Profile
Mike Gilkes is a Vice President on the Oceans team at S2G Ventures.
In his role, Mike focuses on the origination, evaluation and execution of investments across the blue economy, along with portfolio company support and development.
Mike has over 12 years of deal-focused experience in venture capital and investment banking.
Before joining S2G Ventures, Mike was a Managing Director at Cleveland Avenue, a Chicago-based venture capital firm that invests in companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets, where he focused on the execution of investments in food, agriculture and consumer-related technologies.
Prior to Cleveland Avenue, Mike was a Director in Baird’s Global Consumer Investment Banking Group, where he provided sell- and buy-side M&A advisory for publicly held, private equity backed and family owned companies in the food & beverage and consumer products sectors.
Mike graduated from the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S.
in Finance.
Michael Gilkes active positions
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S2G Ventures LLC
S2G Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Private Equity Investor | 01/06/2023 |
Former positions of Michael Gilkes
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Cleveland Avenue LLC
Cleveland Avenue LLC Investment ManagersFinance Cleveland Avenue LLC (Cleveland Avenue) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Don Thompson and Liz Thompson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Private Equity Investor | 31/05/2023 |
Baird Financial Group, Inc.
Baird Financial Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Baird Financial Group, Inc. engages in the provision of wealth management, capital markets, asset management, and private equity services. The company was founded on August 20, 2012 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/03/2021 |
Training of Michael Gilkes
Gies College of Business | Undergraduate Degree |
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S2G Ventures LLC
S2G Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
Cleveland Avenue LLC
Cleveland Avenue LLC Investment ManagersFinance Cleveland Avenue LLC (Cleveland Avenue) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Don Thompson and Liz Thompson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
Baird Financial Group, Inc.
Baird Financial Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Baird Financial Group, Inc. engages in the provision of wealth management, capital markets, asset management, and private equity services. The company was founded on August 20, 2012 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. | Finance |
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