# Mark Tompkins

> Mark Tompkins is a funding round investor at Montrose Capital Partners backing Mobile and Sensor. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Montrose Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/montrose-capital-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-tompkins-15926864

Mark Tompkins is a funding round investor at Montrose Capital Partners in New York focused on Mobile and Sensor. Mark Tompkins has served as the senior financial officer at several large companies.Mark was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Innovene, a petroleum refining and chemical polymer business and subsidiary of BP, from May 2005 to January 2006, when Innovene was sold to a strategic buyer. From 2001 to 2005 Tompkins was SeniorVice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vulcan Materials Company, a publicly traded construction materials and chemicals company. From 1998 to 2001, Mark N Tompkins was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chemtura Corporation (formerly Great Lakes Chemical Corporation), a publicly traded specialty chemicals company. From 1996 to 1998, he was Vice President of Finance and Business Development for the polymers division, and Vice President of Finance and Business Development for the electronic materials division of Honeywell Corporation. From 1990 to 1996, Mark worked at Monsanto Company in various management level finance and accounting positions, including Chief Financial Officer of the growth enterprises division.Mark received a BS in business, with majors in finance and management, and an MBA from Eastern Illinois University. Mark is a CPA, and a director of W.R. Grace & Co., and CVR Energy Inc. Mark N Tompkins is also Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |
| Genetics | 1 | 20% |
| Robotics | 1 | 20% |
| Wireless | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serve Robotics | Serve Robotics provides a delivery platform that integrates self-driving hardware, autonomy software, and fleet operations to move goods safely on sidewalks and pedestrian areas. Its robots are built to interact with urban environments, navigate around people and obstacles, and complete contactless deliveries for restaurants and delivery platforms.Serve Robotics partners with food delivery services and local merchants to support neighborhood-based delivery workflows while reducing dependence on cars. | $30M |  | Aug 10, 2023 |  |
| Guerrilla RF | Guerrilla RF is a fabless semiconductor company providing high performance, differentiated products. With a strong background in Wi-Fi discrete MMIC's, the Wi-Fi Access Point market is the initial target market for their products. They design and sell the absolute best in class high-performance RF and Microwave IC's, enabling new levelsof performance, range, and coverage in wireless systems. Through patented technology and deep domain expertise, Guerrilla RF addresses the ignored and unmet performance and functionality you need.Guerrilla RF was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. | $4.4M |  | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Guerrilla RF | Guerrilla RF is a fabless semiconductor company providing high performance, differentiated products. With a strong background in Wi-Fi discrete MMIC's, the Wi-Fi Access Point market is the initial target market for their products. They design and sell the absolute best in class high-performance RF and Microwave IC's, enabling new levelsof performance, range, and coverage in wireless systems. Through patented technology and deep domain expertise, Guerrilla RF addresses the ignored and unmet performance and functionality you need.Guerrilla RF was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. | $4.4M | Angel | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Aeluma | Aeluma operates as a semiconductor company that specializes in sensors and communications. |  | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Exicure | Exicure is Formerly Known as AuraSense Therapeuticsis. Exicure is developing a new class of immunomodulatory and gene silencing drugs against validated targets. Our 3-dimensional, spherical nucleic acid (SNA™) architecture unlocks the potential of nucleic acid therapeutics in multiple organs. Our lead programs address diseases from inflammatorydisorders to oncology.SNA constructs overcome one of the most difficult obstacles to nucleic acid therapeutics: safe and effective delivery into cells and tissues. SNA constructs exhibit unparalleled transfection efficiency into numerous cell and tissue types including the skin without carriers or transfection agents. Moreover, SNAs can be used as potent immunotherapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer or infectious disease. | $20M |  | Sep 27, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AbbVie Biotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abbvie-biotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Katalyst Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katalyst-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NVIDIA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nvidia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Santa Barbara Angel Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santa-barbara-angel-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tempus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tempus-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uber) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Montrose Capital Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Mark Tompkins Montrose Capital investment fund is organized as open investment funds that is a separate property without legal entity whose shareholders are entitled to a proportional part of the income of the Montrose Capital at any time have the right to require payment of shares that will withdraw from it. Open Investment Fund, or separateproperty without legal entity composed of joint funds collected by issuing a public sale of shares of the Mark Tompkins Montrose Capital, as well as property acquired by the investment of these funds, including income and rights arising from such property.Investment funds are a great opportunity for venture capital, where investors have entrusted their funds and specialized institutions - fund management investment funds. The money collected through the sale of shares in the Mark Tompkins Montrose Capital, and the company will invest the same in accordance with the provisions of law, the Prospectus and the Articles of Incorporation. The Fund is owned by the holders. Owners of shares entitled to a proportional part of the income of the Fund, as at any time to require payment of the and thus withdraw from the fund.Investors in the fund may be domestic and / or foreign, physical and / or legal entities. The investment objective of Mark Tompkins Montrose Capital is to increase the value of the property, achieving steady growth in the value of the share and the high level of security for investment.For the realization of the investment objective, the Mark Tompkins intends to invest the assets of Montrose Capital primarily in market instruments money (deposits) and low-risk portfolio of debt securities.In the process of asset management company will implement its huge experience with tradition of safe and conservative investment process.

1 contacts available at Montrose Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Tompkins | Board member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-tomkins |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Tompkins invest in?

Mark Tompkins invests primarily in Mobile, Sensor and Genetics startups, most often at Funding Round and Angel 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.

### When did Mark Tompkins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Tompkins closed in Aug 2023. 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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