# Mark Platshon

> Mark Platshon is a angel investor backing Automotive and Transportation. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-platshon/2/91a/b

Mark Platshon is a angel investor in Menlo Park focused on Automotive and Transportation. Mark Platshon - Co-founder & Investor @ Amprius

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 2 | 100% |
| Transportation | 2 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Car Sharing | 1 | 50% |
| Ride Sharing | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Populus | Populus is a platform for cities to manage and price commercial fleets to deliver safer more sustainable streets. Over 100 cities around the world rely on Populus to receive GPS data from commercial vehicles, and are now leveraging their platform to create, manage, and enforce payment for access to curbs to prioritize transitions to lower carbontransportation. | $750K | Angel | May 06, 2018 | http://www.populus.ai/ |
| Ridecell | Ridecell Inc. is the way in the digital transformation of fleet businesses and operations. Our Fleet IoT (Internet of Things) Automation solutions modernize and monetize fleets by combining data insights with digital vehicle control to turn today’s manual processes into automated workflows. The result is unmatched levels of efficiency and controlfor shared services, motorpools, rental, and logistic fleets.Today Ridecell powers some of the most successful fleet businesses in cities across Europe and North America, including Ferrovial, Groupe Renault, Gig Car Share from AAA, and Toyota Sweden. Ridecell is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Madrid, Paris, Berlin, and Pune India. | $11.7M | Series A | Apr 07, 2016 | http://www.ridecell.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ulu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulu-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Block, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-fda8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maniv Mobility](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manivmobility) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Platshon invest in?

Mark Platshon invests primarily in Automotive, Transportation and Analytics startups, most often at Angel 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.

### How do I contact Mark Platshon?

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### When did Mark Platshon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Platshon closed in May 2018. 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.

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