Michelle Russey Mccarthy

Corporate Strategy & Investment Executive | Corporate Venture Capital | Board Director | Former MD @ Verizon Ventures

📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Observer (Investor Representative, Non-Voting)
Jan 2021
Origin is redefining home security with TruShield℠ Security, a hardware-free, router-based solution powered by our exclusive AI Sensing℠ technology. TruShield goes beyond motion detection to deliver Verified Human Presence℠, accurately distinguishing between people and non-human activity. By leveraging existing WiFi networks and connected devices, it delivers awareness across the home without cameras, wearables, or additional hardware, eliminating false alarms and elevating protection. Now part of ADT, Origin strengthens ADT’s promise of trusted protection by adding real-time awareness and context inside the home. When every second counts, knowing what is actually happening, not just that something happened, changes everything. Built for broadband providers, TruShield creates new revenue opportunities while reducing churn and increasing engagement. Its scalable, software-based approach transforms the router into a monetizable intelligence platform, enabling rapid deployment and turning existing infrastructure into a new category of service. With patented, award-winning technology, Origin is shifting security from reactive alerts to proactive awareness, delivering the confidence to Know. For Sure.℠ Learn more at originwirelessai.com.
Board Observer
Aug 2018
Jana, a mobile advertising company, is the largest provider of free internet in emerging markets. Jana’s mCent products serve as a gateway to mobile content by leveraging advertising to offset user data costs. Advertisers work with Jana to develop strategic mobile advertising campaigns and engage consumers in these rising markets. Through partnerships with 99% of mobile operators, Jana has provided over 30 million users in emerging markets with unrestricted, ad-sponsored internet access.
Board Observer
Jul 2018
CENX fundamentally changes the way service providers view their networks. A leading provider of network and service operations software solutions, CENX ingests all of an operator’s network data, across multiple domains and physical and virtual infrastructure. Harnessing the power of big data analytics, CENX visualizes network and service topology, inventory, fault, and performance in a single pane, in real time. CENX enables the worlds largest and most innovative service providers to scale their operations as the network scales.
Investement Lead
2018
THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERING SUPER-APP PLATFORM OV Loop is a private wallet and messenger, with personalized rewards and engagement for brands and people to build more direct relationships. Our mission is to facilitate more seamless and trusted commerce relationships between brands and people. We offer an omnichannel engagement and loyalty platform that does not require any POS changes and is tied to peoples’ private wallet and messenger app. Our founders and team have been advancing commerce for more than two decades, and we are here to solve fragmented and high-friction commerce interactions that result in fraud and poor customer experiences.
Board Observer
Aug 2016
Ringly creates smart jewelry that pairs with your phone and allows you to stay connected to the people, messages, and notifications that are most important to you. Whether it's at the dinner table, out with friends, or at an important meeting, you can keep your phone tucked away and set your mind at ease. Designed with precious and semi-precious stones and a beautifully crafted setting, it's smart jewelry that keeps technology discreetly integrated into your life.
Board Observer
Nov 2014
ActionX is the leader in mobile app and cross-screen retargeting. We work with the biggest transactional brands to drive cross-screen revenue and maximize lifetime value. Located in the heart of New York City's SoHo district and comprised of veterans of successful e-commerce, mobile, and media start-ups, ActionX is backed by SoftBank, Lerer Ventures, Verizon Ventures and other top industry leaders.
Board Observer
Nov 2014
Bug Labs is a top-tier venture backed, NYC-based, high-technology startup. The BUG is a wireless product development platform, consisting of a collection of easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to easily build, program and share innovative devices and applications. With BUG, businesses can take advantage of a complete, integrated device development environment, enabling them to produce a proof-of-concept with a rich ecosystem of hardware, software and web services - giving the power to go from prototype to production twice as fast at half the cost.
Board Observer
Nov 2014
We’re advancing mobile safety technology at home, in the workplace, and everywhere in between. Through patented machine learning algorithms and the raw processing power and sensors of today’s smartphones and tablets. Sfara is a universal safety solution to people in various stages of life and industry such as automotive, healthcare, higher education, employee benefits, and many more. Sfara technology is available as a downloadable app or SDK that can be integrated into your app. Contact us today to join our mobile revolution in safety and learn how we can keep your loved ones, employees and customers safe.
Board Observer
Jul 2013
AdTheorent (Nasdaq: ADTH) uses advanced machine learning technology and privacy-forward solutions to deliver impactful advertising campaigns for marketers. AdTheorent's machine learning-powered Platform A\T powers its predictive targeting, geo-intelligence, audience extension solutions and in-house creative capability, Studio A\T. Leveraging only non-sensitive data and focused on the predictive value of machine learning models, AdTheorent's product suite and flexible transaction models allow advertisers to identify the most qualified potential consumers coupled with the optimal creative experience to deliver superior results, measured by each advertiser's real-world business goals. AdTheorent is consistently recognized with numerous technology, product, growth and workplace awards. AdTheorent was named an AdExchanger 2022 Top 50 Programmatic Power Player and was honored with an AI Breakthrough Award and "Most Innovative Product" (B.I.G. Innovation Awards) for five consecutive years. Additionally, AdTheorent is the only six-time recipient of Frost & Sullivan's "Digital Advertising Leadership Award." AdTheorent is headquartered in New York, with fourteen offices across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit adtheorent.com.
Board Observer
Jul 2013
RUN is a leader in mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology. We empower our brand and agency clients with proprietary cross-screen targeting and audience activation, and are backed by real-time up-to-the-second analytics. RUN's cutting-edge mobile solutions integrate into our full suite of desktop and video capabilities, as well as our analytics products. Headquartered in New York City, we provide our platform, products and services globally. For more information, visit our website or follow us on Twitter @RUNads.
Experience · 13 entries
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Investments (11)
Board (9)
2021
Board Member
Aug 2021
Welcome to the official Patch LinkedIn page! Patch is a network of hyperlocal websites covering community news in 1,200+ towns across America. Patch is everything local. Anchored by our award-winning journalism, we are the only major platform providing hyperlocal news and information to hyperlocal audiences. Known as “The Patch” in its towns, Patch strengthens communities and community organizations. As a business, we strive to make local news a sustainable enterprise so we can do more of it.
Board Observer (Investor Representative, Non-Voting)
Jan 2021
Origin is redefining home security with TruShield℠ Security, a hardware-free, router-based solution powered by our exclusive AI Sensing℠ technology. TruShield goes beyond motion detection to deliver Verified Human Presence℠, accurately distinguishing between people and non-human activity. By leveraging existing WiFi networks and connected devices, it delivers awareness across the home without cameras, wearables, or additional hardware, eliminating false alarms and elevating protection. Now part of ADT, Origin strengthens ADT’s promise of trusted protection by adding real-time awareness and context inside the home. When every second counts, knowing what is actually happening, not just that something happened, changes everything. Built for broadband providers, TruShield creates new revenue opportunities while reducing churn and increasing engagement. Its scalable, software-based approach transforms the router into a monetizable intelligence platform, enabling rapid deployment and turning existing infrastructure into a new category of service. With patented, award-winning technology, Origin is shifting security from reactive alerts to proactive awareness, delivering the confidence to Know. For Sure.℠ Learn more at originwirelessai.com.
2020
Investment Lead
2020
BBG Ventures is a NYC-based, early-stage fund backing big ideas that will reshape the way we live. BBGV backs typically overlooked founders who are building scalable solutions to problems that millions of people face — and that the founder understands firsthand. BBGV’s most recent $60M Fund II addresses large categories demanding reinvention: health and wellbeing; the future of education and work; climate friendly commerce; overlooked and emerging consumers.
2018
Board Observer
Aug 2018
Jana, a mobile advertising company, is the largest provider of free internet in emerging markets. Jana’s mCent products serve as a gateway to mobile content by leveraging advertising to offset user data costs. Advertisers work with Jana to develop strategic mobile advertising campaigns and engage consumers in these rising markets. Through partnerships with 99% of mobile operators, Jana has provided over 30 million users in emerging markets with unrestricted, ad-sponsored internet access.
Board Observer
Jul 2018
CENX fundamentally changes the way service providers view their networks. A leading provider of network and service operations software solutions, CENX ingests all of an operator’s network data, across multiple domains and physical and virtual infrastructure. Harnessing the power of big data analytics, CENX visualizes network and service topology, inventory, fault, and performance in a single pane, in real time. CENX enables the worlds largest and most innovative service providers to scale their operations as the network scales.
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