# Mark Hauser > Mark Hauser is a private equity investor at InviNext Growth Partners backing Family and Retail. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [InviNext Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invinext-growth-partners) - Location: New York, United States - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Oct 2025 - Lead investor: 100% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markshauser/ Mark Hauser is a private equity investor at InviNext Growth Partners in New York focused on Family and Retail. Mark Hauser is based out of New York and is the Partner and Founder of InviNext Growth Partners. Mark previously worked at OFS Management as a Senior Managing Director. Mark Hauser attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Family | 1 | 20% | | Retail | 1 | 20% | | Fashion | 1 | 20% | | Internet | 1 | 20% | | Automotive | 1 | 20% | 13 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Private Equity | 3 | 60% | | Funding Round | 1 | 20% | | Debt Financing | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Royal Oak Recycling | Royal Oak Recycling Categorized under Truck Renting and Leasing, our records show it was established in 1996 and incorporated in Michigan, current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $20 to 50 million and employs a staff of approximately 50 to 99. | | Debt Financing | Oct 14, 2025 | | | Royal Oak Recycling | Royal Oak Recycling Categorized under Truck Renting and Leasing, our records show it was established in 1996 and incorporated in Michigan, current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $20 to 50 million and employs a staff of approximately 50 to 99. | | Private Equity | Sep 01, 2025 | | | Diamond Builders | Diamond Builders is a family-owned firm. | | Private Equity | Feb 22, 2024 | | | JOOR | JOOR is a digital retail platform developer whose goal is to improve the complete wholesale purchasing process. The company's platform connects various brands with retailers worldwide to remove time-consuming, error-prone manual processes, allowing brands and retailers to increase incremental income, cut expenses, improve customer experience,and monitor performance using data analytics. | $25M | | Oct 17, 2023 | | | Playa Bowls | Playa Bowls is an acai shop that serves healthy fruit bowls, smoothies, juices, oatmeal, soup, and coffee.The Playa Bowl concept is the vision of founders Robert Giuliani & Abby Taylor -- both Jersey Shore natives and long-time surfers. Abby grew up in Ocean Township surfing the beaches of Monmouth County, while Rob grew up surfing in OceanCounty. They were inspired by chasing summer on surf trips to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, California and Hawaii. Almost every exotic surf town they visited offered their own unique version of an acai or pitaya bowl. They decided to recreate their favorite recipes with their own twist at home at the Jersey Shore. | | Private Equity | Aug 23, 2021 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [LO3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lo3-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Brightwood Capital Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightwood-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Macquarie Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macquarie-capital-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Pacific General](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-general) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About InviNext Growth Partners VC Fund 1 contacts available at InviNext Growth Partners. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Mark Hauser | Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-hauser | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund - [YFM Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yfm-equity-partners) — VC Fund - [Fondaction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fondaction) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Mark Hauser invest in? Mark Hauser invests primarily in Family, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 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 Hauser last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Mark Hauser closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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