# Mark Lefanowicz

> Mark Lefanowicz is a pre-seed investor at Fenway Summer Ventures backing EdTech and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fenway Summer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenway-summer-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-lefanowicz-7b305b4

Mark Lefanowicz is a pre-seed investor at Fenway Summer Ventures in San Francisco focused on EdTech and FinTech. Mark joins Fenway Summer Ventures from Springleaf Financial, where he served as Senior Vice President responsible for Internet lending, call center operations, and new business initiatives. Mark is also currently the CEO of Ethos Lending. Previously, Mark served as CFO of Provident Funding Associates, currently the largest wholesale mortgagelender in the United States. In this capacity, he was responsible for the company’s treasury, finance, accounting, and administrative functions.From 2004 to 2008, Mark served as CEO/President of E-LOAN, a publicly traded Internet mortgage, home equity, and auto lender. As CEO, he led the company’s sale to Banco Popular, resulting in an 89% per share price appreciation from the time Mark joined E-LOAN to its sale.Earlier in his career, Mark served in numerous executive positions at Bay View Capital and as a partner at Coopers & Lybrand, which later merged with Price Waterhouse to form PWC. He has served on the Board of Directors for several consumer financial institutions, including Credit Karma. Mark has also been an active angel investor in consumer finance and fintech companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor of science in accounting from the University of Wyoming. Mark resides in Lafayette, CA with his wife Kathy and his three daughters.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kiddo - Insurtech | Kiddo is building the education continuity layer for Latin America, an embedded insurtech platform that helps parents guarantee their children’s education if a financial crisis hits the family, such as death, disability, or income loss. | $170K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Fenway Summer Ventures | FSV provides insights and capital to entrepreneurs re-inventing the multi-trillion dollar financial services industry and building innovative companies, strong brands, and world-class teams. FSV primarily makes early stage investments but will also consider promising growth stage investments. | $2.9M | Series A | Apr 17, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Camp One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camp-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Parallel18](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parallel18) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pivot Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivot-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pygma](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pygma-2e3b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fenway Summer Ventures

VC Fund · Washington, United States

FSV provides insights and capital to entrepreneurs re-inventing the multi-trillion dollar financial services industry and building innovative companies, strong brands, and world-class teams. FSV primarily makes early stage investments but will also consider promising growth stage investments.

5 contacts available at Fenway Summer Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Trepel | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-trepel |
| Javier Saade | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javier-saade |
| Mark Lefanowicz | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-lefanowicz |
| Miles Reidy | Investor Fenway Summer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-miles-reldy |
| Miles Reidy | Investor Fenway Summer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miles-reidy |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Lefanowicz invest in?

Mark Lefanowicz invests primarily in EdTech, FinTech and InsurTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Lefanowicz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Lefanowicz closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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