Michael Buckley

VP, Communications at Twilio Inc.

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Oct 2025
📱 Advanced tech. Simple steps to protect photos. 💡 Invisible signature. Visible change. SASHA is a Danish technology company that has invented a groundbreaking scalable core technology with the potential to stop non-consensual sharing and misuse of private individuals’ photos (property) at the source. Our commitment to creating a safer digital space is fueled by a collective responsibility to future generations. Your photo. Your rules!
Investor and Advisor
Sep 2021
Foraged is the global marketplace for specialty and wild foods. Whether you're a top chef or a home cooking enthusiast, it’s difficult to buy specialty foods from traceable, responsible, sustainable sources. Foraged makes it easy by connecting consumers directly with independent specialty foods producers. We’re creating trust, transparency, and efficiency across the specialty foods market. Our mission is to improve the sustainability, traceability, and quality of food by enabling specialty foods to go straight from the farm (or forest) to your table.
Investor and Advisor
Apr 2021
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, trusted by over 90% of the Fortune 100, including Amazon, Zoom, Microsoft, and more. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
Board Member/Investor
Oct 2018
Virtual Visions seamlessly merges your brands physical and digital for a new generation of retail. Our suite of customizable Smart Display and software products add magic to your customer experience.
Board Member/Investor
Oct 2018
Be My Eyes is a suite of products designed on a simple premise: to harness the power of technology and human connection to assist people who are blind or have low vision to lead more independent lives. With the press of a button, the app establishes a live video connection between blind and low vision users and either sighted volunteers, company representatives or sighted co-workers. With over 5 million users across 150 countries, Be My Eyes has become the largest online community for the blind and visually impaired. Be My Eyes is on a quest to revolutionize accessible support. We are paving the way with industry leaders like Microsoft, Google, Procter & Gamble, Salesforce, Verizon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Barilla, Rite Aid, Department of Health and others, all of whom are using Be My Eyes to connect with their customers, members, citizens and employees in a more inclusive and meaningful way. Read about Be My Eyes' different products here: https://www.bemyeyes.com/solutions Be My Eyes has been awarded: - AccessAbility Award by Helen Keller Services - Apple Design Award 2021 - Webby 2021 - Dubai Expo 2020 - 2018 Google Play Award - Tech4Good Awards 2018 - Google Play’s Best Apps of 2017 - INDEX Award - World Summit Award 2017 - Disrupt 100 - Danish Design Award - Berlin Design Awards - Gov Design Awards ... and more See more on www.bemyeyes.com
Board Member/Investor
Sep 2018
Hundreds of furniture companies partner with Cylindo to get superior product visuals across the entire furniture buyer journey. We have created a platform that goes beyond high-quality product visualization and gives furniture businesses versatile assets they can leverage across multiple touchpoints. From 360-spin and 4K zoom on the product page to AR assets, customizable lifestyle imagery and product visuals for cart thumbnails, shopping feeds, email, social media, catalogs, third-party marketplaces, and in-store kiosks. Powering four quintillion product variations and 10 million unique users per month, Cylindo is the catalyst that drives delightful shopping experiences, helping retailers and brands show more and sell more. Using the Cylindo Platform, companies have increased conversion rates by over 36% and average order value by 88% while reducing visualization costs by 58% on average. Established furniture companies such as American Leather, Universal, Flexsteel, Montana, Room & Board, Loaf, Jerome's, Neptune, Interior Define, Sofacompany, and Plush partner with Cylindo to create unparalleled furniture buyer journeys for its customers. At Cylindo, we treat our clients as our partners. As their visualization guide, we strive to provide the ultimate experience, from great onboarding to an effective content creation process and setup selection on the platform to final delivery and distribution of beautiful product visuals. For more information, visit www.cylindo.com.
Investor/Advisory Board
Mar 2017
Stella is an industry consortium of large frontline and hourly employers who share non-hired and laid-off applicants with one another through the Stella marketplace. Using Stella's iOS/Android mobile apps and our map-based interface, job seekers can easily explore nearby network job openings. Applying is a snap thanks to our common job application and tight employer ATS integrations. Applicants do not have to fill out the same information over and over again. This streamlined process improves the candidate experience by saving time and effort. Stella has raised $25M+ from world class investors, and our founding team has already built 6 successful companies ($500M+ combined valuation) in the AI and HR industries. Dozens of America’s largest employers are already using Stella to hire talent and to help their laid-off employees find new work more quickly. More companies and jobs are being added every day. Our growing team is based in New York City and Sydney, Australia. Stella. Finding work has never been easier. Discover more at https://stella.jobs
Investor
Jan 2012
As Indias largest dental network, Clove Dental operates over 715+ stand-alone clinics throughout the country. Our team of 1700+ skilled doctors, including general dentists, orthodontists, periodontists, and more, are committed to providing the highest quality dental services while adhering to the most stringent sterilization protocols. Our comprehensive treatments include orthodontics, dental implants, and oral surgery, among others. With over 2 million satisfied patients, we pride ourselves on our ethical and transparent approach to dentistry. For more information, visit our blog on dental health at https://clovedental.in/blog.
Angel Investor and Advisor
Jan 2012
Paratus is a small, family-owned vineyard perched high above Napa Valley in the prestigious Mount Veeder appellation. We produce a single, limited quantity, ultra-premium wine each year from our estate-grown grapes, always mindful in our stewardship of the land by using such low-impact methods as dry farming and hand tending. Our wine is known for its velvety textures, finely woven tannins, and deep, dark-fruited flavors. Our philosophy is simple: to produce a world-class wine that embodies the singularity of our Paratus Vineyards terroir.h.
Co-Founder and Board Member
2012
Ocean’s Halo is an organic brand built to drive consumption of Asian-inspired snacks, noodles, nori, sauces & broths in the US and Europe. Our ingredients and recipes deliver lower sodium and delicious umami flavor using seaweeds, known by many as the planet’s most nutrient dense and sustainable crop. All our products are Organic & “Free-from”.  Our organic ingredients, innovative compostable packaging and cause-based focus are all reasons we are the fastest growing brand in Asian (Nielsen).  We donate 1% of revenues to 1% For The Planet, supporting ocean conservation and programs to feed the hungry.
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2025
Board Member
Oct 2025
📱 Advanced tech. Simple steps to protect photos. 💡 Invisible signature. Visible change. SASHA is a Danish technology company that has invented a groundbreaking scalable core technology with the potential to stop non-consensual sharing and misuse of private individuals’ photos (property) at the source. Our commitment to creating a safer digital space is fueled by a collective responsibility to future generations. Your photo. Your rules!
2021
Investor and Advisor
Sep 2021
Foraged is the global marketplace for specialty and wild foods. Whether you're a top chef or a home cooking enthusiast, it’s difficult to buy specialty foods from traceable, responsible, sustainable sources. Foraged makes it easy by connecting consumers directly with independent specialty foods producers. We’re creating trust, transparency, and efficiency across the specialty foods market. Our mission is to improve the sustainability, traceability, and quality of food by enabling specialty foods to go straight from the farm (or forest) to your table.
Investor and Advisor
Apr 2021
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, trusted by over 90% of the Fortune 100, including Amazon, Zoom, Microsoft, and more. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
2018
Board Member/Investor
Oct 2018
Virtual Visions seamlessly merges your brands physical and digital for a new generation of retail. Our suite of customizable Smart Display and software products add magic to your customer experience.
Board Member/Investor
Oct 2018
Be My Eyes is a suite of products designed on a simple premise: to harness the power of technology and human connection to assist people who are blind or have low vision to lead more independent lives. With the press of a button, the app establishes a live video connection between blind and low vision users and either sighted volunteers, company representatives or sighted co-workers. With over 5 million users across 150 countries, Be My Eyes has become the largest online community for the blind and visually impaired. Be My Eyes is on a quest to revolutionize accessible support. We are paving the way with industry leaders like Microsoft, Google, Procter & Gamble, Salesforce, Verizon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Barilla, Rite Aid, Department of Health and others, all of whom are using Be My Eyes to connect with their customers, members, citizens and employees in a more inclusive and meaningful way. Read about Be My Eyes' different products here: https://www.bemyeyes.com/solutions Be My Eyes has been awarded: - AccessAbility Award by Helen Keller Services - Apple Design Award 2021 - Webby 2021 - Dubai Expo 2020 - 2018 Google Play Award - Tech4Good Awards 2018 - Google Play’s Best Apps of 2017 - INDEX Award - World Summit Award 2017 - Disrupt 100 - Danish Design Award - Berlin Design Awards - Gov Design Awards ... and more See more on www.bemyeyes.com
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