Michael Addicott is a repeat entrepreneur and has worked in the venture capital field. He is president of Cognitive Labs, a cognitive science web services co. at the intersection of health and games.
Notable early stage investment transactions he led or co-led include palo alto-based bamboo.com (IPO-web 1.0), L90 (IPO-web 1.0, technology sold to DoubleClick and in web 2.0 MySpace. He introduced eUniverse to its primary venture backer, VantagePoint during the dotcom ‘bust’.
Prior to the investor experience, he co-founded supply chain software co. Saltare, and launched UPS Online. His last job at UPS was ‘E-Commerce Group Manager’ at its corporate headquarters. Before that, he was product manager of UPS Online, In November 1999, UPS raised $5.47 billion in its IPO - the largest IPO of the web 1.0 timeframe.
He earned a B.A. from UC-Berkeley in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, an M.B.A., and a Doctorate in Information Systems focused on EDI. He is focused on bringing neuroscience to the interactive web.
