Mark Fleischauer
Managing Partner at Walden Ventures PLLC
Mark Fleischauer
Managing Partner at Walden Ventures PLLC
Seattle, Washington
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2016 - Current
FusionX Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on helping companies build the next generation of cloud-enabled Smart Machines. We focus primarily on recurring revenue opportunities where we can contribute strategic value through design, manufacturing, or go2market strategy. We work in close partnership with the leading product realization company for Smart Machine solutions, D&K Engineering. (dkengineering.com)
Member Board of Trustees
2016
http://www.fredhutch.org
Managing Partner
1998
Managing partner of this boutique firm focused on commercial and industrial real estate development, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and trustee and board services.
Chairman
2008 - 2024
Coordinate governance, strategic counsel on operations, investments, development, venture capital, M&A, and fiduciary services for the ownership of JH Kelly LLC.
Board Director/Executive Chairman
2008 - 2018
Facilitated the re-capitalization of Imperium in 2008 after a shuttered IPO and joined the Board as a pro-active director. Assembled a controlling interest in the company and oversaw numerous capital, production, management and supply chain improvements. Successfully sold the facility in 2015 to publicly-traded Renewable Energy Group (REGI) in an asset purchase and earn-out with targeted shareholder distributions in excess of $70MM. Retained as Executive Chairman to oversee the earn-out and wind-down of shell entities post-close.
Sr. Vice President & General Counsel
1998 - 2016
Oversaw many of Kelly's commercial, legal, development, venture capital and administrative operations.
Board Member
2005 - 2014
Founding board member of this 501(c)(3) entity chartered to improve rigor in high school curriculum and increase student enrollment in AP/IB classes. Secured outside resources to assist teachers in AP/IB efforts & certification and implemented a highly successful business/industry mentoring program for participating students. Later focused efforts on increasing STEM curriculum enrollment and career counselling across all gender and socio-economic groups. Played an active role in the entity’s pursuit and ultimate award of a $13MM NMSI grant. Our group hired an executive chair and built out infrastructure to administer the NMSI grant, but sadly had to forfeit the grant when we were unable to reach consensus with the state teachers’ union on the implementation of incentive payments.
Executive Chairman
2009 - 2013
Coordinated the successful acquisition of the largest ethanol production facility on the west coast out of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy for ~$30MM. Co-assembled a world class management and operations team and secured requisite environmental permitting and regulatory approvals for deep water terminalizing and trans-loading of biofuels and domestic crude. Negotiated and consummated the sale of the entire facility to Global Partners LP in 2012 for ~$95MM.
Chairman/Director
2000 - 2012
Active Board member, investor and Chairman of Southwest Washington's premier economic development council. The CREDC is a private-public partnership of over 130 investors and strategic partners working together to advance the economic vitality of Clark County through business relocation, growth, and innovation.
Executive Chairman
2008 - 2011
Facilitated the re-capitalization of PV Powered after a legacy M&A transaction stalled in 2009. Took a controlling interest in the company, secured requisite debt and equity funding, refreshed management options and funded capital improvements necessary to commercialize a world class, state of the art commercial-scale inverter. Took over as chairman and worked closely with a high quality management team to improve operations and financial performance. Negotiated and consummated the sale of the company to publicly traded Advanced Energy (AEIS) in 2010 for $90MM.