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Mark Austin
Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez
Agrivida, Inc.
Profil
Based in New York, Mr. Austin has been a Venture Partner with Bright Capital since 2012, where he focuses broadly on alternative energy, resource and energy efficiency, distributed generation, water, advanced materials and cleantech, providing leadership and strategic guidance for Bright Capital’s investment strategy and portfolio companies, including serving on the Boards of Agrivida, QM Power and Ener-G-Rotors.
Prior to Bright Capital, as Managing Director of Chandler Reed LLC, Mr. Austin served as a strategic advisor to CEOs of public and private growth stage companies, new ventures and tech start-ups, and was a consultant at UNDP’s Sustainable Energy & Environment Division in the area of sustainable technologies globally, as well as to other UN agencies.
He has applied his knowledge of finance and marketing, intellectual property, technology commercialization and strategy across a broad and diverse range of industries.
Earlier, Mr. Austin has been a serial tech entrepreneur in the fields of electro-optics, medical devices, and materials manufacturing systems.
As a start-up entrepreneur, he has patents issued in 30 countries and has won international design awards.
Mr. Austin is an advisor to tech start-up incubators and accelerators, and is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) with NYSERDA and the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, as well as serving on the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Investment Advisory Board.
Mr. Austin has mentored entrepreneurs in different regions of Africa, and spoken at conferences from Krasnoyarsk to Kingston, from Beijing to Bilbao, on venture investing, entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation and sustainable technologies.
Mark Austin is a graduate of Williams College.
Postes actifs de Mark Austin
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
Bright Capital LLC
 Bright Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bright Capital invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on advertising, e-commerce, gaming, technology, media and telecommunication sectors. It participates in seed, early, late and growth stage capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | 01/04/2012 |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/10/2012 |
Agrivida, Inc.
 Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops integrated enzyme solutions for the animal nutrition and health, energy and consumer products industries | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/12/2014 |
Anciens postes connus de Mark Austin
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
QM Power, Inc.
 QM Power, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Develops and commercializes electric motors, generators and actuators | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 07/06/2016 |
Xethanol Corp.
 Xethanol Corp. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Provides technology to convert biomass to ethanol | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 27/03/2005 |
Agrivida, Inc.
Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops integrated enzyme solutions for the animal nutrition and health, energy and consumer products industries | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc.
 Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Commercializes devices based on a near frictionless expander | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Formation de Mark Austin
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| Entreprise privées | 7 |
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Agrivida, Inc.
Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops integrated enzyme solutions for the animal nutrition and health, energy and consumer products industries | Health Technology |
Williams College
 Williams College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Xethanol Corp.
Xethanol Corp. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Provides technology to convert biomass to ethanol | Process Industries |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development | Commercial Services |
Bright Capital LLC
Bright Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bright Capital invests in companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on advertising, e-commerce, gaming, technology, media and telecommunication sectors. It participates in seed, early, late and growth stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc.
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Commercializes devices based on a near frictionless expander | Electronic Technology |
QM Power, Inc.
QM Power, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Develops and commercializes electric motors, generators and actuators | Producer Manufacturing |
