Mike Loretz

Mike Loretz is an experienced entrepreneur and investor, currently serving as the Founder and Managing Partner of Tides Ventures since April 2024 and as Managing Partner at Inertia Ventures since May 2020. Loretz holds several investment roles at various companies, including Lead Investor at Persona AI Inc and Investor positions at Anduril Industries, OpenAI, Telly TV, Billfold, Synthetic Turing Experience Technologies, Domuso, and Chubby Snacks. Loretz's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Business (Law) from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and an International Business Certificate from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, supplemented by studies at UCLA Extension.