Michael Mccracken Email & Phone Number

Malibu, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

Boutique merchant bank, offering world-class M&A, Principal Investing and Executive Thought-Partnering services. www.TheLaurelGroup.com

Greater Los Angeles Area

• MCM Venture Partners (www.MCMVP.com) is a boutique strategic advisory firm focused on early-stage, high-growth companies across multiple industries with a keen focus on entertainment and digital media. The firm.
• Operating in the capacity of Interim COO of an LA based digital media start-up focused on producing premium mobile content for the millennial audience
• Serving as Interim CFO and COO at a leading health and wellness supplement company
• Performing as lead sell-side M&A advisor for Southern California based environmental consulting and design firm
• Serving as Interim CEO of pet-centric wellness company and TV property while simultaneously serving as the lead M&A advisor to this client’s parent company as it pursued strategic alternatives
• Acting as Executive Chairman and Interim CEO for start-up college campus-based experiential marketing company, architecting the bridge financing strategy, pitch collateral and financial model

Los Angeles, California, United States

Media & Entertainment

Los Angeles, California

Greater New York City Area

www.Up2Us.org

West Hollywood, CA

LivingHealthy is a contextual commerce media company that creates and curates premium content to educate and empower health-conscious and wellness-oriented consumers so they can live healthier and fuller lives. The company is tapping into the growing enthusiasm Americans have not only for extending their lives but also for improving the quality of every.

West Hollywood, CA

As the Managing Director and Operating Partner overseeing this Firm's Early Stage Control Fund, Mr. McCracken took active, C-level operational roles in the portfolio companies managing them through launch, turnaround or any critical transitional phase.

Greater New York City Area

In 1998, Mr. McCracken co-founded UGO Entertainment, one of the largest and most respected entertainment-oriented Internet companies focused on the male 18–34 year old demographic, and served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer until 2009. He oversaw the management, re-launch and growth of an online affiliate network acquired in.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Mr. McCracken worked with Ken Moelis’ LA-based team in advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital raising as well as corporate restructurings. Additionally, he participated in various principal investments made by DLJ’s venture capital division, GRP Partners (renamed Upfront Ventures), as well as DLJ’s.

Greater New York City Area

Mr. McCracken worked on the Equity Capital Markets desk advising companies on initial and secondary public market offerings.

Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Foreign Service, International Econ With Honors In International Business Diplomacy And Japanese Language Proficiency

Activities and Societies: All American Track Athlete - 4x800 meters (Georgetown, 1990) Waterman Scholar-Athlete Trophy (Georgetown SFS.