Mike Grandinetti has a unique cross-disciplinary background. He has deep operating experience as a serial venture capital–backed entrepreneur across four very successful ventures and was involved as an early team member in the launch of several successful new businesses within Hewlett-Packard. In addition, Mike holds a long-standing faculty appointment at the Technical University of Denmark Center for Technology, Economics and Management. He has been deeply involved in regional and national economic development, with a distinct focus on global entrepreneurial coaching and enablement, innovation policy and innovation cluster acceleration, as well as advanced technology commercialization and tech transfer, in the US, Canada, and Europe. Mike has also served as a senior management consultant with McKinsey & Company, the world’s premiere strategy consultancy. As a serial entrepreneur, Mike has helped lead four venture-backed companies to successful exits for his investors, inlcuding 2 IPOs and 4 high-multiple trade sales. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to numerous global start-ups and venture capital firms across the IT world.
Mike Grandinetti
Managing Director, Southboro Capital LLC