Michael Baum

Making planet earth a better place, day by day.

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated July 2026💼 14 investments📅 25 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
14
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9
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1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
25y
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Board Member
Jan 2019
The Simone Awards, celebrate and support women committed to making a difference in the world around them. Started in 2018, by Famille Carabello-Baum and Château de Pommard, the awards are open to any women-run cause in any country or sector around the world, focused on positive outcomes. Candidates are nominated by the community, and winners are selected each January by the Simone Awards Board. Selection criteria include the uniqueness, reach, and impact of each cause. Recipients are featured in our Simone campaign reaching an audience of more than 100,000 global consumers and influencers in more than 80 countries. 10% of the annual profits from the sale of Simone, Château de Pommard’s top cuvée, are donated to the winner’s causes.
Board Member
Jan 2017
Music and wine have a way of uniting us all. ROOTSTOCK, a non-profit association, started to celebrate the magic of music and wine. Our mission supports young artists, just getting started in their careers, through mentorship and financial support. In 2020 we are expanding beyond our roots to a global audience of musicians and winemakers.
early stageMusicians
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2015
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth. ICEYE owns the worlds largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1,000 employees across Poland, Spain, Germany, the UK, Australia, Japan, the UAE, Greece, and the US. We’re a growing international team of builders. Join us.
Investor and Board Member
Feb 2015
KONUX is a leading German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. We combine Machine Learning and industrial IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded to multiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. Do you want to join our team and help us take IoT where it really makes a difference? Do you love to take ownership and go the extra mile to ensure our customers’ success? Are you ready to work in an environment that believes in open feedback, constant growth, and a strong team culture? KONUX might be the place for you! Check out konux.com/career or contact us at career@konux.com.
Investor and Board Member
2015
Gemini Data was founded with the mission to enable our customers to quickly grasp complex data relationships, to increase the pace of human knowledge and advancement with contextualized data storytelling because all the information that you get in dashboard, spreadsheets and visualizations only give you the idea of ‘what’ is happening rather than ‘why’ something is happening. Data analysis isn’t just about static tables, statistical charts and visualizations; it’s all about telling a story. Gemini Data transforms data and analytics by enabling you to easily and intuitively interact with data using contextualized storytelling visualization. It’s all about simplifying and making it easier to see, understand, and communicate the complex - so people can learn faster, do their jobs better and make decisions easier. Gemini Data is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, CA with global offices in Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, please visit www.geminidata.com or follow us on Twitter @geminidataco
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2014
Eko Health, Inc. (Eko) is a leading digital health company advancing how healthcare professionals detect and monitor heart and lung disease with its portfolio of digital stethoscopes and AI detection platform, SENSORA™. The company’s FDA-cleared technologies are used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals worldwide, allowing them to detect earlier and with higher accuracy, diagnose with more confidence, manage treatment effectively, and ultimately give their patients the best care possible. Eko Health is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with over $125 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Questa Capital, Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, Morningside Technology Ventures Limited, Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and others.
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2014
unu was created to enable you to make the most of your life in the city. Designed in Berlin,At home in all cities. Meet the unu Scooter: Electric motor, portable batteries, plenty of space for your stuff and greener 🌿 conscious
Investor and Board Member
Jul 2014
Imagine a world where every foot can effortlessly find its perfect-fitting shoe, from anywhere at any time. That’s what we do at Volumental. We dream big and then merge industry-leading computer vision hardware with artificial intelligence software solutions that make those dreams come true for our retail partners and their customers. Volumentals FitTech solutions empower brick & mortar and online retailers to match individual foot scans to point-of-sale purchase data in order to bring their footwear shoppers truly personalized omnichannel buying experiences that are virtually guaranteed to increase conversion rates, retention, and lifetime customer value. Partners using Volumental hardware and software solutions deliver shoppers perfect product recommendations in increasingly frictionless and profitable ways. Launched in 2012, Volumental is now the world’s leading FitTech company and has already helped over 19 million people enjoy a seamless and satisfying footwear buying experience. Today, footwear and retail brands in 52+ countries use Volumental’s products in over 3000 locations, from small specialty retail outlets to global powerhouses such as New Balance, Bauer Hockey, The Athlete’s Foot, Red Wing Shoes, XXL, Stride Rite, Fleet Feet, Road Runner Sports, Hoka One One, Under Armour, and Ecco.
Board Member & Investor
May 2012
LiveRamp is the data collaboration platform for the world’s most innovative companies. A leader in consumer privacy, data ethics, and foundational identity, LiveRamp sets the new standard for building a connected customer view with unmatched clarity and context while protecting brand and consumer trust. LiveRamp provides the flexibility to collaborate wherever data lives to support various data collaboration use cases - within organizations, between brands, and across its global network. Hundreds of global innovators - from iconic consumer brands and tech giants to banks, retailers, and healthcare leaders - rely on LiveRamp to build enduring brand and business value by deepening customer engagement and loyalty, activating new partnerships, and maximizing the value of first-party data while staying on the forefront of evolving compliance and privacy requirements. LiveRamp is based in San Francisco, California, with offices worldwide. Learn more at LiveRamp.com.
Investor and Board Member
2011
Newtree Impacts mission is to fight climate change by revolutionizing agrifood. We invest in disruptive companies reshaping the future of our food systems.
Investor and Board Member
2011
NEWTREE crafts innovative Belgian-inspired products that invite consumers to Savor Life in its best form without compromise. Born out of the vision of founder Benoit de Bruyn who has always been inspired by nature’s innate ability to maintain harmony, NEWTREE surprises consumers with delectable, good for you and better for the planet experiences. NEWTREE products include fine Belgian chocolate bars, spreads and waffle cookies. Each product combines all-natural flavors and nutritional properties to promote pleasure and well-being. NEWTREE products are available in grocery and specialty markets across Europe and the US, as well as online at www.newtree.com. As a carbon neutral company, NEWTREE products are entirely offset, packaged with FSC certified paper and printed with vegetable-based inks. With corporate social responsibility a cornerstone of its mission, NEWTREE also supports reforestation and sustainability initiatives in the Amazon and communities around the globe.
Investor and Board Member
2010
We deliver on–demand large–scale quantitative analysis for Ad Agencies, Ad–Networks and Publishers, reducing the time and complexity of audience analysis through easy to use visualization with super–computing scale. TrackSimple is making big data work for big customers right now.
Board Member & Investor
2010
Mu Dynamics was acquired by Spirent Communications in 2012. Mu Dynamics provides solutions that ensure application performance and security for the cloud. For cloud infrastructure, Mu offers the only testing solution capable of immediately and accurately recreating multiple types of applications – including Web, enterprise and mobile apps – at scale, to determine the scalability and security of the underlying infrastructure. For cloud and mobile apps, Mu offers Blitz (http://blitz.io), a self-service application performance management platform for the cloud. Blitz is very affordable, easy to use, aligns with DevOps and Continuous Integration, and requires no tedious, time-consuming manual scripting.
co-Founder and Board Member
2001
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2020
CEO & Founder
Jan 2020
VIVANT’s mission is to create a sustainable future for wine. Today 97% of the wines produced and consumed are not sustainable. The wine industry is spoiling the taste of wine, impacting our health and destroying the environment. Sustainable wines taste better, are better for us and better for our planet. VIVANT’s crown jewel estate, Château de Pommard, is the largest biodynamic vineyard in Burgundy’s famed French wine region. VIVANT takes the sustainability lessons from here to other wine regions in the world’s first sustainable wine club. Consumers everywhere can access the world’s best sustainable wines. VIVANT’s professional wine advisors present the winemakers and the wines in live online events every day. From the world's most exalted wine regions, delivered directly to your door. VIVANT features a different regional collection delivered to you every quarter. Discover new tastes, new sensations and the best sustainable wines in the world!
2019
Board Member
Jan 2019
The Simone Awards, celebrate and support women committed to making a difference in the world around them. Started in 2018, by Famille Carabello-Baum and Château de Pommard, the awards are open to any women-run cause in any country or sector around the world, focused on positive outcomes. Candidates are nominated by the community, and winners are selected each January by the Simone Awards Board. Selection criteria include the uniqueness, reach, and impact of each cause. Recipients are featured in our Simone campaign reaching an audience of more than 100,000 global consumers and influencers in more than 80 countries. 10% of the annual profits from the sale of Simone, Château de Pommard’s top cuvée, are donated to the winner’s causes.
2017
Board Member
Jan 2017
Music and wine have a way of uniting us all. ROOTSTOCK, a non-profit association, started to celebrate the magic of music and wine. Our mission supports young artists, just getting started in their careers, through mentorship and financial support. In 2020 we are expanding beyond our roots to a global audience of musicians and winemakers.
early stageMusicians
2015
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2015
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth. ICEYE owns the worlds largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1,000 employees across Poland, Spain, Germany, the UK, Australia, Japan, the UAE, Greece, and the US. We’re a growing international team of builders. Join us.
Investor and Board Member
Feb 2015
KONUX is a leading German AI scale-up, transforming railway operations for a sustainable future. We combine Machine Learning and industrial IoT to make railway the mobility choice of tomorrow by increasing capacity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Since its foundation in 2014, KONUX has raised more than $130 million from world-leading investors, expanded to multiple countries in Europe and Asia, and was selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of the world’s 30 most innovative start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. Do you want to join our team and help us take IoT where it really makes a difference? Do you love to take ownership and go the extra mile to ensure our customers’ success? Are you ready to work in an environment that believes in open feedback, constant growth, and a strong team culture? KONUX might be the place for you! Check out konux.com/career or contact us at career@konux.com.
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