Mark Solon
Managing Partner @ Highway 12 Ventures
Boise, United States
Mark Solon is a Series A investor at Highway 12 Ventures in Boise focused on Software and SaaS. I‘m part of an incredible team of people at TechStars, which we believe to be the most important startup accelerator in the world. We’re empowering entrepreneurs worldwide with the network and resources to build successful businesses wherever they want to live. Prior to Techstars, I helped build Highway 12 Ventures, a terrific venture capital firmwhich focused on investing in early-stage technology startups in the mountain west.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 42%
Last updated:
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Industries Mark Solon invests in
Stages Mark Solon invests in
Countries Mark Solon invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (17%)
- SaaS 2 (8%)
- Gaming 2 (8%)
- FinTech 2 (8%)
- Financial Services 2 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (29%)
- Series B 6 (25%)
- Series C 3 (13%)
- Seed 2 (8%)
- Series D 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Inspectorio is the leading AI-powered supply chain platform optimizing performance, building resilience, and providing intelligence across production chains for global brands, retailers, and their multi-tier suppliers. Our innovative platform seamlessly connects and digitizes supply chain processes to optimize decision-making, while providingreal-time visibility and control over production chain operations. | $10M / Series A / Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| Pilotworks fuels the growth of independent food companies with flexible kitchen spaces, powerful services, learning programs and a thriving community so that companies of every size—from new startups to national companies—can access new opportunities without limits. | $13M / Series A / Dec 05, 2017 | ||
| Two Bit Circus is an experiential entertainment company helping brands tell their story through immersive, public installations. Their creations are installed at premier venues and events around the globe, and through its network of owned and operated micro-amusement parks. Their parks are a platform for interactive experiences and showcase thebest in free-roam VR/AR/XR, robot bartenders, interactive stage shows, a re-imagined arcade and more. The company maintains full stack production capabilities bringing concepts from prototype to exhibition combining electronics, programming, fabrication, creativity, and robotics. This high-tech circus has operated attractions at huge events like the Super Bowl, Olympics, SXSW, and World Economic Forum with clients including Amazon, Intel, Warner Bros, Pepsi, AT&T, Verizon, NBCUniversal, NFL, NBA and Samsung. The Two Bit Circus Foundation, a 501(c)(3), deploys STEAM-based programs to inspire students about invention and operates annual STEAM Carnivals bringing the excitement of STEM & STEAM to communities around the world. Learn more at twobitcircus.com and @twobitcircus. | $15M / Series B / Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| ClassWallet streamlines manual, time-intensive tasks of collecting receipts, reconciling invoices, and making vendor and reimbursement payments by digitizing and automating those processes. | $1.5M / Seed / Apr 16, 2016 | ||
| Two Bit Circus is an experiential entertainment company helping brands tell their story through immersive, public installations. Their creations are installed at premier venues and events around the globe, and through its network of owned and operated micro-amusement parks. Their parks are a platform for interactive experiences and showcase thebest in free-roam VR/AR/XR, robot bartenders, interactive stage shows, a re-imagined arcade and more. The company maintains full stack production capabilities bringing concepts from prototype to exhibition combining electronics, programming, fabrication, creativity, and robotics. This high-tech circus has operated attractions at huge events like the Super Bowl, Olympics, SXSW, and World Economic Forum with clients including Amazon, Intel, Warner Bros, Pepsi, AT&T, Verizon, NBCUniversal, NFL, NBA and Samsung. The Two Bit Circus Foundation, a 501(c)(3), deploys STEAM-based programs to inspire students about invention and operates annual STEAM Carnivals bringing the excitement of STEM & STEAM to communities around the world. Learn more at twobitcircus.com and @twobitcircus. | $6.5M / Series A / Oct 28, 2015 | ||
| Ello is a developer of a social network platform used to use art as a medium to connect with friends. It is a robust and growing community of artists, designers, musicians, illustrators, photographers, architects, GIF makers, who understand that the process, practice, values, and passions can push the world forward in a better direction. It iscreated by a small group of artists who had grown tired of the negativity, clutter, data mining, and advertisement that had invaded other social networks, thus, enabling community members to discover, discuss, publish, share. and promote the things they are passionate about and earn a living through their art and creativity.Ello was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $5M / Series B / Apr 02, 2015 | ||
| Lendio is a financial services company. They develop financial applications to offer online loan services. Their application connects small-business owners with banks, credit unions, and lending sources. They provide access to tools and resources to help small business owners manage their cash flow and improve their credit rating. | $20.5M / Series C / Mar 24, 2015 | ||
| Ello is a developer of a social network platform used to use art as a medium to connect with friends. It is a robust and growing community of artists, designers, musicians, illustrators, photographers, architects, GIF makers, who understand that the process, practice, values, and passions can push the world forward in a better direction. It iscreated by a small group of artists who had grown tired of the negativity, clutter, data mining, and advertisement that had invaded other social networks, thus, enabling community members to discover, discuss, publish, share. and promote the things they are passionate about and earn a living through their art and creativity.Ello was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $5.5M / Series A / Oct 23, 2014 | ||
| Sphero bridges the gap between the real world and the virtual world with its smartphone-controlled robots. It began the connected play revolution in 2010 by creating something unlike anything and they never stopped. They fuse robotic and digital technology into immersive entertainment experiences that ignite imagination and defy expectations.Optimized by data and powered by fun, these ever-evolving experiences are changing the way the world thinks about play. | $20M / Series D / May 05, 2014 | ||
| Ello is a developer of a social network platform used to use art as a medium to connect with friends. It is a robust and growing community of artists, designers, musicians, illustrators, photographers, architects, GIF makers, who understand that the process, practice, values, and passions can push the world forward in a better direction. It iscreated by a small group of artists who had grown tired of the negativity, clutter, data mining, and advertisement that had invaded other social networks, thus, enabling community members to discover, discuss, publish, share. and promote the things they are passionate about and earn a living through their art and creativity.Ello was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | $435K / Seed / Jan 17, 2014 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Highway 12 Ventures
They invest in people, not companies. What kind of people? They place on bets on passionate people who are committed to the ideas and principles that drive their businesses. People who don't know the word "quit," who aren't afraid to enter new territory and face unseen challenges. People who seek a different path, a better way,and who are entrepreneurs at heart.
Highway 12 Ventures Contacts
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Archie Clemins
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Derek Keller
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Dick Strayer
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Mark Solon
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What does Mark Solon invest in?
Mark Solon invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Gaming startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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