Michael Planit

Background

About Michael Planit

Founder | Active Investor | Strategic Advisor | Board MemberActive investor/ advisor with 20+ years building and funding businesses across consumer, healthcare, and tech.I’m an active investor and operator with 20+ years of experience building, funding, and scaling businesses across consumer, healthcare, tech, real estate, and logistics. At Planit Capital, I’ve led over $150 million in capital deployment — spanning structured credit, trade finance, equity, and hybrid deals — backing companies from early growth through exit.As an entrepreneur, I’ve launched and exited ventures in the U.S. and Asia, helped bring more than a dozen DTC products to market (surpassing $300M in retail sales), and advised leadership teams on complex retail, supply chain, and go-to-market challenges. Recent work includes building new consumer categories (novelty confection), structuring capital and board strategy in healthcare, and leading multimillion-dollar financings in real estate, auto, and specialty finance.As an active investor, I typically deploy $100K–$1M of personal capital into companies where I can be hands-on — supporting founders with structuring, operations, and strategic growth.Author of Operators Are Standing By (McGraw-Hill), adjunct faculty at NYU, and a believer in clarity, execution, and long-term | Active Investor | Strategic Advisor | Board Member