# Mike Kerns, Co-Founder & Partner at TCG

> Mike Kerns, Co-Founder & Partner at TCG. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-kerns (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Mike Kerns

Co-Founder & Partner at [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg)

Latest rounds

- **AdsNative** Seed · $2M Apr 2014

Backs *Internet*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Apr 2014
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At TCG
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**TCG** Private equity · US **31** cheques in 12 months **109** all time **1** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $2M
- **Active:** 2014

2014

- [AdsNative](https://millionrounds.com/company/adsnative) *Seed* **$2M** *US* Apr 2014 Joined · +7 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**

What they backed

Internet **1**

Alongside

- [Barry Honig *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barry-honig)
- [Foundry Group *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)
- [InterWest Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners)
- Navneet Aron *1*
- [ONSET Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onset-ventures)
- Sourabh Niyogi *1*
- [kbs+ Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kbs-ventures)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Food52, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2023
- SEC Form D · Private Equity fund **[TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg)** Executive Officer, Director on 15 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **SportsAction, Inc.** Director since 2015

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at TCG

- [**Alexandre Linares** Senior Director of Product Management *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandre-linares)
- [**Luke Beatty** Board Member *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/luke-beatty)
- [**Ahsan Habib** Cce *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ahsan-habib)
- [**David Duxin** Operator & Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-duxin)
- [**Dhruv Kapoor** Finance & Strategy *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dhruv-kapoor)
- [**Ellie Stein** Chief Operating Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ellie-stein)
- [**Emily Xi** Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/emily-xi)
- [**Gaby Goldberg** Member of the Comms Staff *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gaby-goldberg)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 6 Apr 2021 · 1h 14m Mike Kerns and Jesse Jacobs - Content to Commerce - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 220] With [Jesse Jacobs](https://millionrounds.com/person/jesse-jacobs)[Mike Kerns](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-kerns) Mentions [Chernin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chernin-group)[The Chernin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-chernin-group-tcg) About this episode My guests this week are Jesse Jacobs and Mike Kerns, co-founders and partners at The Chernin Group, TCG, a multi-stage investment firm dedicated to building consumer businesses. Many think of TCG as some of the best media investors in the world, and in this discussion, you’ll quickly see why. In… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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