Michael Dearing

Founder of Harrison Metal

📍 Los Altos, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2015𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
10
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7
Early stage
2
Mid stage
1
Late stage
17y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member
2015
Acquired by Fastly, Inc. in oct 2020. Signal Sciences is the fastest growing web application security company in the world. Our award-winning next-gen WAF and RASP solution protects 40,000+ applications and APIs with over 2 trillion production requests per month. Signal Sciences’ patented architecture allows our customers to embrace cloud and DevOps while bringing actionable security visibility to development, DevOps, and security teams. We work with some of the world’s most recognizable companies, like Datadog, DoorDash, Under Armour, Starbucks, Aflac, and many more across industries. We make web applications more secure. Simple as that. We do it by providing an unparalleled platform that teams actually want to use. It’s flexible, exceptionally elastic, collaborative–and protects business initiatives like DevOps and cloud adoption without disrupting current workflows and processes already in place.
Board Member
2015
Guild is transforming how forward-thinking employers build talent to drive business innovation and growth. Guild’s Talent Advantage offers a range of transformative education and skilling experiences, supported by actionable talent insights for employers and personalized coaching for employees. We partner with the nation’s largest employers to unlock human potential and fuel organizational growth. At Guild, we know that together, we can build a future of work that works for everyone. Head to Guild.com to learn how you can join the movement and #KeepYourTalentRising.
early stageHigher Education
Board Member
2015
Dote is the social shopping app for GenZ where anyone can become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, and create content alongside the top fashion and beauty influencers and shop from 150 retails brands including Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics and more. Dote is Series B funded by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital and Harrison Metal.
Board Member
2014
Grand Rounds Health is now Included Health, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included.
Investor
Mar 2013
In an always-on world, teams trust PagerDuty to help them deliver an optimal digital experience to their customers, every time. PagerDuty is the central nervous system for a company’s digital operations. We identify issues and opportunities in real-time and bring together the right people to respond to problems faster and prevent them in the future. From digital disruptors to nearly half of the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50s, over 34,000 paid and free customers rely on PagerDuty to help them continually improve their digital operations—so their teams can spend less time reacting to incidents and more time building for the future. Dutonians believe that we are a part of a bigger movement of businesses being built to benefit everyone—the customer and the employee, as well as our community. We are go-getters fueled by the fire to reinvent how people and companies work together. We take the lead and get creative to be first in the hearts of our customers. Whether it’s keeping the world on or changing it entirely, Dutonians are fueled by the fire to reinvent how people and companies work together to deliver in real-time, across the globe. Join us to lead uncharted efforts and reinvent how companies run.
Investor
2013
Harry’s is a men’s grooming brand that offers high quality shave, body, hair, and skin care products at an exceptional value. We launched in 2013 and helped redefine the shaving experience and pioneer the earliest era of direct to consumer in the process. Since then, Harry’s has become the #2 shave brand globally and expanded to offer products for every step in our customer’s routine. We’re also on a mission to ensure guys have access to quality mental health care. To date, Harry’s has helped connect over 2 million men to quality mental health resources. Harry’s is part of Mammoth Brands, the modern CPG company. Driven by a mission to “Create Things People Like More,” the company’s growing family of brands—Harry’s, Flamingo, Lume, Mando, and Coterie—offers exceptional products that speak to today’s consumer, and as a result have become an essential part of millions of people’s daily routines.
Board Member
2011
Main Street Hub is now a part of GoDaddy. Were the marketing platform for local businesses. Utilizing our proprietary technology, we integrate social media, customer reviews, and email marketing to help local businesses get more customers and keep them coming back, while saving them valuable time. Headquartered in Austin, Texas and backed by leading investors, Main Street Hub was founded in 2010 and has more than 600 team members. We serve 10,000 local business customers across the country and have published more than 10 million messages on social media and review sites. Main Street Hub has been named one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine, the fastest growing startup and one of the Best Places to Work in Austin by the Austin Business Journal, and a Top Workplace by the Austin American-Statesman.
Investor
2010
This page is no longer in use. MoPub has been acquired by AppLovin.
Investor
2009
Craftsy has rebranded to Bluprint. We're still the same team but with a whole new look and a lot to look forward to. You can follow the excitement here (https://www.linkedin.com/company/mybluprint/).
early stageRetail
Investor
2009
PopCap is an award-winning game development studio located in downtown Seattle, nestled between the ocean and mountains of the great Pacific Northwest. Founded in 2000, PopCap, best known for Bejeweled, Peggle, Zuma, Insaniquarium and Plants vs. Zombies is an Electronic Arts studio. Fueled by gems, frogs, unicorns, mermaids, and brainz, we’re a passionate group of creators focused on building high-quality games for fans worldwide.
late stageComputer Games
Experience · 12 entries
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Investments (10)
Founder (2)
Board (5)
2017
Project Ellis
Founder
Mar 2017
2015
Board Member
2015
Acquired by Fastly, Inc. in oct 2020. Signal Sciences is the fastest growing web application security company in the world. Our award-winning next-gen WAF and RASP solution protects 40,000+ applications and APIs with over 2 trillion production requests per month. Signal Sciences’ patented architecture allows our customers to embrace cloud and DevOps while bringing actionable security visibility to development, DevOps, and security teams. We work with some of the world’s most recognizable companies, like Datadog, DoorDash, Under Armour, Starbucks, Aflac, and many more across industries. We make web applications more secure. Simple as that. We do it by providing an unparalleled platform that teams actually want to use. It’s flexible, exceptionally elastic, collaborative–and protects business initiatives like DevOps and cloud adoption without disrupting current workflows and processes already in place.
Board Member
2015
Guild is transforming how forward-thinking employers build talent to drive business innovation and growth. Guild’s Talent Advantage offers a range of transformative education and skilling experiences, supported by actionable talent insights for employers and personalized coaching for employees. We partner with the nation’s largest employers to unlock human potential and fuel organizational growth. At Guild, we know that together, we can build a future of work that works for everyone. Head to Guild.com to learn how you can join the movement and #KeepYourTalentRising.
early stageHigher Education
Board Member
2015
Dote is the social shopping app for GenZ where anyone can become a fashion influencer. Post looks to earn coins, and create content alongside the top fashion and beauty influencers and shop from 150 retails brands including Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, MAC cosmetics and more. Dote is Series B funded by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goodwater Capital and Harrison Metal.
2014
Board Member
2014
Grand Rounds Health is now Included Health, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included.
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