Mike Venerable

Mike Venerable leads with a unique perspective. He has experience as a software industry entrepreneur and executive, and he is a seasoned investment and venture capital professional. Mike joined CincyTech in 2006, helping to raise its inaugural fund. He has spent more than a decade evaluating investment opportunities, advising startup companies, and helping to build a network of investors and strategic partners that were instrumental to raise CincyTech Funds II- V.

Previously, Mike was co-founder and CEO of Talus, a leading data warehouse consultancy, which was acquired by Sagent Technology. Mike led the company’s services organization through the company’s successful IPO in 1999. He has specific experience in raising angel and venture capital, software business design and operation, software product management, business valuation, financial analysis, and intellectual property.

As an industry practitioner, Mike is an expert on data warehouse design, business intelligence and analytic applications, and software development processes. Mike served in the U.S. Army as a Korean linguist after graduating from the University of Dayton.