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Michael Burychka

Founder, CEO

Snapshot

  • →Extensive experience in early-stage investing and company creation, bringing world-changing technologies from the lab to viable commercial enterprises.
  • →Considerable international capital markets background, having held senior positions in investment banking and private equity roles.
  • →CFO of the Climate Group, an organization that works with businesses and government leaders around the world to address climate change.

Bio

Michael is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Longview Innovation. Under his leadership, the firm established partnerships with some of the most prestigious universities and department of energy labs in the United States. From these relationships, the firm played a critical role in the development of many groundbreaking technologies by providing seed funding and business building expertise on the path to commercialization.

Michael has significant experience in early stage investing and international capital markets, as well as building and managing international organizations. He spent over 15 years in a variety of senior investment banking and private equity roles, including heading both the Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital private capital markets teams in London.

Michael was Managing Director of Capital Markets for an emerging market technology investment company where he helped lead investment in university intellectual property across six different countries. Prior to joining Longview, Michael served as CFO of the Climate Group, an international network of business and government leaders seeking to advance policies, technologies, and capital investment in sustainable economic development.

Michael holds a B.S. in business administration and accounting from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from the London Business School, where he also studied at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, PRC.