Michael R Jackson

I met the team at Mangrove Capital Partners during my days as Chief Operating Officer of Skype - and joined the firm as a Partner in 2007, after a 25 years career in the Telecom industry. During those years, I had the opportunity to work for, grow and personally set up a dozen different businesses.

At Mangrove, my first role is to lead our effort in the Mobile space, an exciting market being created right in front of our eyes. As well as this I'm also very interested in urban mobility - solving the problems of congestion and pollution in major cities. Of course, I look for big ideas. But above this, I look for the passion, drive and ambition in a founding team, and a genuine reason why they believe they can dominate their sector. I like to work closely with unusual entrepreneurs and need to feel some connection to them. Then, I also use my previous experience in fast-growing environments to help our companies scale and develop their revenue-generating activities.

I currently serve on the boards of CiteeCar, Jolicloud, Planet Soho and Waratek.

http://www.mangrove.vc/