Michelangelo Volpi
Director/Board Member at AURORA INNOVATION, INC.
Net worth: 20 M $ as of 30/03/2024
Profile
Mr. Michelangelo A. Volpi is an Independent Director at Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II, an Independent Director at TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp., an Independent Non-Executive Director at Elastic NV, a Chairman at Sonos, Inc. and a Partner at Index Venture Management (US), Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II, TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp., Elastic NV, Aurora Innovation, Inc., Big Switch Networks, Inc., Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc., Clumio, Inc., Confluent, Inc., Elasticsearch, Inc., Foodily, Inc., Lookout, Inc., Optimizely, Inc., Path, Inc. (California), SoundCloud Ltd., Starburst Data, Inc., Ubiquity6, Inc., Wealthfront Corp., Witness, Inc. and Castilleja School. Mr. Volpi was previously employed as an Independent Non-Executive Director by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, an Independent Director by Pure Storage, Inc., an Independent Non-Executive Director by Exor SpA, an Independent Director by Zuora, Inc., an Independent Director by Hortonworks, Inc., an Independent Director by Telefon AB LM Ericsson, a Partner by Index Ventures (UK) LLP, a Chief Executive Officer by Joost NV, a Chairman by Joost Technologies NV, an Advisor by Diamondhead Ventures, a Senior Vice President-Technology by Cisco Systems, Inc., a Principal by HP, Inc., an Advisor by Kodiak Venture Partners, and a Trustee by Stanford Business School Trust. He also served on the board at Clearwire Corp., Equinix, Inc., Cloud.com, Inc., EXOR NV, GroupSpaces Ltd., Opsware, Inc., Scuba Analytics, Inc., Skyport Systems LLC and StorSimple, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, a graduate degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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CONFLUENT INC CLASS A
0.21% | 11/02/2024 | 465,111 ( 0.21% ) | 14 M $ | 30/03/2024 |
04/03/2024 | 1,851,851 ( 0.16% ) | 5 M $ | 30/03/2024 | |
SONOS, INC.
0.04% | 30/12/2023 | 53,774 ( 0.04% ) | 1 M $ | 30/03/2024 |
Michelangelo Volpi active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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SONOS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 30/04/2023 |
CONFLUENT, INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/03/2015 |
AURORA INNOVATION, INC. | Director/Board Member | 01/11/2021 |
FERRARI N.V. | Director/Board Member | - |
Witness, Inc. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ubiquity6, Inc.
Ubiquity6, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ubiquity6, Inc. operates a multimedia company which focuses on the intersection of cloud-based cross platform applications synchronized across screens for enhancing the digital lifestyle. The company was founded by Anjney Midha and Ankit Kumar in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 30/04/2018 |
Optimizely, Inc.
Optimizely, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Clumio, Inc.
Clumio, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Clumio, Inc. develops authentic SaaS for enterprise backup. It is a secure, backup as a service for the enterprise that eliminates the complexity of infrastructure management with authentic SaaS. The company was founded by Poojan Kumar, Kaustubah Patil and Woon Jung in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/05/2018 |
Aurora Operations, Inc.
Aurora Operations, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aurora Innovation, Inc. manufactures self driven cars. The firm develops a full package of software, hardware, and data to sell to automakers who want to build their own autonomous cars. The company was founded by Christopher Urmson, Sterling Anderson and James Andrew Bagnell in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2017 |
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Training of Michelangelo Volpi
Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
Stanford Graduate School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 11 |
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | Technology Services |
HP INC. | Electronic Technology |
ERICSSON | Electronic Technology |
EQUINIX, INC. | Finance |
SONOS, INC. | Consumer Durables |
ZUORA, INC. | Technology Services |
CONFLUENT, INC. | Technology Services |
PURE STORAGE, INC. | Electronic Technology |
ELASTIC N.V. | Technology Services |
FERRARI N.V. | Consumer Durables |
AURORA INNOVATION, INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 42 |
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Opsware, Inc.
Opsware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Opsware, Inc. provides data center automation software products. The company provides services to the enterprises, government agencies, and service providers in various industries. It offers server automation system that automates key server, software, and application operations. Opsware was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA | Technology Services |
Clearwire Corp.
Clearwire Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Clearwire Corp. provided fourth generation wireless broadband services. It built and operated next generation mobile broadband networks that provided mobile internet and residential Internet access services. The company was founded by Craig O. McCaw in October 2003 and was headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Communications |
Joost Technologies NV
Joost Technologies NV Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Joost, an Adconion Media Group brand, provides legal, professionally-produced videos to a worldwide audience. Working with content copyright owners, they collect and curate thousands of videos to provide a selection of music, TV, movies and more that appeal to people everywhere. For brand advertisers, Joost.com offers a safe, cost-effective alternative to achieve the maximum impact of online video advertising. With Joost.com and the Joost Content Network, brand advertisers and agencies can target precise niches or broad audiences and entice them with a compelling advertising experience that brings brands to life with sight, sound and motion. Adconion and Joost also offer real-time analytics and asset control to enable easy campaign monitoring and modification. For publishers, Joost.com provides a library of professionally-produced video with targeted, meaningful advertising that create a more engaging and more monetizable experience for visitors. Publishers also have total control over the amount and type of video content and access to real-time, in-depth analytics through Adconion's full suite of reporting tools. For content owners, Joost.com provides a destination site and network of quality distribution partners to monetize original and existing video content. In addition to online distribution, the Joost Content Network lets content partners to distribute their videos via the Apple iPhone/iPad. | Consumer Services |
Lookout, Inc.
Lookout, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lookout, Inc. provides mobile security software solutions for individuals and enterprises. It delivers protection from physical threats like phone loss and theft, malicious software, and backs up highly personal data. The firm provides people the ability to locate, lock, and wipe a missing phone. Lookout mobile threat network scans applications worldwide that allows users to find and stop threats. The company was founded by John Hering, James Burgess, and Kevin Mahaffey in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Cloud.com, Inc.
Cloud.com, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cloud.com, Inc. develops open source software solutions for enterprises and service providers. The company was founded by Sheng Liang and is headquartered in DE. | Technology Services |
Foodily, Inc.
Foodily, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Foodily, Inc. operates as a social recipe network. It provides shared, online source of facts, and information about food recipe. The company was founded by Andrea Cutright, Venu Javarappa, and Hillary Mickell on December 23, 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Big Switch Networks LLC
Big Switch Networks LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Big Switch Networks, Inc. engages in provision of public cloud-style and hybrid cloud networking services. It offers data center switching, visibility and analytics solutions for on-premises clouds, public clouds, and multi-cloud environments. The company founded by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster in March 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Kong, Inc.
Kong, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Kong, Inc. provides a marketplace to manage, distribute and consume both private and public application programming interfaces. It allows developers to search its directory to find appropriate applications for specific projects. The firm's applications are used by cloud proxies. The company was founded by Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti and Michele Zonca in July 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc.
Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. owns and operates a chain of specialty coffee shops. It operates coffee shops in San Francisco and New York. The firm also sells coffee products online. The company was founded by W. James Freeman and Bryan Meehan in August 2002 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Motor VehiclesConsumer Durables Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV engages in the design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of vehicles, components, and production systems. It operates through the following segments: North America; Latin America (LATAM); Asia-Pacific 9APAC); Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Maserati, and Other Activities. The North America segment distributes and sells automobiles in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean island, primarily under the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, and Fiat brands. The LATAM segment sells mass-market vehicles under the Fiat, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram brands, mainly in Brazil and Argentina. The APAC segment offers small and compact cars and utility vehicles in China, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and India. The EMEA segment sells mass-market vehicles, primarily under the Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Abarth, Ram, and Dodge brands. The Maserati segment designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells luxury vehicles under the Maserati brand. The Other Activities segment includes industrial automation systems design and production; cast iron and aluminum business, central treasury activities, as well as, accounting, payroll, tax, insurance, purchasing, information technology, facility management, and security services. The company was founded on April 1, 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Consumer Durables |
Index Ventures SA
Index Ventures SA Investment ManagersFinance Index Ventures SA (Index Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Neil Alexander Rimer, Gluseppe Zocco and Gerald Rimer. The firm is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. | Finance |
Diamondhead Ventures
Diamondhead Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2000 by Raman Khanna and David Lane, Diamondhead Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Kodiak Ventures Management Company Inc
Kodiak Ventures Management Company Inc Investment ManagersFinance Kodiak Ventures Management Company Inc (Kodiak Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jim H. Furneaux and David Furneaux. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Ericsson, Inc.
Ericsson, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Ericsson, Inc. develops and markets wireless infrastructure equipment. Its products include antennas, transmitters, switching systems and other gears used to build wireless networks. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Electronic Technology |
GroupSpaces Ltd.
GroupSpaces Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services GroupSpaces Ltd. provides platform for managing membership groups. It helps group leaders and committees to organize member records, send email newsletters, host forum, email discussions, organize events, sell tickets and collect membership fees. The company was founded by Andrew Young, Ajmal Asver and David Langer in 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Technology Services |
Exor SpA
Exor SpA Investment ManagersFinance Exor SpA is a holding company based in Turin, Italy. Exor invests in various companies across different sectors, including Ferrari, Stellantis, CNH Industrial, Juventus Football Club, and The Economist. The Italian company has a culture that combines entrepreneurial spirit and financial discipline. Exor's leadership has an international background, and the company has a century-long history of investments. Exor SpA was founded in 1927 by Giovanni Agnelli. | Finance |
Soundcloud Global Ltd. & Co. KG
Soundcloud Global Ltd. & Co. KG Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Soundcloud Global Ltd. & Co. KG operates an online audio content upload and sharing platform. It specializes in the design and management of a social platform that lets anyone instantly create, record, and upload sounds and music content. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss and is headquartered Berlin, Germany. | Technology Services |
Index Ventures (UK) LLP | Finance |
Witness, Inc. | |
Wealthfront Corp.
Wealthfront Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Wealthfront Corp. provides investment advisory services. The company was founded by Andrew Samuel Rachleff and Daniel Joseph Carroll in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Finance |
StorSimple, Inc.
StorSimple, Inc. Electronics DistributorsDistribution Services StorSimple, Inc. provides enterprise cloud storage solutions for Windows and VMware infrastructures. The company was founded in May 2009 by Guru Pangal and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Distribution Services |
Optimizely, Inc.
Optimizely, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Path, Inc. (California)
Path, Inc. (California) Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Path Inc. develops and provides personal social networking services. It enables users to share photos, videos and messages through mobile devices. The company was founded by Dave Morin, Shawn D. Fanning and Dustin Mierau in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Jasper Ridge Partners LP (Private Equity)
Jasper Ridge Partners LP (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Jasper Ridge Partners LP /Private Equity/ is the private equity arm of Jasper Ridge Partners LP headquartered in the US, California. It was founded in 2013 by Mark Alan Wolfson. | Finance |
Index Venture Management (US), Inc.
Index Venture Management (US), Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2011, Index Venture Management (US), Inc. is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Index Venture Management SA | Finance |
Hortonworks, Inc.
Hortonworks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Hortonworks, Inc. engages in the provision of open-source global data management solutions. Its platforms allow enterprises to manage their data on a global basis, whether it is data-in-motion or data-at-rest. It offers the Apache projects, including Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, and Apache Spark, which individual clients can modify the source code of a particular open-source project and then commit those changes to the central repository. The company was founded by Robert Bearden, Alan F. Gates, Arun C. Murthy, Devaraj Das, Eric Baldeschwieler, Mahadev Konar, Owen O'Malley, Sanjay R. Radia, and Suresh Srinivas in April 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Scuba Analytics, Inc.
Scuba Analytics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Scuba Analytics, Inc. operates as a continuous intelligence platform to unify customer experience management. The firm?s solutions include customer experience, product intelligence, operational analytics and marketing. It allows users to analyze and explore the key business metrics that matter in a data-driven world such as growth, retention, conversion and engagement. The company was founded by Lior Abraham, Ann Stimmler Johnson and Bobby Johnson in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Commercial Services |
Skyport Systems LLC
Skyport Systems LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Skyport Systems, Inc. develops hyper-secured infrastructure that ensures the security of mission-critical IT and corporate assets with integration of compute, security, virtualization and policy management. Its products include SkySecure Compartments, SkySecure Systems, and SkySecure Center. The company was founded by Michael Beesley, William N. Eatherton and Rob Rodgers in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Cockroach Labs, Inc.
Cockroach Labs, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Cockroach Labs, Inc. provides data base services. The firm combines the functionality of SQL with the horizontal scalability common to NoSQL offerings and provides enterprise-grade disaster recovery. Its products include CockroachDB Core and CockroachDB Enterprise. The company was founded by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and Benjamin Darnell in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
EXOR NV
EXOR NV Investment ManagersFinance EXOR NV is a holding company invests in lower to large market companies globally. It targets companies operating in the fields of reinsurance, automotive, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, commercial vehicles, professional football, oil services, gold mining and healthcare. It provides financing for buyout capital requirements. The Company was founded on July 27, 1927 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Finance |
Elasticsearch, Inc.
Elasticsearch, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Elasticsearch, Inc. provides open source search and analytics engine services. The firm’s products include Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash, X-Pack, and Elastic cloud. Its services include support, consulting, and training services. The company was founded by Shay Banon, Uri Boness, Steven Schuurman, and Simon Willnauer in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Aurora Operations, Inc.
Aurora Operations, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aurora Innovation, Inc. manufactures self driven cars. The firm develops a full package of software, hardware, and data to sell to automakers who want to build their own autonomous cars. The company was founded by Christopher Urmson, Sterling Anderson and James Andrew Bagnell in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Scale AI, Inc.
Scale AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Scale AI, Inc. develops software to help customers. The firm focuses on human microtasks such as image annotation, transcription, categorization, comparison, phone calls or data collection. Its products include image recognition, audio transcription, categorization, comparison, phone calls, and data collection. The company was founded by Alexander Wang and Lucy Guo in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Covariant, Inc.
Covariant, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Covariant, Inc. develops artificial intelligence software that makes it easy to teach robots. The company was founded by Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan and Tianhao Zhang on September 8, 2017 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Clumio, Inc.
Clumio, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Clumio, Inc. develops authentic SaaS for enterprise backup. It is a secure, backup as a service for the enterprise that eliminates the complexity of infrastructure management with authentic SaaS. The company was founded by Poojan Kumar, Kaustubah Patil and Woon Jung in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Gremlin, Inc.
Gremlin, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Gremlin, Inc. develops and provides a suite of tools for chaos engineering. It offers Gremlin which provides the framework to simulate real outages with an ever-growing library of attacks. The company was founded by Kolton Andrus and Matthew Fornaciari and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
Stanford Business School Trust | |
Ubiquity6, Inc.
Ubiquity6, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ubiquity6, Inc. operates a multimedia company which focuses on the intersection of cloud-based cross platform applications synchronized across screens for enhancing the digital lifestyle. The company was founded by Anjney Midha and Ankit Kumar in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Starburst Data, Inc.
Starburst Data, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Starburst Data, Inc. provides distribution and support of Presto. The company was founded by Phillips David, Wojciech Biela, Martin Traverso, Matt Fuller, Dain Sundstrom, Justin Borgman, Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski and Piotr Findeisen in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp.
TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. is a blank check company, which engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. It intends to focus its search on identifying a prospective target that can benefit from the firm's sponsor's brand, operational expertise, and network in the real estate industry, including real estate adjacent Proptech businesses. The company was founded on September 18, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II
Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II Financial ConglomeratesFinance Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II operates as a blank check company. Its purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on November 12, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Tekion Corp.
Tekion Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tekion Corp. engages in the development of business applications. Its product is as dSE, an end-to-end digital technology for both consumers and dealership personnel that connects the entire service experience from appointment scheduling to payment and everything in-between. The company was founded by Jayaprakash Vijayan and Guru Sankararaman in 2016 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA. | Technology Services |
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