Mark Watt
General Partner at Kilonova Capital
Mark Watt
General Partner at Kilonova Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, General Partner & CCO
2019 - Current
Kilonova Capital (“KC”) is a value-oriented, growth capital provider, focused on delivering structured capital solutions to later stage deep technology companies. We seek to invest between $25-150 million in proven, at scale companies which combine deep technological moats with proven business models and high value customers. We seek to be patient last money in investors able to support a company’s drive towards a liquidity event. We also consider bespoke intellectual property transactions, such as buying patent portfolios, which can be monetized through licensing strategies and/or litigation, or to provide balance sheet liquidity. Our investment team has decades of institutional investment and entrepreneurial experience, with myriad examples of building technology companies to scale. KC supplements this empathetic approach with over 35 operating partners who have rich technology and SME expertise. KC is headquartered in San Francisco with investment professionals in California, New York, London & Paris.
Partner
2016
Incubator, advisory and seed investment platform. Extensive experience in frontier technology (rocket launch, space craft, satellite, UAV, Drones & data analysis), internet (e-commerce, e-retail, online EDU, social networks and digital media) & fin-tech. Early investor in leading social gaming company acquired by Disney. Co-founded and incubated premium baby goods and infant formula e-commerce company. Early investor in leading cloud based, integrated knowledge platform for global EDU market. Co-founded and incubated online, high-risk merchant payment processing platform.
Investor
2024
Investor
2023
Investor
2022
Investor
2022
Advisor
2015
Investor
2016
Investor
2016
Investor
2015