Mark Sherman
Telstra Ventures 2012 to date Managing Director
Strategic Growth Equity investments for Telstra in the mobile, cloud and media spaces. Have deployed ~$100M in 10 investments in two years.
Hidden Lion Partners 2010-2012 General Partner
Growth equity oriented invesments forcused on tech enabled services, particularly with a data orientation.
Battery Ventures 2000-2009 General Partner
Founded in 1983, Battery is a technology-focused venture capital and private equity firm with over $3B under management and over 60 employees in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel. www.battery.com
- Sector focus: software, technology-enabled services, mobile and Internet investments.
- Led enterprise IT / software group.
- Led Indian investment group.
- Invested ~$100mm in 10 companies.
Robertson Stephens & Co. 1992-2000 Managing Director
Founded in 1978, Robertson was one of the leading technology-oriented investment banks of the 1990s with over $1B in revenue and ~1600 people in 2000.
- Led Software Investment Banking Practice from $10mm to $100mm annual revenue run rate.
- Advised - over 50 companies through their IPO process,
- over 20 Follow-On / Convertible offerings, and
- over 20 M&A; and Private Placements - totaling ~$10B in transaction value.
Harvard Business School MBA graduated 1992 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania BS in Economics graduated 1986