Michael Chertkov

Principal at Blisce/

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2023
VC🌍 United States
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Board Observer
Aug 2023
We are setting a new standard for infusion therapy—because patients deserve better. We aim to improve outcomes for patients, save time for physicians and make it all more affordable for everyone involved. Through a blend of human-centered design and a people-first culture, Local Infusion puts the "local feel" of community, comfort and connection back into the patient and provider experience. At our care centers, all patients—and our healthcare team—can feel truly supported, every step of the way.
Board Observer
Sep 2021
Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to expand access to fair credit to give anyone in the world the opportunity to improve their financial security and mobility. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit (currently in beta, launching soon) as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building good credit. Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Are we the next great place for you to grow your impact and accelerate your career? We think so: Inc. ranked Empower #56 in the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US (#55 in 2022). Forbes put Empower on its 2023 list of Americas Best Startup Employers. Fast Company recognized the new Empower Thrive line of credit in their 2022 list of the Next Big Things in Tech.
Investor
Feb 2020
blisce/ – based in Paris and New-York - is a technology investment firm committed to investing differently. Pragmatically optimistic that entrepreneurship, innovation, and purposeful capital can improve our world, we empower people to take real action. We work to be genuinely aligned with all our stakeholders because we believe there is no acceptable financial performance without responsibility. Since 2014, blisce/ has invested in leading U.S. and European companies - including Spotify, Pinterest, Headspace, & Too Good To Go - with 8 exits. blisce/ was the first transatlantic fund to be certified as a B Corp.
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2023
Board Observer
Aug 2023
We are setting a new standard for infusion therapy—because patients deserve better. We aim to improve outcomes for patients, save time for physicians and make it all more affordable for everyone involved. Through a blend of human-centered design and a people-first culture, Local Infusion puts the "local feel" of community, comfort and connection back into the patient and provider experience. At our care centers, all patients—and our healthcare team—can feel truly supported, every step of the way.
2021
Board Observer
Sep 2021
Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to expand access to fair credit to give anyone in the world the opportunity to improve their financial security and mobility. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit (currently in beta, launching soon) as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building good credit. Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Are we the next great place for you to grow your impact and accelerate your career? We think so: Inc. ranked Empower #56 in the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US (#55 in 2022). Forbes put Empower on its 2023 list of Americas Best Startup Employers. Fast Company recognized the new Empower Thrive line of credit in their 2022 list of the Next Big Things in Tech.
2020
Investor
Feb 2020
blisce/ – based in Paris and New-York - is a technology investment firm committed to investing differently. Pragmatically optimistic that entrepreneurship, innovation, and purposeful capital can improve our world, we empower people to take real action. We work to be genuinely aligned with all our stakeholders because we believe there is no acceptable financial performance without responsibility. Since 2014, blisce/ has invested in leading U.S. and European companies - including Spotify, Pinterest, Headspace, & Too Good To Go - with 8 exits. blisce/ was the first transatlantic fund to be certified as a B Corp.
2018
Investment Banking Analyst
Jul 2018
We aspire to be the world’s most exceptional financial institution, united by our shared values of partnership, client service, integrity, and excellence. Operating at the center of capital markets, we act as one firm, mobilizing our people, capital, and ideas to deliver superior results across our clients’ most complex challenges. For 157 years, Goldman Sachs has delivered world-class execution on a global scale across our leading Global Banking & Markets and Asset & Wealth Management businesses. Apprenticeship is central to our culture, with hands-on coaching and access to leaders who bring decades of experience and expertise. With office locations around the world, we offer a broad range of career opportunities to those who insist on excellence and thrive on performance. Find our Social Media Disclosures here: gs.com/social-media-disclosures
2016
Summer Analyst
Jun 2016
Matrix Capital Management is an investment management firm which manages private investment funds in a concentrated portfolio of high conviction investments, primarily in public companies. Matrix Capital was co-founded in 1999 by David Goel and is based outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Investment activity
2020–2023 · 3 investments
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