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Rosie Lee — Designed Space
Talks about Design, Rosie Lee and Mark Fleming
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Mark Fleming
Mentor In Residence at The Garage at Northwestern University
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Mark Fleming is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and advisor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in venture capital and impact investing, he has held roles at notable organizations such as Alibaba Group and currently serves as a Partner at Passbook Ventures, focusing on investing in diverse founders in sectors like the Creator/Passion Economy and FinTech.
Fleming's career highlights include co-founding Creator Nova and serving as a Mentor In Residence at The Garage at Northwestern University, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and mentorship within the startup ecosystem.
Work Experience
Mentor In Residence
2024 - Current
The Garage is an energetic space and entrepreneurial community where Northwestern students build the knowledge, grit, and network for bringing new ideas to life. The Garage SF provides programming, resources, and support for founders, operators, and investors in an effort to increase the clarity, collaboration, and connectivity for the Northwestern alumni who call the Bay Area home.
Mentor
2023
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Co-Founder
2020
Creator Nova is a B2B marketplace that turns complicated business operations into inspiring beauty brands
Partner
2020
Passbook Ventures focuses on private equity, venture capital, and investment services in diverse new startups.
Co-Host
2020
Venture The World highlights the founders & investors behind iconic startups & ecosystems around the world
Advisor & Judge
2019
Stadia Ventures is the global Sports Innovation Hub for early stage investment in sports and esports. The three pillars of the ecosystem include a broad, independent growth fund, a deeply connected global network of sports and esports executives and a world class accelerator which combine to create unprecedented deal flow, new technology discovery and investment opportunities. Since late 2015, Stadia Ventures has invested in 36 portfolio companies with 3 successful exits. The success of the Stadia portfolio companies has led to Stadia Ventures being one of the longest running and truly global players in the sports and esports technology space.
Stadia Ventures is one of the oldest sports- and esports-focused venture firms with a sports business accelerator.
Advisor
2019 - 2022
TXV is a seed and Series A firm headquartered in Austin with a presence in San Francisco investing in consumer and software companies.
Fellow
2019 - 2019
www.econclubny.org
The Economic Club of New York is a membership organization with members drawn from the top executive levels of business, industry & finance.
Partnerships & Business Development
2017 - 2019
Global Leadership Associate - AGLA
2016 - 2017
Emerging Market Investments
2016 - 2019