# Mark Schwartz

> Mark Schwartz is a seed investor at SoftBank Vision Fund backing Real Estate. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-vision-fund)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-schwartz-ab868918

Mark Schwartz is a seed investor at SoftBank Vision Fund focused on Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Schwartz has been Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific since rejoining the firm in June 2012. He initially joined the firm in 1979 in the Investment Banking Division. In 1985, he moved to Fixed Income, where he founded and led the High Yield Department until 1990. From 1991 to 1997 he was Head of the CapitalMarkets Department, from 1997 to 2001 he was President of Goldman Sachs Japan, and from 1999 to 2001 he was Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia.Prior to rejoining the firm, Mr. Schwartz was the Chairman of MissionPoint Capital Partners, an investment firm he co-founded and which is focused on the transition to a lower-carbon economy. He previously served as a Senior Advisor and then as President and Chief Executive Officer of Soros Fund Management.Mr. Schwartz serves on the Boards of Directors of MasterCard Inc. and Softbank Corp. He is a trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital , a member of its Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of its Audit Committee. Mark is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. He serves as trustee at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and on the Board of Directors of the Ragon Institute of MGH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 2 | 40% |
| Commercial Real Estate | 2 | 40% |
| Grocery | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series G | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cherre | Cherre gives clients direct control over moving and managing their data, while providing the visibility, observability, and validation tools needed to improve data quality, support governance strategies, and establish data lineage for the rapidly changing regulatory environment. With Cherre, clients can automate workflows, optimize processes,maximize efficiencies, reduce risks, and identify opportunities to increase profitability by making smarter decisions with confidence. Cherre partners with the largest data providers, applications, and solution and service providers in the industry, creating a full ecosystem that supports clients across all their data needs. | $50M | Series B | Apr 22, 2021 | http://www.cherre.com |
| WeWork | The We Company is a platform for creators that transforms buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and collaboration. The company transform buildings into beautiful, collaborative workspaces and provide infrastructure, services, events, and tech so their members can focus on doing what they love.The We Company is formerly knownas "WeWork". It was established in 2018 and is headquartered in New York. | $4.4B | Series G | Aug 25, 2017 | https://www.we.co/ |
| Invested.in | Invested.in is an enterprise white-label solution that provides crowdfunding software solutions for its users. The platform allows businesses to deploy their own crowdfunding websites to support its clients in launching both fundraising campaigns and crowdfunding portals. Invested.in was founded in 2009 and is based in Santa Monica, C.A. | $830K | Seed | Nov 01, 2012 | http://investedin.com |
| PayDragon | With the free PayDragon iPhone or Android app, you can buy an item blocks away from a store and have it ready for you to pick up by the time you arrive. This saves you time and the aggravation of waiting in line just to order and pay. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 27, 2012 | http://paydragon.com |
| StackSocial |  |  | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Carthona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carthona-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Oceanwide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-oceanwide-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glilot Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glilot-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenland-hong-kong-holdings-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hony Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hony-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SoftBank Vision Fund

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

SoftBank Vision Fund is a subsidiary of Softbank Group that specializes in growth capital and social impact investments. Sectors that the fund invests in include the internet of things, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, communications infrastructure, telecoms, computational biology, biotech, cloud technologies and software, consumer internetbusinesses, financial technology, and mobile apps. The Fund is designed to be a catalyst for technology progress in anticipation that it will expand SoftBank's capabilities, accelerating progress towards SoftBank 2.0.It aims to invest in businesses and foundational platforms that SoftBank believes to revolutionize and innovate the world tomorrow.

5 contacts available at SoftBank Vision Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Fan | Managing Partner, Americas, Asia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-fan |
| David Thevenon | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-thevenon |
| Javier Villamizar | Partner, Joint Ventures and Portfolio Synergies | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javier-villamizar |
| Sumer Juneja | Partner and Head of India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumer-juneja |
| Akshay Naheta | Partner, EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshay-naheta |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Schwartz invest in?

Mark Schwartz invests primarily in Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate and Grocery startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### How do I contact Mark Schwartz?

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### When did Mark Schwartz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Schwartz closed in Apr 2021. 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.

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