Mike Israel

Mike is an avid drone enthusiast and RC pilot who founded AirVūz in 2015. Prior to founding AirVūz, Mike was a Managing Director and co-founder of Mill City Capital L.P., a leading private equity firm based in Minneapolis. Mike remains an Investment Advisor with Mill City and continues to serve as a director on several Mill City portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Mill City Capital, Mike was a Managing Director at Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Incorporated, another leading Minneapolis-based private equity firm, where he worked for nearly 18 years. Mike began his professional career as an investment banking analyst at Piper Jaffray, Minneapolis, from 1990-1992. Throughout his career Mike has served as a director of approximately two-dozen private company boards as well as of several non-profit organizations in the Twin Cities. He holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.