14 Facts About Mark Suster

Mark Suster was born on April 30,1968 and is an American businessman and investor.

Mark Suster is a managing partner at Upfront Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in Los Angeles.

Mark Suster later joined Upfront Ventures, a venture capital and investment firm, in 2007.

In 2009, Mark Suster started the Launchpad LA accelerator while continuing his employment at Upfront.

At Upfront, Mark Suster led investments in companies including Ring, Bird, Invoca, ThreadUp, MakeSpace, mitu, Nanit, Osmo, Tact, and uBeam.

Mark Suster led the initial funding round for, and was on the board of, Maker Studios, an online video talent agency.

Mark Suster was an early investor in online car-shopping system TrueCar, which went public that same year.

Unlike other Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs, Mark Suster has been open about turning down investments in potential start-up businesses that later became successful, including Uber.

In February 2023, Suster said an excess of capital in the startup market was keeping many startups afloat.

Less than a month later, Mark Suster called for calm as investors became concerned about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, suggesting a "handful" of VCs were creating panic.

Mark Suster grew up in Northern California and is a dual citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Mark Suster graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Mark Suster later received his MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

Since he was diagnosed with ADHD in 2014, Mark Suster has openly talked and written often about how he's learned to integrate his business skills with his coping strategies for ADHD.