Mark Silverman
Founder & CEO @ Amava
Mark Silverman is a Partner of Catamount Ventures. Mark joined Catamount in 2006 with a focus on early-stage technology companies within the enterprise, infrastructure, and energy markets.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Mark Silverman invests in
Stages Mark Silverman invests in
Countries Mark Silverman invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (29%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (21%)
- Sales 1 (7%)
- Big Data 1 (7%)
- Genetics 1 (7%)
Stage
- Funding Round 3 (21%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Series B 2 (14%)
- Series C 2 (14%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 6 (43%)
- New Zealand 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Sales Bootcamp
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Sales Bootcamp trains, places, and mentor sales development representatives and interns. It is an in-person and immersive training program that gives students three months of sales experience. The company is run by a group of individuals that have spent their careers building and scaling sales teams. Most tech organizations are struggling to findentry-level candidates with some amount of sales experience and knowledge of the CRM tools and additionally, job seekers are frustrated they are not qualified for entry-level positions. Sales Bootcamp bridges this gap by training students in the steps and skills required to be prospectors as well as provides a program where they sell and set meetings for tech companies.Sales Bootcamp is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2015 by James Nielsen. | $600K / Seed / Nov 30, 2015 | |
DriverSide
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DriverSide, Inc. provides resources and information online to automobile owners to buy, own, and sell cars, parts, and accessories. It offers new and used car listings, and information about parts and accessories. DriverSide, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $2.3M / Series C / Aug 25, 2010 | |
Blazent
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Blazent is the world's most widely-used IT Data Quality Engine. Built on patented algorithms developed over the last decade, Blazent's cloud-based engine aggregates, reconciles and consolidates IT data to guarantee continuous accuracy, and to optimize IT management & operations.Blazent’s IT Outsourcing Governance solutions are usedby some of the largest service providers in the world to gain visibility and decrease costs. Over 1.6 million outsourced desktops and servers are tracked by Blazent for companies spending a total of $32 Billion a year on outsourcing services. | $10M / Jun 10, 2010 | |
Verdiem
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Verdiem provides enterprise software solutions to reduce energy consumption of PC networks. Its SURVEYOR software increases business profitability and sustainability by monitoring, measuring and managing IT energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s relationships with technology and energy efficiency leaders help it to deliverbest-in-class solutions to global businesses and individuals. Founded in 2001, Verdiem is a green IT company headquartered in Seattle with additional offices in the US and UK. | $4.7M / Jan 04, 2010 | |
Grid Net
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Grid Net provides software for the smarter grid to its utility customers, technology partners, and their customers. The Grid Net Machine-to-Machine Network Operating System is purpose-built to manage grid devices and advanced grid applications on broadband networks. Grid Net works across any combination of networks, whether public or private,wired or wireless. With a focus on strategic deployments of higher value grid applications, an investment in Grid Net shows immediate returns and delivers lasting value. Only Grid Net provides the fundamentally different, fundamentally better approach to smarter grid deployments.Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan, Grid Net is backed by world-class investors Intel Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, Catamount Ventures, Cisco Systems, and GE Energy Financial Services. Learn more at grid-net.com and follow us on twitter at twitter.com/Grid_Net. | Series C / Jul 29, 2009 | |
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DriverSide
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DriverSide, Inc. provides resources and information online to automobile owners to buy, own, and sell cars, parts, and accessories. It offers new and used car listings, and information about parts and accessories. DriverSide, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $5.3M / Series B / Mar 12, 2009 | |
Real Time Genomics
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Real Time Genomics offers solutions for next generation DNA sequencing to accelerate scientific discovery in life sciences and healthcare. | $3M / Series A / Mar 01, 2009 | |
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DriverSide
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DriverSide, Inc. provides resources and information online to automobile owners to buy, own, and sell cars, parts, and accessories. It offers new and used car listings, and information about parts and accessories. DriverSide, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $3M / Series A / Jul 08, 2008 | |
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Grid Net
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Grid Net provides software for the smarter grid to its utility customers, technology partners, and their customers. The Grid Net Machine-to-Machine Network Operating System is purpose-built to manage grid devices and advanced grid applications on broadband networks. Grid Net works across any combination of networks, whether public or private,wired or wireless. With a focus on strategic deployments of higher value grid applications, an investment in Grid Net shows immediate returns and delivers lasting value. Only Grid Net provides the fundamentally different, fundamentally better approach to smarter grid deployments.Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan, Grid Net is backed by world-class investors Intel Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, Catamount Ventures, Cisco Systems, and GE Energy Financial Services. Learn more at grid-net.com and follow us on twitter at twitter.com/Grid_Net. | Series B / Jun 03, 2008 | |
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Verdiem
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Verdiem provides enterprise software solutions to reduce energy consumption of PC networks. Its SURVEYOR software increases business profitability and sustainability by monitoring, measuring and managing IT energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s relationships with technology and energy efficiency leaders help it to deliverbest-in-class solutions to global businesses and individuals. Founded in 2001, Verdiem is a green IT company headquartered in Seattle with additional offices in the US and UK. | $12M / Series F / Apr 16, 2008 | |
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Co-Investors
Kleiner Perkins
4 deals together
AllegisCyber
2 deals together
Angeleno Group
2 deals together
Falcon Capital
2 deals together
Phoenix Partners Group
2 deals together
Braemar Energy Ventures
1 deal together
About Amava
Amava is an internet company that partners with organizations large and small to present an ever-evolving collection of ideas to keep you active and engaged. It enables individuals to look for opportunities to work, volunteer, and learn. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Amava Contacts
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Mark Silverman
Founder & CEO
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Kim Read
Operations
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Lisa Lindquist
Data Scientist
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Rebecca Bloom
Editorial Director
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Steven Dupree
Head of Marketing
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FAQ
What does Mark Silverman invest in?
Mark Silverman invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Sales startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Silverman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Mark Silverman closed in Nov 2015. Shizune tracks 14 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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