Mike Brooks Partner Office: New York Email Mike Education B.A., History, Yale College M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Mike has been a Partner with Venrock since 2000 and has been an active venture capital investor for over 25 years.  During his career he spent eleven years with Morgan Stanley & Co, where he was the Managing Director responsible for the firm’s investment banking activities with emerging growth and technology companies, and fifteen years with J.H. Whitney & Co. where he served as Managing Partner of the firm. His extensive background in finance and investments provides entrepreneurs in enterprise software, financial services and digital media with unique insights into managing and financing rapidly growing businesses. He has been recognized on the Forbes Midas list and has served as a director of the National Venture Capital Association.

“What do I look for in an entrepreneurial project? The team must have strategic vision and a high level of energy, yet a dedicated focus to work through a multitude of details.  Our companies believe that they will improve the state of the world and not simply take advantage of short term arbitrage.”

“Venrock's connections in the financial sector have fostered the development of some of our most fruitful customer relationships. Mike Brooks has been very active on the board, providing strategic insights that have helped Pipeline become the fastest-growing block trading marketplace for US equities.”
Fred Federspiel, Founder and President, Pipeline Trading

“We opened up a financing round purely to get Mike Brooks on our board. His contributions, both strategic and tactical, have been truly significant and rank at the top of any and all experiences we have had with other venture firms. He has been instrumental in the value creation at this company”
Satin Mirchandani, CEO, MessageOne