MICHAEL HUGHES

• Senior Director, Equity Crowdfunding at Indiegogo where he leads efforts for First Democracy VC , a registered equity crowdfunding portal formed through a partnership between Indiegogo and MicroVentures. The platform launched in November 2016.

• Formerly a Director of Hardware/Technology Outreach at Indiegogo in charge of sourcing the most promising hardware/technology campaigners and setting them up for success on Indiegogo's perks/rewards-based crowdfunding platform.

• Prior to Indiegogo, Michael was the first employee at CoFoundersLab which merged with RockThePost to create Onevest, an early player in the equity crowdfunding space for accredited investors only. He managed the deal flow team for Onevest.

• Worked for sharing economy tech companies like TaskRabbit and Zipcar, and held various roles in higher education in a previous life.