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Michael Marks

North America, California, United States, Menlo Park

Description

Michael E Marks is the Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital. Prior to that, he was the CEO and founder of Katerra. He was also the f...

Investor Profile

Michael Marks has backed more than 10 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 2 rounds, about 20% of its total and boasts 2 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Convertible Note rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, India.
  • Strong thematic focus on E-Commerce, Retail, Internet.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (60%)
  • Series A (20%)
  • Convertible Note (10%)
  • Series Unknown (10%)

Country Focus

  • United States (90%)
  • India (10%)

Industry Focus

  • E-commerce
  • Retail
  • Internet
  • Saas
  • Software
  • Advertising
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Crm
  • Fashion
  • Retail Technology
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Who does Michael Marks frequently co-invest with?

Lightbank
Lightbank
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 2
Lucas Venture Group
Lucas Venture Group
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
Claremont Creek Ventures
Claremont Creek Ventures
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 1
Prelude Ventures
Prelude Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
4-Good Ventures
4-Good Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
Great Oaks Venture Capital
Great Oaks Venture Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
OV
Orbit Venture Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 1
GreatPoint Ventures
GreatPoint Ventures
North America, Michigan, United States, New Haven
Co-Investments: 1
Los Angeles Media Fund
Los Angeles Media Fund
North America, California, United States, West Hollywood
Co-Investments: 1
Celesta Capital
Celesta Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Michael Marks often collaborate with?

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Leah Busque
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
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Rachel Sheinbein
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
ET
Edward Tiedemann
North America, California, United States, San Diego
Shared Deals: 1
RA
Raj Atluru
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
VM
Vibhu Mittal
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
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Eduardo Castro Wright
North America, Nevada, United States, Incline Village
Shared Deals: 1
Dave Welch
Dave Welch
North America, California, United States, Sunnyvale
Shared Deals: 1
EM
Emily Melton
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
TK
Todd Kimmel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
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Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Michael Marks?

Home Delivery Service (HDS Global)

Palo Alto, California, United States

Home Delivery Service (HDS Global) is a Proprietary Technology.

E-CommerceIndustrial AutomationRetailRobotics
Series UnknownJan 14, 2022
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Rizzle

San Jose, California, United States

Short Videos, AI-Based Camera, Short Series

AdvertisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Internet
Convertible NoteSep 16, 2021
Amount Raised: $17,000,000
EnTribe

Oakland, California, United States

EnTribe was built to help companies scale and automate manually-labor intensive workflows that hinder a brand’s ability.

CRMInternetSaaSSoftware
SeedAug 18, 2021
Amount Raised: $2,700,000
Extend

San Francisco, California, United States

Extend provides extended warranties as a service to merchants and innovates the broken customer experience associated with them.

E-CommerceInsurTechRetail
Series ANov 6, 2019
Amount Raised: $16,400,000
BangDB

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

BangDB aims to provide products and solutions in the data space for enabling BigData analysis in RealTime.

AnalyticsBig DataReal Time
SeedMar 20, 2016
Shipster

New York, New York, United States

Shipster is a Smart Logistics platform for local and long distance shipping.

Collaborative ConsumptionLogisticsMobileShipping
SeedJan 1, 2015
Trove

Brisbane, California, United States

Trove, commanding 75% of U.S. branded resale, empowers brands like Patagonia and Michael Kors to launch, manage, and scale resale programs

E-CommerceFashionRetailRetail TechnologySaaSSecondhand Goods
Series AApr 23, 2014
Amount Raised: $5,000,000
Reaction

Austin, Texas, United States

Reaction designs and manufactures hardware and software to (re)meet a basic human need: shelter.

ArchitectureGreenTechManufacturingSoftware
SeedFeb 19, 2014
Amount Raised: $1,536,871
FUTR Corp.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

FUTR Corp operates as a private student loan servicing provider.

Call CenterFinancial ServicesOutsourcing
SeedFeb 1, 2014
Amount Raised: $4,850,000
Yellowsmith

New York, New York, United States

Yellowsmith

CrowdsourcingE-CommerceJewelry
SeedAug 20, 2012
Amount Raised: $850,000
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