• TechCrunch
• CrunchBase
• More
  • TechCrunch Europe
  • TechCrunch France
  • TechCrunch Japan

Michael Birch

edit

Michael Birch is the Co-founder of Bebo and Birthday Alarm. Birch was raised in North London, England, went to Imperial College, London in Central London (where he met Xochi, his wife), then worked in West London. After finally deciding that he had done London, Michael moved to San Francisco in 2002.

Michael and Xochi Birch sold Bebo to AOL in March 2008 for USD 850 million. Their combined 70% stake yielded a profit of $595 million from the deal. In June 2008, Michael invested in, and joined the board of, MyStore.com along with Julian Lennon and Gordon Crawford. He is also an investor in Goodreads, a book oriented social network.

Having worked in a number of not-so-exciting computer related jobs, he relished the chance to set up an Internet based family business with his wife, Xochi and brother, Paul. Remembering birthdays was never his strong point, much to his embarrassment, so what could be better than something he could use himself.

Michael was responsible for developing the original Birthday Alarm website back in 2001, but is no longer involved in its development.

Recent Milestones

edit

• 
  Michael Birch invested in Close.io. (4/2/13)
  Posted 4/5/13 at 4:57am via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Rabbit. (2/28/13)
  Posted 2/28/13 at 6:06pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in BlackJet. (10/26/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 2:54pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Streak. (10/15/12)
  Posted 10/16/12 at 1:34am via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Rally.org. (6/26/12)
  Posted 6/26/12 at 5:39am via yahoo.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Couple. (5/2/12)
  Posted 5/2/12 at 6:17pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in ResearchGate. (2/22/12)
  Posted 2/22/12 at 6:21pm via researchgate.net
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Housebites. (7/11/11)
  Posted 2/16/12 at 6:29am
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Mixpanel. (5/27/11)
  Posted 5/27/11 at 6:17pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Slice. (5/25/11)
  Posted 5/26/11 at 5:37am via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Pinterest. (5/7/11)
  Posted 9/15/11 at 6:34pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch added a position as Co-Founder at 1% of Nothing. (4/1/11)
  Posted 11/10/11 at 10:24am
• 
  Michael Birch invested in SwipeGood. (2/10/11)
  Posted 2/11/11 at 2:07am via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in Friend.ly. (1/1/11)
  Posted 6/22/11 at 3:27pm via insidefacebook.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in citysocializer. (12/7/10)
  Posted 12/7/10 at 9:02pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Michael Birch invested in BranchOut. (9/17/10)
  Posted 9/17/10 at 2:24pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. Close.io Raises Funding From SV Angel, Spark Capital To Improve Communication For Salespeople (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Video Chat Startup Rabbit Raises $3.3 Million From Google Ventures, CrunchFund, And Bebo Founder Michael Birch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp Launches BlackJet, The “Uber For Private Jets” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Streak Raises $1.9 Million For Gmail-Based CRM App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Social Fundraising Platform, Rally.org, Raises $7.9 Million to Rally the World (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
6. Yuri Milner, Dave Morin, SV Angel, CrunchFund And More Hook Up Pair With $4.2M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Founders Fund Invests in ResearchGate, The Professional Network For Scientists (researchgate.net) [edit]
8. Citation Needed [add]
9. Data Tracking Startup Mixpanel Raises $1.25 Million From Sequoia, Rabois, Levchin, And Birch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Online Shopping Startup ProjectSlice Raises $9.4 Million From Eric Schmidt, Michael Birch And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Pinterest Has Already Pinned Down $10M At A $40M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. SwipeGood Raises $500K From Michael Birch And Others To Allow You To Donate With Each Purchase (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Inside Facebook (insidefacebook.com) [edit]
14. CitySocialising Raises £1 Million In Series A Round Led By PROfounders Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. ResearchGATE Closes Series A Funding for Social Media Site for (findarticles.com) [edit]
17. PlacePop Looks To Give Any Business Its Own Rewards Program, Raises $1.4M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Mixpanel Raises Seed Funding From Metrics Gurus Max Levchin And Michael Birch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. Pinterest / Team (pinterest.com) [edit]
20. techcrunch.com [edit]
21. Citation Needed [add]
22. CrunchBase (crunchbase.com) [edit]
23. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]