Philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Mike Mann has been proactively involved with the Internet since the onset of the World Wide Web in 1994. At that time, Mike founded and ran the ISP and web developer Internet Interstate until he sold the company to Verio in 1997. Mike then founded the world’s largest secondary market for domain names, BuyDomains.com, which is now called NameMedia. In 2005, he sold the majority of his interest in BuyDomains.com and the Seeq.com search engine portal to Highland Capital Partners and Summit Venture Partners.
Currently, Mike is the Chairman and founder of WashingtonVC, a private equity group whose portfolio of companies share resources, talent, and technologies to deliver innovative digital products and services. Some of WashingtonVC’s assets include Yield Software, DomainMarket.com, SEO.com, Phone.com, DialAGeek, Software.com, StrongTech, and HappyBirthday.com.
To perpetuate his interest in charitable works, Mike is the Chairman and founder of Grassroots.org (501c3), a global network that provides free services to nonprofits and promotes social action. Mike and his team also manage Make Change! Trust, a charitable fund that supports select 501c3 charitable organizations. For more information, please visit www.mikemann.com.
