates on the boards of invested companies. He serves on the boards of companies such as Avalo AI, Andes Bio, AgriWebb, Brightseed, Bushel, ENKO Chem, Matterworks AI and MyAgData. Deeply passionate about food security, population health and empowering communities, Michael also advises and works with leading philanthropic organizations, grassroots social entrepreneurs and policy makers to deliver outsized impact. Michael has advised and continues to collaborate with the State of Alaska on food security initiatives and proudly serves on the Investment Subcommittee of National 4-H Council, a leading youth development organization serving six million youth across America. Before founding Germin8 Ventures, Michael was an investment banker and consultant at Mesirow Financial, advising clientele ranging from closely-held founder- and family-owned companies to Fortune 500 corporations across a range of technology, agrifood, finance and other industry verticals. Michael also served on an executive team, leading highly-strategic internal corporate development advisory and M&A for Mesirow Financial, a global financial services firm managing more than $200 billion of assets.
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