Mark Gudiksen
Managing Partner at Piva Capital
Mark Gudiksen
Managing Partner at Piva Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical problems in the industrial and energy spaces via breakthrough technology and innovative business models.
Investor
2023
Koloma is a geologic hydrogen company that leverages its technology, proprietary data, and human capital advantages to identify and commercialize these resources on a global scale.
Koloma is a geologic hydrogen company that leverages technology and data to identify and commercialize geologic hydrogen resources.
Raised $386,399,925.00 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Osaka Gas, Khosla Ventures, Climate Pledge Fund, United Airlines Ventures and K5 Global.
Board Observer
2023
Alloy is pioneering Sheet Forging, the new standard for fabricating aluminum components.
Alloy Enterprises operates as industry disruptors looking to tackle inefficiencies in conventional manufacturing.
Raised $35,045,999.00 from Flybridge, MassMutual Impact Investing, Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, Unless, Piva Capital and FootPrint Coalition.
Board Member
2022
Pyka is harnessing automation and electrification to make aviation safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective than ever before.
Pyka develops autonomous electric aircraft to transform agriculture and logistics with innovative technology.
Raised $88,100,000.00 from Endure Capital, Y Combinator, Piva Capital, Metaplanet, Prelude Ventures and Obvious Ventures.
Board Member
2021
Xage enables Zero Trust for the Real World. The Xage Fabric accelerates and simplifies the way enterprises and governments secure, manage and transform digital operations across OT, IT, and cloud.
Xage is a global leader in zero trust access and protection
Raised $81,150,000.00 from Momenta, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Overture VC, OurCrowd, SCF Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures, City Light Capital, March Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Bossa Invest.
Chairman of the Board
2014 - 2021
Advantek Waste Management Services is a waste management company providing recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid and liquid wastes using an environmentally advantaged platform.
Advantek Waste Management Services LLC is a full service waste management company providing recycling.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Lowercarbon Capital.
Board Director
2015 - 2021
Mercatus is a platform for managing the complexity of private investment data, employing a single solution for fund managers’ data, from deal to divestment, asset to fund, and equity to debt. Acquired by State Street.
Partner
2017 - 2021
Circularis Partners is focused on supporting technology-enabled companies that advance the circular economy, promote sustainability, and increase resource efficiency.
Circularis Partners is a private investment firm that invests in companies that use technology to advance the circular economy.
Managing Director
2008 - 2017
Partner on investment team for TPG ART (Alternative and Renewable Technologies) and TPG Biotech.
TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a series of funds.
Raised $535,598,425.00 from Macquarie Group, Ares Management, Nomura Holdings, Pierfront Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Partners Group and Barings.
Board Director
2011 - 2017
Alphabet Energy is a leading innovator in the field of waste heat recovery and manufactures the world's first low-cost thermoelectric generator.
Alphabet Energy commercializes a waste heat recovery technology that enables customers to generate electrical power.
Raised $51,500,000.00 from General Motors Ventures, General Motors Ventures, Future Planet Capital and General Motors Ventures.
Education
Postdoctoral Research
2003 - 2005
PhD
1998 - 2002
BS
1993 - 1997