# Mark Hastings

> Mark Hastings is a angel investor at PSG Equity (Wellesley) backing Software and Mobile. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/providence-strategic-growth)
- Location: Wellesley, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hastings-482b2816
- Website: https://www.psgequity.com/team/mark-hastings

Mark Hastings is a angel investor at PSG Equity in Wellesley focused on Software and Mobile. Mark Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of PSG. Mark attended The Wharton School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Mobile | 2 | 17% |
| B2B | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |
| FinTech | 1 | 8% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 2 | 17% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 17% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CENTRL | CENTRL is an enterprise-grade privacy management solution, and its Privacy360 is flexible and scalable for evolving global privacy management requirements, including compliance requirements for the GDPR, LGPD, CCPA, and future U.S. and international regulations. The CENTRL platform is flexible for companies of all sizes to get up and running withminimal configuration and implementation effort. CENTRL's solution has a full suite of modules for privacy compliance, as well as other initiatives - data subject access requests, assessments, and data mapping - while including complete third party and vendor risk management capabilities - complementing an enterprise's privacy management needs. For more information, please visit www.oncentrl.com. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 15, 2024 |  |
| OfColor | OfColor develops a financial wellness platform centered around employees of color. It provides content, AI advice, and banking tools built around how people of color save, spend, and build wealth. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| OfColor | OfColor develops a financial wellness platform centered around employees of color. It provides content, AI advice, and banking tools built around how people of color save, spend, and build wealth. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Jobcase | Jobcase is an online community dedicated to empowering the world's workers. Millions of members connect on Jobcase to seize opportunities, share advice, and navigate the work landscape together. Online or in the Jobcase app, workers can find jobs, apply instantly, and get and give the support everyone needs on their way to success. We’re ateam of more than 200 passionate and dedicated employees, striving every day to help every worker advance. Our strong mission focus and unique company culture propel our team’s growth as we build a platform where workers can connect to create more opportunities for themselves and each other. We’re headquartered in Cambridge, MA but located across the country with satellite offices in New Jersey, the Bay Area, and a large remote team. | $30M | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Validity | Validity was formed to bring confidence to all of us who rely on data every day to run our business. They realize the importance of trusting data and all the challenges their operations encounter once doubt creeps in. As a global industry leader in data quality, their role is to ensure you have the tools you need to tackle the complexities ofdata administration and regain certainty with the integrity of your data assets.Their Trust Platform is comprised of software services and solutions that help you know where you stand with your data and enable an ongoing assessment and toolset to correct data issues. For over a decade, tens of thousands of administrators in over 20 countries across the world have trusted our products to regain integrity with their CRM data. They will continue to invest in our Trust Platform to share back with our community the insights gleaned in the best practices of data management. |  | Corporate Round | May 31, 2019 |  |
| Jobcase | Jobcase is an online community dedicated to empowering the world's workers. Millions of members connect on Jobcase to seize opportunities, share advice, and navigate the work landscape together. Online or in the Jobcase app, workers can find jobs, apply instantly, and get and give the support everyone needs on their way to success. We’re ateam of more than 200 passionate and dedicated employees, striving every day to help every worker advance. Our strong mission focus and unique company culture propel our team’s growth as we build a platform where workers can connect to create more opportunities for themselves and each other. We’re headquartered in Cambridge, MA but located across the country with satellite offices in New Jersey, the Bay Area, and a large remote team. | $100M | Private Equity | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| Jobcase | Jobcase is an online community dedicated to empowering the world's workers. Millions of members connect on Jobcase to seize opportunities, share advice, and navigate the work landscape together. Online or in the Jobcase app, workers can find jobs, apply instantly, and get and give the support everyone needs on their way to success. We’re ateam of more than 200 passionate and dedicated employees, striving every day to help every worker advance. Our strong mission focus and unique company culture propel our team’s growth as we build a platform where workers can connect to create more opportunities for themselves and each other. We’re headquartered in Cambridge, MA but located across the country with satellite offices in New Jersey, the Bay Area, and a large remote team. | $11.5M | Private Equity | Dec 21, 2017 |  |
| SnapApp | SnapApp empowers marketers to create personalized interactive experiences that activate buyers, accelerates leads through the funnel, and unleashes growth. With a simple, drag-and-drop interface, you don’t need to be a designer or developer to create a wide variety of content types across multiple channels. And robust integrations into topmarketing automation tools let you collect information that improves marketing efforts and accelerate leads through the funnel.Backed by Providence Equity Partners, SnapApp customers include Paycor, Cisco, CEB, Blackbaud, and Equifax. Visit SnapApp on the web at www.snapapp.com or follow on Twitter @snap_app. | $10.2M | Private Equity | Aug 15, 2017 |  |
| GlobalTranz | GlobalTranz is a technology-based logistics company that provides innovative solutions enabling shippers to manage their logistics needs and access highly discounted rates. GlobalTranz has created a one-stop-shop for its customer base of over 18,000 shippers. It was founded in 2003 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. | $40M | Series C | Sep 06, 2014 |  |
| Weathermob | Weathermob lets you share, discover, and discuss the weather with people from around the world. It’s a free, entertaining, and easy way to share your weather--whether you’re basking in sunshine or running from the hail--on your iPhone. With a few taps of the finger, Weathermob lets you report on the weather, your mood, and what you’re up to.They’re a friendly global community of weather reporters; they log on to express themselves, be inspired, plan vacations, and live vicariously. Come join us, and discover the weather from across the globe or from your friends and neighbors. They’re waiting for you to report; be their gust! | $650K | Angel | Jul 17, 2013 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/providence-strategic-growth) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psg-86fb) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Susquehanna Growth Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susquehanna-growth-equity) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psg-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lavelle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavelle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silversmith Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silversmith-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PSG Equity

VC Fund · Boston, United States

PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic opportunities, and build strong teams. PSG brings extensive investment experience, deep expertise in software and technology, and a firm commitment to collaborating with managementteams. Founded in 2014, PSG operates out of offices in Boston, Kansas City, London, Paris, Madrid, and Tel Aviv.

5 contacts available at PSG Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jay Ganesan | Growth Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-ganesan |
| Mark Hastings | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-e-hastings |
| Nicholas Littas | Growth Equity Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-littas |
| Richard J. Gentile | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-j-gentile |
| Skip Besthoff | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skip-besthoff |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Hastings invest in?

Mark Hastings invests primarily in Software, Mobile and B2B startups, most often at Angel and Private Equity stage. Most of the 12 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 Mark Hastings last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Hastings closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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