Mike Dowdle

Mike Dowdle is an entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of experience in startup, venture-backed, and publicly traded companies. He is the founding partner of Circadian Ventures, a seed stage fund formed in 2020. Previously, Mike co-founded CPO Commerce, a leading online retailer of tools, equipment, and home goods that was acquired in 2014 by United Stationers (now Staples). He additionally founded an interactive agency that was acquired in 1997 by iXL Enterprises where he was on the executive team taking the company public in 1999. Mike was the co-founder of iXL Ventures, a corporate venture group. Mike serves on the Boards of Apptega, IRALOGIX, Pinwheel, Cloverly, Cloud Range and is Chairman of Catholic Charities Atlanta. He earned his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.