Mike Vernal
American venture capitalist
About Mike Vernal
Born 1980.
Mike Vernal (born September 7, 1980) is an American business executive who is a venture capitalist at Conviction. He was previously an investor at Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley and was one of the top executives at Facebook between 2008 and 2016.
Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, he was Vice President of Search, Local, and Developer products at Facebook.
Career Vernal joined Facebook in 2008. From 2009 to 2013, Vernal managed the Facebook Platform team and is credited with managing the Facebook Platform transition from desktop to mobile.
During his time at Facebook, he served as vice president and was considered among the “top executives” who ran the company.
In 2016, after eight years at Facebook, Vernal announced his plans to leave the company. In May 2016, he joined Sequoia Capital, a venture-capital firm specializing in technology startups. In July 2023, The Information reported that Vernal was departing Sequoia.
At Conviction, he has led investments in Listen Labs, Instinct, OpenEvidence and Thinking Machines Lab.
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