Mike Benvenuti

Fund Manager @Cove Fund

Newport Beach, CA, US
EMAILS
m••••••••@covefund.com
MOBILE NUMBERS
+17•••••••90

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WORK HISTORY

Oct 2017 — Present

Fund Manager @Cove Fund

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Irvine, CA, US

Manager of Cove Fund, a seed-stage venture capital firm that provides startup funding for promising new Southern California ventures. Responsibilities include fund creation, day-to-day operations, and deal flow management including sourcing, due diligence, investment, and portfolio company oversight. The Fund is headquartered in “The Cove” at UC Irvine Applied Innovation, a centrally located and vibrant gathering place for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors in the Southern California startup ecosystem. First and foremost, we invest in great founding teams. Every startup goes through ups and downs, and great teams figure out the path to success no matter what the obstacles. Second, we believe in the Southern California startup ecosystem, its knowledge workers and its world-class universities. Cove Fund was built on the premise that the region has the talent, technology and infrastructure to provide unlimited opportunities for both entrepreneurs and investors for years and decades to come.

EDUCATION

1980 — 1983

UC Irvine

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

1983 — 1985

University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance

SKILLS

MarketingTrainingNew Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyStrategyE-CommerceRecruitingSalesHuman ResourcesAnalysisChange ManagementProject PlanningLeadership DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsBudgetsStrategic PlanningProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentPCross-Functional Team LeadershipExecutive ManagementBusiness PlanningOperations ManagementStrategic Financial PlanningBusiness OperationsContract NegotiationStart-UpsHigher EducationCustomer ServiceOrganizational DevelopmentInternational BusinessSales ManagementPublic SpeakingP&L ManagementPricingProject ManagementCareer CounselingLeadershipManagement

ABOUT MIKE BENVENUTI

Over 30 years in the recurring revenue, multi-site, service sector with the last 20 at the executive level. Significant experience and expertise in sales and marketing, business development, finance, business planning and all aspects of customer operations. Key strength is leading high performance cross-functional teams.Specialties: General Management, Executive Leadership, Sales and Marketing, Business Strategy, Call Center/Telesales, Total Quality, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Business Development

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