MARK SUSTER
Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures
• Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures - the largest and most active early-stage fund in Southern California (until June 2013 known as GRP Partners).
• Upfront VI is the latest core fund with its $400 million to invest in early stage entrepreneurs; this brings combined funds under management to nearly $2 billion.
• Two-time entrepreneur himself: he was Vice President at Salesforce.com following its acquisition of Koral, where he was Founder & CEO; prior to Koral, was Founder & CEO of BuildOnline, a European SaaS company that was acquired by SWORD Group.
• Prominent blogger in the startup & venture capital world with his highly popular series of articles “Both Sides of the Table”.
• Mentor @ Techstars (a mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund).
• Earlier in his career, spent nearly ten years working for Accenture in Europe, Japan and the U.S.
Read Mark’s blog:
Both Sides of the Table
