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Michael Hirshland

Mike Hirshland is a general partner in our Boston office. Mike joined Polaris in May 1999. He focuses on information technology, internet, and digital media. Mike’s blog is www.vcmike.wordpress.com.

Experience: Before becoming a technology investor, Mike served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committtee, where, among other things, he led the Senate’s Microsoft hearings and supervised the Senate’s hearings on “Competition, Innovation and Public Policy in the Digital Age.” Previously, Mike practiced with the law firm Williams & Connolly, and clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy at the U.S. Supreme Court and The Hon. J. Michael Luttig on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to his legal career, Mike was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company.

Boards: Mike represents Polaris as a Director on the boards of Automattic, BlackArrow, Hangout Industries, Heavy.com, LolApps, Plinky, Q1Labs, Quantcast, Sproutbuilder, and Turbine Entertainment. He formerly served as Chairman of Ucentric Systems, which was acquired by Motorola.

Education: Mike received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. He earned his AB in history from Harvard College where he played defensive end on the Crimson’s 1987 Ivy League Champion varsity football squad.

Milestones

  • Added position as Founder at Dog Patch Labs.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to Sprout.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added position as Board of Director at KISSmetrics.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to LOLapps.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to Hangout Industries.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to Turbine.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added position as Investor & Board Member at Thing Labs.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to BlackArrow.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added to Quantcast.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added position as Investor at Automattic.
    Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
  • Added position as General Partner at Heavy.
    Posted 11/13/08 at 9:49am
  • Added position as Investor at Heavy.
    Posted 8/23/07 at 1:35am

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