Mike Cohen
I’m a seasoned Business Development and GTM leader, venture investor, angel investor, and trusted advisor who is obsessed with growing and scaling disruptive technologies. I have over 20 years of experience scaling high-growth technology companies across fintech, AI, enterprise SaaS, SMB, social, and mobile platforms.As an investor, I’m a strategic limited partner and/or advisor in multiple venture capital funds including Stage 2 Capital and Primary Ventures, in addition to being a direct angel investor in early-stage companies. I also love advising and consulting early and growth-stage companies, helping them achieve enormous scale. I also serve on the advisory board for UC Berkeley’s Open Innovation initiative.
As an operator, I was most recently the Senior Vice President & Global Head of Partnerships at Square, leading a 50-person team that oversaw the company’s strategic partners, product partners, distribution partners, and international partnerships worldwide. I oversaw and grew Square’s relationships with leading companies including Google, Apple, Meta, OpenAI, Uber, Intuit, T-Mobile, among hundreds of others. Square’s ecosystem of partners touch nearly half of the company’s business - acting as a critical lead, growth, and retention lever for the company. Previously I built and led global channel partnerships at Meta, driving new business initiatives for Messenger, WhatsApp, and Workplace, and also held executive leadership roles at venture-backed startups InMobi and Wrap Media. Earlier in my career, I was a venture capital investor at Qualcomm Ventures, an M&A investment banking analyst at Broadview international, and a corporate strategist at Nokia. I have an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Science from UC Berkeley, and live with my family in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
