Mike Elliott
Managing Partner
Mike Elliott joined NMP in 2005 with 21 years of successful venture capital investment experience. Previously, Mike spent eight years as a Managing Director of The Wakefield Group, a private venture firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina with an investment focus similar to that of NMP. Mike invested primarily in technology and business services companies, at early and growth stages of development, and has continued that focus at NMP. Currently, Mike represents NMP on the boards of Adaptivity, Appia, FrontStream Payments, MD Sleep and PeopleMatter, and oversees one other investment, Tower Cloud.
Prior to Wakefield Group, Mike was a Managing Director of NationsBank Capital (now Bank of America Capital Investors), Bank of America’s private equity investment arm, where he managed large financings of later-stage growth companies. He began his venture investment career as a founding partner of NCNB Venture Co., L.P., the venture investment arm of NCNB, the predecessor of Bank of America. During his venture career, Mike has been an active board member and sponsor of several highly successful ventures, including Affiliated Managers (NYSE: AMG), Redgate Communications (sold to AOL), Medic Computer Systems (sold to Misys), OpenSite Technologies (sold to Siebel Systems), and Serologicals (sold to Millipore).
Mike currently serves on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and has served on the Executive Committee of the NASBIC Board of Governors. He is extensively involved in North Carolina's entrepreneurial community and serves as Chairperson of the CED in Research Triangle Park. Mike received a BS in Mathematics and an MBA from the University of North Carolina, where he was both a Morehead Scholar and Maurice Lee Fellow.
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