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Michael Cohn

Michael Cohn

Managing Partner at Overline; founder-operator and Southeast early‑stage investor

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Atlanta, Georgia
Joined September 2025
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Summary

Founder‑operator who scaled a cloud services business to a successful exit: Michael co‑founded Cloud Sherpas in 2008, grew the company into a global cloud advisory and implementation firm (~1,100 employees) and exited to Accenture in 2015 — experience that underpins his credibility as an operator and investor. wikipedia+1
Seed investor and ecosystem builder in the Southeast: As co‑founder and Managing Partner at Overline, Michael focuses on leading pre‑seed and seed rounds for founders in Atlanta and the broader Southeast, working to increase early-stage institutional capital available locally. overline+2
Mentor and community connector: Michael has run and advised accelerator and community programs (Managing Director, Techstars Atlanta; mentor at Atlanta Tech Village; involvement with Venture Atlanta), building mentor networks and connecting founders to capital and corporate partners. prnewswire+2
Marketing and GTM experience across startups and enterprise: Before and during Cloud Sherpas, Michael held senior marketing and product marketing roles (including at IBM and later as Cloud Sherpas' SVP of Marketing), giving him hands‑on go‑to‑market experience he leverages when advising portfolio companies. prnewswire+1

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Community and local engagement — active in Atlanta civic/startup community; family and Jewish community involvement (Temple membership), enjoys Atlanta cultural events and festivals. atlantamagazine