BAY AREA
Michael
Yang
myang@omersventures.com
When I look back over my venture career, more often then not, I have preferred to partner with first time founders or first time CEOs, and I have rarely jumped into a shotgun wedding. I am drawn to start-ups that are the underdog taking on the incumbent and CEO relationships predicated on transparency, alignment and empathy.
Michael joined OMERS Ventures at the beginning of 2019 as a Managing Partner to lead the fund’s investment efforts in the U.S. Based in Silicon Valley, he oversees the investment team focused on health tech, insurtech, proptech and workplace tech/B2B SaaS. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Michael was a Managing Director for Comcast Ventures where he launched its Bay Area presence and invested in ecommerce, digital health, virtual reality, and Internet of Things. Previously, Michael was a VP/GM at Yahoo! and also held operating roles at AOL and Zaplet (acquired by MetricStream). He has been a management consultant with AT Kearney and started his venture career with Atlas Venture.
Michael currently serves on the boards of Crunchbase, PeerWell, WithMe Health, Oath, Clearcover, Foresight Commercial Insurance, Landed, and Felix & Paul Studios.
He holds an MBA from Harvard and a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Industry Focus
Healthtech
Insuretech
Proptech
Workplace Tech
Digital Media
