Massimo Mascaro
About Massimo Mascaro
Massimo Mascaro is a Distinguished Technical Director of Applied AI in the Office of the CTO for Google Cloud. In that role he helps Google Cloud customers use AI and Google's AI products in their businesses. He is based in San Diego, California.
Before Google he worked at Intuit, where he founded and led the data science group. His roles there included chief data scientist and director of data engineering for the consumer group. At a 2017 BootstrapLabs conference he was listed as Director of Data Engineering and Data Science at Intuit, leading personalization and predictive analytics for the TurboTax products.
Earlier he led the R&D group at Intellisis, a San Diego speech processing startup. He also worked at Microsoft, on Bing core ranking and in the Technical Computing Team. He started in theoretical physics and holds a PhD in neuroscience, where he studied the dynamics of large recurrent neural networks. He is a named inventor on a number of patents, many of them assigned to Intuit. His X bio says all opinions are strictly personal.
The only angel investment we could confirm from public sources is Pomo, in 2026. Startup directories describe him as an angel investor, but we found no public list of his other investments, no Crunchbase investor profile and no interviews about his angel activity.
He is also listed on the advisory board of Intermezzo, an AI-powered global payroll company. That is an advisory role, and the source does not say he invested.
Pomo is an agentic marketing intelligence platform for mid-market companies, based in Palo Alto. It announced a $4.5M seed round on April 8, 2026, led by Kindred Ventures. Databricks Ventures, Seven Stars, SV Angel, Timeless Partners and 645 Ventures also took part. Massimo Mascaro joined as an angel alongside Scott Belsky and Mehdi Ghissassi.
Pomo's co-founders previously worked at Google DeepMind, Databricks and Google. Lounge's deals desk lists the same $4.5M Pomo seed twice, dated 2026-04 and 2026-06. Public announcements we found cover only the April 2026 round.
His public investing record is too thin to state a formal thesis. The one confirmed deal is a seed-stage AI application company, and his professional expertise is applied AI, machine learning and data science. He has not published a check size, target stage or geographic focus that we could find.
- Pomo: agentic marketing intelligence platform for mid-market teams. He took part as an angel in its $4.5M seed round announced April 2026.
- evonexus.org/ctshowcase-team-member/massimo-mascaro
- linkedin.com/in/massimomascaro
- x.com/mascarom
- bootstraplabs.com/artificial-intelligence/applied-artificial-intellige
- intermezzo.ai/en/about-us
- kindredventures.com/announcement/our-investment-in-pomo
- finsmes.com/2026/04/pomo-raises-4-5m-in-seed-funding.html
- pulse2.com/pomo-4-5-million-raised-for-ai-marketing-intelligence-platf
Investing activity
Massimo Mascaro appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent are Pomo (Seed, $4.5M, Jun 2026) and Pomo (Seed, $4.5M, Apr 2026).
Massimo Mascaro most often invests alongside Kindred Ventures, Seven Stars Ventures, Databricks Ventures and SV Angel, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Massimo Mascaro
Who is Massimo Mascaro?
He is a Distinguished Technical Director of Applied AI in Google Cloud's Office of the CTO. He previously led data science at Intuit and is an angel investor.
What startups has Massimo Mascaro invested in?
The one investment we could confirm publicly is Pomo, an AI marketing intelligence startup. He joined as an angel in its $4.5M seed round, announced in April 2026.
What is Massimo Mascaro's check size?
He has not disclosed a check size in any source we found. Pomo's announcement gives only the total round size of $4.5M.
Does Massimo Mascaro invest in seed-stage AI startups?
His one confirmed deal is a seed round for an AI company, Pomo. He has not published a stated stage preference.
How can founders contact Massimo Mascaro?
He has a LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/massimomascaro and posts on X as @mascarom. We found no personal website or published pitch process.
Is Massimo Mascaro an angel investor?
Yes. Massimo Mascaro invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Massimo Mascaro invested in?
Massimo Mascaro's AI investments include Pomo. The 2 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Massimo Mascaro invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Massimo Mascaro has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Massimo Mascaro co-invest with?
Massimo Mascaro's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Kindred Ventures (2 deals), Seven Stars Ventures (2 deals), Databricks Ventures (2 deals), SV Angel (2 deals) and Mehdi Ghissassi (2 deals).
How can founders reach Massimo Mascaro?
Founders on Lounge can see Massimo Mascaro's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Massimo Mascaro to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.