Mikel Badiola

Mikel Badiola is a Venture Partner at Taihill Venture based in Boston, United States. In this specific institutional investment capacity, he specializes in sourcing and evaluating early-stage deeptech investment opportunities for the firm. Taihill Venture has systematically backed a portfolio of over 130 startups across three distinct funds since its initial launch in 2017. He earned a Master of Science in Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Babson College, providing a rigorous academic foundation for his subsequent work within the institutional venture capital sector. Prior to his dedicated focus on pre-seed funding mechanisms, his professional background encompassed executing complex mergers and acquisitions alongside driving strategic business development initiatives for various emerging technology enterprises. Badiola currently focuses on supporting industry-agnostic deeptech founders through the critical pre-seed stages of enterprise growth, operational scaling, and initial capital formation.