Mark Crawford
Venture Capital at Caterpillar
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Investor - Venture Capital
2022 - Current
Head of Caterpillar Ventures, the venture capital unit of Caterpillar, charged with driving corporate innovation through early-stage company investing and leading Caterpillar's strategic transaction function. Representative Investments: * Novarc, Inc - robotic welding * Verdagy, Inc - hydrogen electrolyzer Targeted Sectors: * Electrification * Energy Storage * GHG Capture * Motors/Chargers * MiningTech * Remanufacturing
Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Raised $5,187,349.00 from US Department of Energy, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK and NYSERDA.
Observer, Board of Directors
2023
Skycatch builds technology to autonomously capture, process, and analyze 3D drone data.
Raised $71,603,135.00 from WND Ventures, ADB Ventures, I2BF Global Ventures, Falkon Ventures, Gaingels, Wealthing VC Club and Wavemaker Partners.
Member, Advisory Board
2023
Maroon Invest Global is an investment platform focusing on Health, BioTech, Climate, and impact-driven ventures.
Venture Capitalist in Residence
2022
Member, Board Of Directors
2018
Hansen-Mueller Company is a wholesale company providing marketing, transportation, and logistics solutions.
Member, Board Of Directors
2021 - 2022
Hivot is a communications platform that allows trade professionals to communicate into a single feed.
Member, Board Of Directors
2021 - 2022
Observer, Board Of Directors
2020 - 2022
FORT Robotics is a safety and security platform designed to secure autonomous machines from cybersecurity attacks.
Raised $38,000,000.00 from Tiger Global Management, Prologis Ventures, FundersClub, Lemnos VC, Creative Ventures, Compound and GRIDS Capital.
Investor - Venture Capital
2020 - 2022
Managing Director at the venture capital arm of Stanley Black & Decker focused on startups, innovation, and technologies that have strategic relevance to one or more of the Stanley businesses. Representative Investments: * Hivot, Inc - construction supply chain software * RailPod, Inc - railroad inspection platform Targeted Sectors: * Additive Manufacturing * Digital Manufacturing * PropTech/ConstrucTech * IoT (device management, robotics) * Industry 4.0
Stanley Ventures invests in innovative startups and provides industry expertise, supplier relationships, and access to customers.
Observer, Board Of Directors
2020 - 2022