Michael Bloch

Partner at Quiet Capital | first 50 at DoorDash | founded Pillar (acquired by Acorns)

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026
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Board Observer
Mar 2026
Quartermaster AI is building the worlds largest maritime awareness network on the planet.
Board Observer
Aug 2025
Board Member
May 2025
Were a team of engineers, researchers, and farmers on a mission to revolutionize one of Earths most important industries – agriculture. At Orchard, were securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms. Our mission is to help farmers produce more food for the world, more profitably and sustainably than ever before. Farmers across the U.S. use our industry-leading hardware-enabled software to look at their data, make critical decisions, and command farming operations. Our technology is used today across some of the largest farms in the nation.
Lead Investor
Oct 2024
Sandtable is a defense technology company with a mission to unlock the next generation of military planning by placing the power of simulation into the hands of allied warfighters and providing maneuver units with optimized, robust plans capable of handling the complexity of future conflict. We empower leaders to plan at the speed of data, to combine human instinct with testable strategies, and to build deeper collaboration across our joint forces.
Board Member
Jul 2024
Mach9 is at the forefront of leveraging advanced machine learning and computer vision techniques to transform raw geospatial data into actionable insights to help civil engineers build and maintain infrastructure globally. Our first product, Mach9 Digital Surveyor, helps surveyors automatically extract features from large-scale imagery and 3D datasets over 30x faster than todays manual and labor-intensive drafting workflows, accelerating the development of cost-effective and sustainable transportation and utility infrastructure. Mach9 supports leading asset owners and engineering and construction organizations globally solve the toughest engineering design, mission planning, and asset management problems.
Lead Pre-Seed Investor & Board Observer
Jan 2024
Board Observer
Nov 2023
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Lead Pre-Seed Investor & Board Observer
Nov 2023
Swarmbotics AI is a low-cost, swarm robotics company for industry and defense. We see a world of ubiquitous low-cost robots transforming almost all aspects of society with an urgent need in the defense industry. We focus on a low-cost BOM, an autonomous stack optimized for off the shelf components, and a global planner that enables swarm capabilities for groups of robots to accomplish sophisticated tasks.
Lead Pre-Seed Investor & Board Observer
Nov 2023
Aeon combines warfighter experience with world-class engineering to deliver advanced weapon systems at scale.
Board Member
Nov 2023
Dragonfly is a drop-in Redis replacement, designed to meet the performance and efficiency requirements of modern cloud-based applications. Organizations that switch to Dragonfly require less hardware and achieve dramatically improved data performance.
Board Observer
Nov 2023
Manifest Law is a modern immigration law firm with handpicked attorneys powered by cutting-edge software. Manifest Law combines world class technology, high touch customer service and experienced legal counsel who work with our clients to achieve their immigration dreams. Our mission is to provide everyone with access to transparent, high quality legal representation. We have experienced Immigration lawyers, with an average of 13 years of experience in various types of immigration cases and thousands of visas and green cards obtained for clients. Our clients get their own personal case manager who will keep them updated every step of the way. We make it easy for our clients to understand every step of the process. We have a fast response time, with no legal jargon. What Makes Manifest Law different: 96% Approval Rate: Manifest Co-Counsel have a 96% approval rate for talent-based visas, while the US national rate is 81%. 100% Money-Back Guarantee: File with peace of mind with a full refund for select plans. Ex-USCIS Appeals Officer Review: On select plans, have an ex-USCIS officer review your petition. Transparent, Flat-Fee Pricing and Flexible Payment Plans: Our fees are fixed and transparently listed on our website, with flexible payment plans of up to 6 months.
early stageLaw Practice
Board Observer
Nov 2023
Manifest OS powers AI-native law firms built to redefine how legal services are delivered. We work exclusively with fully integrated firms that adopt our end-to-end technology framework—bringing AI and systems thinking to make legal services dramatically more efficient. We build one firm per practice area with the ambition of creating the category-defining brand. Were starting with Manifest Law, Immigration: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manifestlaw
Seed Investor
Aug 2023
Founded in 2023, Tensec is a global fintech that enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to enter global trade and thrive by giving them access to global transaction banking solutions that are user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Tensec founders have driven startups from foundation to exit, built decacorns, and led global teams at companies such as PayPal, Credit Karma, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. We’re putting together a world-class team to disrupt the $50 trillion cross-border b2b financial services industry by providing SMBs the financial strength to participate and win in the global economy. We believe that successful companies and teams are directly correlated to a companys cultural DNA. At Tensec, we make a deliberate effort to create values and foster a culture able to unleash both human and organizational potential. We strongly believe that the best business results derive from teams that have a strong identification with a mission, push themselves to the edge, and love what they do. The Tensec team is diverse and global, with members in New York, San Francisco and São Paulo. We are funded by top venture capital firms such as Costanoa Ventures, Quiet Capital, Cambrian Ventures, Ignia Partners and WillowTree Investments.
Lead Seed Investor & Board Observer
2023
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Board Observer
Mar 2026
Quartermaster AI is building the worlds largest maritime awareness network on the planet.
2025
Board Observer
Aug 2025
Board Member
May 2025
Were a team of engineers, researchers, and farmers on a mission to revolutionize one of Earths most important industries – agriculture. At Orchard, were securing America’s food supply by building the AI farmer that automates our nation’s farms. Our mission is to help farmers produce more food for the world, more profitably and sustainably than ever before. Farmers across the U.S. use our industry-leading hardware-enabled software to look at their data, make critical decisions, and command farming operations. Our technology is used today across some of the largest farms in the nation.
2024
Lead Investor
Oct 2024
Sandtable is a defense technology company with a mission to unlock the next generation of military planning by placing the power of simulation into the hands of allied warfighters and providing maneuver units with optimized, robust plans capable of handling the complexity of future conflict. We empower leaders to plan at the speed of data, to combine human instinct with testable strategies, and to build deeper collaboration across our joint forces.
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