Michael Robinson

Partner, Head of Investment Team

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Michael Robinson is a Partner and Head of the Investment Team at Craft Ventures. He has spent his career in investing and operating roles, with a focus on horizontal and vertical B2B SaaS companies.

Partnering with founders to help companies scale is a deep passion for Michael. Michael has taken on multiple leadership roles within portfolio companies, including serving as Interim CFO at ClickUp (project management software) in 2020–2021, Interim CFO at Noname Security (API security platform) in 2022–2023, and Head of Operational Acceleration at Flashpoint (dark web cybersecurity) in 2019–2020.

Before joining Craft, Michael was a Lead Investor at Georgian Partners, where he led and managed growth equity investments in software businesses. Earlier in his career, Michael was a technology investor at True Wind Capital and worked in the Technology, Media, and Telecom investment banking group at Goldman Sachs.

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AgentSync, Ohalo, Peregrine, SpaceX, xAI, Starbridge
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ClickUp, Horizon3, Onehouse, Roboflow, Supabase, Upwind

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Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Dev Tools, Vertical SaaS
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Daylight Security: Investing in the Future of Managed Agentic Security Services

Craft Ventures leads Daylight Security's $33M Series A, backing AI-powered Managed Agentic Security Services that reduce alert volume by 90% and cut costs by 75% versus traditional MDR providers.

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Our Partnership with OpenEvidence: The Intelligence Layer for Modern Medicine

Craft invests in OpenEvidence, AI-powered medical search platform used daily by over half of U.S. physicians, powering 15M+ monthly clinical consultations and achieving 100% on US Medical Licensing Exam.Retry

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Why We Invested in Starbridge

Craft Ventures leads Starbridge.ai's $42M Series A to power AI-driven intelligence for state, local, and education (SLED) procurement, with 150+ customers since early 2025 launch. Retry.

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Inside Supabase’s Product & Community Led Growth

Supabase grows with product-led and open-source strategy, now powering 3.5M+ databases and backed by $200M Series D.

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Why We Invested in Norm Ai

Norm Ai raises $48M to revolutionize compliance with AI, backed by top firms and industry leaders.

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Why We Invested in Upwind Security… Again

Craft Ventures leads $100M Series A in Upwind Security, revolutionizing cloud security with an eBPF-driven platform.

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Why We Invested in Supabase

Craft Ventures co-led Supabase's $80M Series C. The Postgres-based platform helps developers build and scale apps quickly.

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Why We Invested in Onehouse

We’re excited to announce that Craft led the $35M Series B round in Onehouse, the universal data lakehouse platform.

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Why We Invested in Replit

Craft invests $20M in Replit and lends PLG expertise to help unlock growth and empower the next billion software creators.

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Why We Invested In Upwind Security

Craft is thrilled to participate in Upwind Security’s $50M funding round. Upwind has now raised $80M in less than a year.

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Why We Invested in Horizon3.ai

Craft Ventures led the $40M Series C in cybersecurity company Horizon3.ai, maker of NodeZero.

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Efficiency as the Primary Operating Principle

Eight initiatives for SaaS companiesto increase efficiency in an economic downturn.

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