Our Team
Mike Green
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Mike Green leads Mountain State Capital’s Morgantown, West Virginia office and is an experienced early stage investor, successful technology executive, and community leader in the greater Appalachian region.
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Since 2002, Mike has focused on investing in and advising a portfolio of early stage companies, including companies that were ultimately acquired by IBM and Target. Mike’s prior operational experience includes serving as the President of Field Operations for Marc Andreesen’s LoudCloud, Inc., and a decade managing worldwide sales and marketing for Pittsburgh-based FORE Systems, Inc. until its acquisition by Marconi for $4.5 Billion. Mike began his career as a cryptanalyst at the NSA after earning his B.S. in mathematics from Boston University and a Master's in numerical science from Johns Hopkins University.
Matt Harbaugh
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Matt Harbaugh leads Mountain State Capital’s Pittsburgh office and has invested in, managed and advised more than 100 private companies over the past twenty years.
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Matt previously served as the CEO of a machine learning-based software company that was acquired by Facebook, and was the Chief Investment Officer at Innovation Works, one of the most active seed funds in the United States. Matt began his career as an investment banker after receiving his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the George Washington University and his undergraduate degree from Duke University.
Dr. Nick Pachuda
Venture Partner
Nick Pachuda leads Mountain State Capital's investment efforts related to Life Sciences. He is a seasoned Life Science leader who combines his clinical, technical, and business experience to identify transformational innovation opportunities and accelerate their path to success.
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In addition to his role with Mountain State Capital, Nick serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Peptilogics, a clinical-stage Biotech company in the Mountain State Capital portfolio. Previously, Nick led Global External Innovation for Johnson & Johnson’s orthopedic device division. He created multiple new development, investment, and commercial ventures while at J&J and Arthrex (Digital Surgery & Robotics, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Sports Medicine, Extremities). He also developed and restructured multiple startups for successful exits, including SBI to Stryker, and Scient’X to Alphatec. Prior to entering the medtech industry in 2003, Nick practiced as a foot & ankle surgeon in the U.S. for ten years and completed an Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship in Germany.