# Michael Katz

> Michael Katz is a New York entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Interclick and mParticle and now leads trading-card platform Trove. Interclick went public in 2009 and was sold to Yahoo in 2011 in an approximately $270 million transaction. Katz remained mParticle CEO at its January 2025 merger announcement with Rokt, which announced a $300 million investment. His public interviews describe a career built with his brother Andrew, lessons from mParticle’s early setbacks, animal rescue work and an interest in consumer experiences.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Trove
- **Organizations:** Trove, mParticle, Rokt mParticle, Interclick, Yahoo, Accenture, Techstars, Adaptly, BrightLine, Tech for Black Founders
- **From:** Boston, United States
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science; studies in economics and finance, Syracuse University
- **Known for:** Led Interclick through its 2009 public listing and subsequent sale to Yahoo., Co-founded mParticle and led it through a $150 million Series E and the Rokt merger announcement., Initiated Tech for Black Founders with participating marketing and data technology companies.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2003** — Worked as an analyst at Accenture.
- **2005** — Co-founded Interclick, serving as president and later CEO.
- **2009** — Interclick went public.
- **2011** — Yahoo announced its approximately $270 million acquisition of Interclick in November; the acquisition closed on December 14.
- **2011-2012** — Served as vice president of optimization and analytics at Yahoo; departed in December 2012.
- **2013** — Co-founded mParticle with Andrew Katz and Jason Lynn.
- **2015** — mParticle was in market by 2015, following an initial period of product development.
- **2020** — Proposed the software-donation initiative that launched as Tech for Black Founders.
- **2021** — mParticle raised a $150 million Series E led by Permira’s growth fund.
- **2022** — mParticle acquired Indicative and Vidora.
- **2025-01** — Rokt announced a $300 million investment in mParticle as part of their merger; Katz was to continue as mParticle CEO and join Rokt’s executive team.
- **2025** — Co-founded Trove, a platform for collecting authenticated physical trading cards through a digital experience.
- **2026-04** — Trove launched its digital collecting platform.
- **2026-09** — Trove announced Collection Dividends, with Katz identified as co-founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Led Interclick through its 2009 public listing and subsequent sale to Yahoo.
- Co-founded mParticle and led it through a $150 million Series E and the Rokt merger announcement.
- Initiated Tech for Black Founders with participating marketing and data technology companies.
- Co-founded Trove and launched a consumer platform connecting digital pack opening to physical trading cards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Katz discussed Trove’s pack battles in an appearance on Sports Cards Nonsense; October reporting described the head-to-head collecting feature.
- **2026-09** — Trove announced Collection Dividends: a minimum 2% annual rate on collection value, calculated and paid monthly in Trove Cash.
- **2026-05** — Appeared on Group Chat and Card Talk to discuss Trove, collecting and moving from enterprise software into a consumer business.

## Links

- Website: https://trove.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelskatz
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mkatz0630
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkatz/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.katz.965

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Last updated: 2026-10-23