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Mark Smith

Venture Partner at TCV

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Mark Smith is a Venture Partner at TCV with a strong background in sales and business development, having held executive roles at companies like Rubrik, Arista Networks, and Infoblox. He has a proven track record of success in building sales operations and driving strategic partnerships in the enterprise software and networking industry. Mark's career highlights include serving as EVP Sales and Business Development at Rubrik, Inc., and as SVP Sales Operations and Business Development at Arista Networks, Inc. His current role as a Venture Partner at TCV showcases his expertise in investing in early-stage companies in sectors such as Enterprise Applications, Consumer Internet, and SaaS within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Advisor and Investor

    2019 - Current

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  • Venture Partner

    2020

    "From early- to late-stage, I get super excited about helping companies accomplish their maximum potential…"

TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.

  • Board Member, Mentor, Coach and Volunteer

    2018

    Next chapter...

  • EVP Sales and Business Development

    2017 - 2018

    Responsible for worldwide sales and business development

Rubrik offers live data access for recovery and application development by fusing enterprise data management with web-scale IT.

Raised $554,300,000.00 from Spellman Investment Group, SharesPro, Raison, Red Lions Capital, MS&AD Ventures and Irving Investors.

  • SVP Sales Operations and Business Development

    2012 - 2017

    Sales, Marketing, Business Development...IPO / Bookings from $40M/Qtr to $500M/Qtr in 4.5 years

  • EVP Sales, Technical Support and Global Operations

    2005 - 2012

    IPO / revenues from $3M/year to $225M/year

  • VP of Corporate Sales

    2004 - 2004

Juniper Networks is a networking company that markets and develops networking products for enterprise companies.

Raised $43,004,920.00 from New Enterprise Associates.

  • VP of Sales

    1999 - 2004

    IPO / revenues from less than $1M to $400M+ annually

  • VP of Sales

    1996 - 1999

  • VP of Sales

    1994 - 1996

    Recognized as #1 IPO of 1994 / grew revenues 100%+ annually

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