Mike Lacerda

Michael LaCerda joined Tusk Venture Partners L.P. in 2022 as the Chief Financial Officer. He’s responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the firm’s funds, planning & analysis, accounting, reporting, portfolio company valuation oversight and process improvement.

Prior to Tusk, Mike was a VP within the Financial Planning & Analysis team at BlackRock, covering the Alternative Investments platform. Before BlackRock, Mike was a VP at KKR in the Private Markets business where he spent four years within the Management Company accounting and reporting team. Prior to KKR, he was an Assistant Vice President at Blackstone where he rotated between several finance functions including, corporate accounting, FP&A and internal operations & reporting over the span of six years. Mike also worked at JPMorgan’s Private Equity Fund Services as a fund accountant and began his career in public accounting at EisnerAmper.

Mike is a graduate of Lehigh University where he received a B.S. in Accounting and is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.