Mark Pavlyukovskyy

Partner at NZVC

Mark Pavlyukovskyy

Partner at NZVC

New Zealand

Overview

Mark Pavlyukovskyy is a successful Founder and Investor, currently serving as a Partner at NZVC and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. With a diverse background in entrepreneurship and research, he has co-founded companies like Learn With Mochi and Piper, Inc., showcasing strong leadership and innovation skills. Mark's career highlights include being an NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar and an Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholar at Princeton University, demonstrating a strong commitment to both scientific research and global health initiatives.

Work Experience

NZVC

Partner
2021 - Current
In today's borderless world and remote working economy the best founders will work from anywhere. New Zealand is synonymous with a competent and effective government, honest institutions and unrivaled natural beauty. NZVC partners and supports with the best founders building global ventures from New Zealand. We're New Zealand's first operator run fund aiming to provide more than just capital. We draw from a network of 100+ domain experts and advisors to help companies at all stages of their lifecycle to find Product Market fit, Scale, Grow and Exit.

Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)

Edmund Hillary Fellow
2020
The world's first and only global impact visa, the Edmund Hillary Fellowship brings world-class entrepreneurs and investors together in New Zealand to catalyze positive change for the world.

Learn With Mochi

Co-Founder & Board Director
2019
Learn how we're building the Montessori method for technology education at https://learnwithmochi.com/

CreativityBox.org ("Learn With Mochi") is a public-benefit corporation that empowers kids of all ages to create with technology.

learnwithmochi.com

Piper, Inc.

Co-Founder & CEO
2013 - 2018
The Piper Computer Kit is a DIY computer that anyone, anywhere in the world, can build. To date, Piper has shipped 100,000+ units to schools and homes in 70+ countries. I'm thrilled to have brought my vision to students & families around the world as the company continues to grow and scale under new leadership.

University of Oxford

Doctoral Fellow
2013 - 2014
In vivo cancer imaging and machine learning under Prof. Sir Michael Brady

National Institutes of Health

NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar
2013 - 2014
NIH Undergraduate Scholar
2011 - 2013

National Institutes of Health is a biomedical research facility that focuses on biomedical and health-related research.

Raised $5,000,000.00 from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

nih.gov

Princeton University

Molecular Biologist in the Coller Lab
2010 - 2013
Quantitative RNA analysis of quiescent cells under Prof. Hilary Coller
Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholar
2011 - 2012

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Neuroscience Researcher
2012 - 2012
Characterizing the micro-connectome of the Drosophila Giant Fiber with confocal imaging

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a non-profit medical research organization, aims to advance biomedical research and science education.

Raised $1,000,000.00 from Salt Lake Community College.

hhmi.org

University of Oxford

Research Assistant
2011 - 2012
Identification and Characterization of Translational Frameshift in bus-8 gene