Michael Palank

Michael Palank is a General Partner and Co-Founder at MaC Venture Capital, an early-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles, California. Before co-founding the firm in January 2019, he served as a General Partner at M Ventures and was a founding team member leading digital strategy at MACRO Media. His earlier career spans the entertainment and finance sectors, including roles as an agent at the William Morris Agency, Director of Business Development at Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment, and a financial analyst at Coghill Capital Management. Palank, who graduated in the top 5% of his class at DePaul University, has consulted for over 24 startups on business models and fundraising. He notably worked on BeautyCon's seed round alongside institutional investors like Disney and Hearst. He currently focuses on seed-stage investments across the consumer, enterprise, aerospace, and defense sectors.