Michael Borchetta

Michael Borchetta is Managing Director of M2 Ventures, a Stamford, Connecticut holding company comprising two portfolio businesses: M2 Media Group, which provides online marketing and circulation services to the magazine publishing industry, and Funderworks, a youth-fundraising software platform. Borchetta co-founded both companies and serves as their Co-Founder and CEO, working alongside fellow M2 Ventures Managing Director Michael Frank.

Career Highlights

Before M2, Borchetta spent roughly a decade and a half in magazine circulation and consumer marketing. He was Circulation Director at Cahners Publishing, then moved to The Petersen Companies as VP of Consumer Marketing, and later spent about five years as a Vice President at Synapse Group Inc., a Time Inc. subscription-marketing division. Former colleagues from that era have credited him with building strong industry partnerships and mentoring junior staff through periods of organizational change.

At M2 Media Group, Borchetta has worked with magazine publishers including Hearst, Dotdash Meredith, and Condé Nast, and the company’s partner-marketing programs have been credited with helping Zinio grow its early digital-magazine subscription business. M2 Ventures also owns several consumer-facing marketing properties, including Blue Dolphin, Reward Survey, Birthday Rewards, and Mercury Magazines, and has held partnerships with T-Mobile, Barnes & Noble, and Groupon. Through Funderworks, the company has built a patented, avatar-based fundraising platform used by schools and nonprofits, including the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Education

Borchetta holds a BA in Business Economics from Colorado College.