Mike Koss

Mike Koss is a Seattle-based angel investor who previously spent nearly two decades at Microsoft. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Mike Koss

Mike Koss is a Seattle-based angel investor who previously spent nearly two decades at Microsoft, where he played a key role in developing Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint. He later worked as a software engineer at Google and served as the launch director of StartPad.org, a Seattle software co-working space. His investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage companies in Internet, SaaS, software, developer tools, enterprise software, and social bookmarking. Koss invests primarily in the Seattle area, with a focus on technology sectors aligned with his engineering background. Notable portfolio companies include Faves (a social bookmarking site he founded and led as CEO), RescueTime, and Puzzazz, for which he made an angel investment in July 2011. He also invested in Museum of Flight and supported Bitcoin-related projects during his entrepreneurial phase. While no public writing or distinctive point of view is explicitly documented in available sources, his career reflects a consistent blend of enterprise software expertise and startup community leadership.

Mike Koss at a glance

Role
Angel Investor
Location
Seattle, WA, United States
Investor type
Individual/Angel
Focus areas
developer and CEO. He holds an MS In Computer Science from MIT and a Degree in Drawing from the Seattle Academy of Fine Arts.

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What does Mike Koss invest in?
Mike Koss (Seattle, WA, United States) — sector focus: Mr. Mike Koss serves as a Software Engineer at Google. He serves as advisor at Slimtrader. He also serves as the Director of StartPad.org. He has been a fixtur….
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Where is Mike Koss headquartered?
Mike Koss is based in Seattle, WA, United States.

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