Mike Vernal is a general partner at Conviction, Sarah Guo's venture firm backing AI-native companies. He was a product manager and engineer at Microsoft before spending eight years at Facebook leading engineering, product and design teams. He was a partner at Sequoia Capital from April 2016 until he left in 2023, where his work included Notion, Rippling and Verkada. He joined Conviction in early 2025, announced alongside the firm's $230 million second fund.
Education
Two degrees, Harvard University
Previous Experience
Product manager and development lead, Microsoft (nearly six years)
VP of Product and Engineering, Facebook (eight years, leading engineering, product and design teams across search, profile, local and the developer platform)
Worked as a product manager and engineer at Microsoft, first as a product manager and later as a development lead.
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Spent eight years at Facebook leading engineering, product and design teams, including its search, profile, local and developer platform product groups.
2016
Joined Sequoia Capital as a partner in April 2016.
2023
Left Sequoia Capital.
2025
Joined Conviction as a general partner, announced alongside the firm's $230 million second fund.