Why OUP?
In the world of university start-ups, every day presents exciting, yet humbling, learning experiences as we attempt to grasp the commercial potential of radical new technologies. Along the way we are fortunate to work with technologists at the top of their fields accomplishing the impossible, and it is rewarding to help them solve the puzzle of turning great technologies into market-driven products.Marc helped develop and launch OUP with Bob Adelson and Lou Berneman in 2009. Marc oversees all of OUP’s technology investment activities. Along with the other Managing Partners, he is also responsible for overseeing and approving all OUP investments and all other Partnership and organizational activities. Marc has been involved with nearly all of OUP’s technology investments since 2009, including portfolio companies such as Assetwatch, Corelight, Evolv Technologies (Nasdaq: EVLV), IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Hack the Box, Menlo Security, SiFive, Streetlight Data (acquired by Jacobs), and many more.
Marc has spent over 30 years in venture capital. In 1993, he joined Consumer Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm that invested in young consumer businesses. In 1997, Marc co-founded BEV Capital and served as a General Partner. From 1997 to 2007, BEV raised and invested over $200 million in over 40 companies, and Marc focused on building a technology portfolio for BEV.
Marc actively participates in the non-profit world as a member of the Selection Advisory Board for GreenLight Philadelphia, a venture philanthropy firm, a volunteer for HIAS-PA, and numerous other volunteer endeavors.
Marc earned his B.S. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He resides in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania with his wife Leah and three children.
Education
- BS, University of Pennsylvania
Investments
- Agita Labs
- Algorithmia
- Ambiq Micro
- AssetWatch
- Body Labs
- Brimstone
- Censys
- Clarifai
- Corelight
- Delfi Diagnostics
- Einblick
- Elementary Robotics
- Everactive
- Evolv Technologies
- Exostellar
- Hack The Box
- Infinite Uptime
- IonQ
- KenSci
- Kymeta
- LunaDNA
- Luxtera, Inc.
- MC10
- Menlo Security
- Metalenz
- NuMat
- Overland AI
- Perceptive Automata
- Picwell
- Quantum Circuits
- Resolv Technology
- Seismos
- SiFive
- Streetlight Data
- Tessera Labs
- Urjanet
- Verdox
- Verve Motion
- Virtue AI
- XScape Photonics