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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.

  • Board Observer

    2023

    Alloy is pioneering Sheet Forging, the new standard for fabricating aluminum components.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Pyka is harnessing automation and electrification to make aviation safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective than ever before.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Managing Director

    2008 - 2017

    Partner on investment team for TPG ART (Alternative and Renewable Technologies) and TPG Biotech.

  • 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.

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