Mike Chalfen
General Partner
Mike joined Advent in July 2008. He has made around 25 investments over the past twelve years across most parts of media and technology and served on over 17 Boards.
Before Advent, Mike was a partner at Apax Partners, where he spent ten years until summer 2006, and then spent two years making private investments. At Apax he was involved in growth buyouts such Future Publishing (FUT.L) and Ginger Media (sold to SMG); growth equity investments in SuSE Linux (sold to Novell), Eyretel (sold to Witness Systems), and King.com; and startups such as eDreams.com (sold to TA Associates), QXL.com (sold to Naspers), and Tideway Systems (sold to BMC). Prior to Apax he worked at the Boston Consulting Group.
Mike serves as Advent’s Director on the boards of: The Foundry, Fizzback, Neverfail and Audium Semiconductor. He is also a non-executive Director on the board of Prevx Ltd, and is a member of the BVCA Venture Capital Committee.
His academic background includes being elected the Choate Fellow at Harvard University, and Cambridge University.
Assistant: Patricia Sharp
E: patricia.sharp@adventventures.com
T: +44 (0)20 7932 2147
