May 14, 2024
Mike Volpi is a longtime
venture capitalist who joined Index Ventures in 2009 to establish
the firm's San Francisco office and North American operations.
Prior, he was Chief Strategy Officer at Cisco, overseeing a run of
acquisitions still studied today as a model for technology merger
strategy. Mike invests primarily in artificial intelligence,
infrastructure, and open-source companies, and currently serves on
the boards of multiple companies including Aurora, ClickHouse,
Cockroach Labs, Cohere, Confluent, Covariant.ai, Kong, Scale,
Sonos, and Wealthfront.
In this episode, Kevin and Mike
discuss Mike’s early childhood, how he got interested in the study
of engineering, and his career experiences—including what led to
Mike’s long career at Cisco and his current Partner position at
Index—including his board experiences with multiple companies.
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