# Marc van den Berg

> Marc van den Berg is a secondary market investor at Technology Partners backing Manufacturing. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technology-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-van-den-berg-b819512

Marc van den Berg is a secondary market investor at Technology Partners in San Francisco focused on Manufacturing and Software. Marc van den Berg - General Partner @ Technology Partners

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 26% |
| Software | 5 | 22% |
| Automotive | 4 | 17% |
| Energy | 3 | 13% |
| CleanTech | 3 | 13% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Secondary Market | 10 | 43% |
| Series B | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 74% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andium | Andium is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company that builds a smarter world and empowers leaders to create meaningful change.Andium is a revolutionary software platform that brings the intelligence of modern computing to devices as small as your fingernail, providing a level of technological sophistication previously unavailable in suchcost-effective and power-efficient hardware. | $21.7M | Series B | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| Aeroseal | Aeroseal is a creator of duct sealing technology aimed at lowering building carbon emissions. By sealing all the gaps in the building envelope, air ducts, and vents using the company's non-toxic, water-based compound, consumers can improve the comfort and health of their homes and workplaces while also helping to maintain a cleanerenvironment. | $67M | Series B | Jul 16, 2023 |  |
| Aeroseal | Aeroseal is a creator of duct sealing technology aimed at lowering building carbon emissions. By sealing all the gaps in the building envelope, air ducts, and vents using the company's non-toxic, water-based compound, consumers can improve the comfort and health of their homes and workplaces while also helping to maintain a cleanerenvironment. | $30M | Series B | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| ZincFive | ZincFive is an intelligent energy storage and delivery solutions company providing nickel-zinc battery based UPS solutions for mission-critical applications in data centers, intelligent transportation, motive power, and other industries. With 74 patents awarded and 29 patents pending, ZincFive leverages nickel-zinc chemistry within our solutions toprovide high power density and performance simultaneous with superior safety and environmental advantages. ZincFive was founded in 2016 and is based in Tualatin, Oregon. | $54M | Series D | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Turntide Technologies | Turntide specializes in developing sustainable technologies that drive down energy consumption and operating costs in buildings, agriculture, and electric transport, boosting bottom lines and accelerating a global path to 100% renewable energy. It has developed an efficient electric motor system, based on revolutionary switched reluctancetechnology, managed by advanced cloud software. Its goal is to eliminate the 25% of global electricity consumption that is wasted by legacy electric motors, thus accelerating the world’s transition from fossil fuels and leaving them in the ground where they belong.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $80M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Menlo Micro | Menlo Micro is the developer of the Ideal Switch, an electromechanical switch technology used to switch AC/DC and RF. The Ideal Switch can handle high temperatures and high-stress conditions and help in battery management, home automation, and instrumentation that enable clients to work with advanced products and deliver efficient outcomesusing high power.Menlo Micro was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. | $44M | Series B | Oct 14, 2020 |  |
| Nexar | Nexar's mission is to reduce the chance of collisions and to make the road safer for everyone. Like a school of fish or a flock of birds, we want to get every car on the road moving safely and smoothly together. Using a Nexar-powered dash cam, AI and inter-vehicle networking, Nexar makes every car a smart car and is building the world’sfirst safe driving network. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Aras | Aras is a suite of open source product life cycle management (PLM) software solutions that run on a model-based SOA application framework.Aras functionality includes Bill of Materials (BOM), engineering change workflows, document management, CAD / EDA integrations, product costing, new product development & introduction (NPDI),phase-gate project management, supplier collaboration, quality compliance, manufacturing process management, tooling management, and more.It was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Desktop Metal | Desktop Metal is reinventing the way design and manufacturing teams produce and 3D print metal parts - from prototyping through mass production. The team is built around the disciplines of materials science, hardware and software engineering, and design. They have raised $97 million in equity funding with investment from technology leadersincluding Google, BMW, Lowe’s, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Located just outside of Boston we are assembling a team of experts and are looking to hire curious and driven engineers, scientists, and designers. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Proterra | Proterra designs and manufactures zero-emission, heavy-duty electric vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across North America. The company’s configurable Catalyst platform is designed to serve the daily mileage needs of a wide range oftransit routes on a single charge. With industry-leading durability and energy efficiency based on rigorous U.S. independent testing, Proterra products are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in America, with offices in Silicon Valley, South Carolina, and Los Angeles.Proterra's revolutionary battery-electric transit vehicles help fleet operators abandon fossil fuels, improve environmental quality, and reduce operating costs. Together with their customers, they have prevented more than 55 million pounds of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere and avoided burning some 2 million gallons of fuel.The company was established in 2004 and is based in Burlingame, California, USA. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 30, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Employee Stock Option Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eso-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Helios Climate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helios-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [U.S. Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/us-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aramco Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aramco-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Technology Partners

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Technology Partners is a venture capital firm specialized in seed-, early-, and later-stage venture and private equity investments.

4 contacts available at Technology Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ira Ehrenpreis | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ira-ehrenpreis |
| Marc van den Berg | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-van-den-berg |
| Sheila Mutter | General Partner and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sheila-mutter |
| Ted Ardell | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ted-ardell |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc van den Berg invest in?

Marc van den Berg invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Automotive startups, most often at Secondary Market and Series B stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marc van den Berg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc van den Berg closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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