Investor profile
Mark Benning
Private equity, Venture capital & Founder and General Partner at The Sprout Fund, Excelsior.vc Founder and Managing Partner at Excelsior.vc
Mark Benning works as a Founder and General Partner at The Sprout Fund. The firm's known portfolio counts 17 companies.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- HardwareHealthcareSaaS
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founder and General Partner at The Sprout Fund, whose known portfolio counts 17 companies
- POP
- Aimer Development
- DNAiTECH
- Jooules
- Metrovate
- Bontia Bio
- Sapro-Tech
- Scanabull
- 28toZero
- CareDx
- Forever Harvest
- TradeBeam
- and 5 more
Excelsior.vc Founder and Managing Partner at Excelsior.vc, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- Monterey Design Systems
- NanoOpto
- NetLogic Microsystems
- Pilot Software
- Genoptix
- Senomyx
- Silverback Systems
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Biotech, Cloud Infrastructure, Diagnostics and Enterprise SaaS. Startups operating in these areas may find Mark Benning relevant.
Stage-wise, the deals at The Sprout Fund cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Mark Benning matches their raise.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Mark Benning?
Mark Benning is a private equity investor and venture capital investor based in Canada, listed as Founder and General Partner at The Sprout Fund. The known portfolio of that firm counts 17 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Mark Benning personally.
What does Mark Benning invest in?
Listed sectors include Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include Biotech, Cloud Infrastructure, Diagnostics and Enterprise SaaS. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Mark Benning invest at?
The Sprout Fund appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds across its known deals, and Mark Benning is listed there as Founder and General Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Mark Benning listed at?
Mark Benning is listed as Founder and General Partner at The Sprout Fund. 3 other people in the database share a firm with Mark Benning.
How do I contact Mark Benning?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Mark Benning. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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