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10 Facts About Mark Tluszcz

1.

Mark Tluszcz is co-founder and CEO of Mangrove Capital Partners, a venture capital firm he set up in 2000.

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Mark Tluszcz's achievements include turning a $2m investment in Skype into $200m and a $8m investment in Wix.

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Mark Tluszcz was the first investor in Skype, a telecoms business founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom - who were at the time known for founding Kazaa, the peer-to-peer file sharing application.

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On 14 October 2005 Skype was acquired by eBay and Mark Tluszcz was named as one of the most respected technology dealmakers globally by Forbes magazine.

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Mark Tluszcz's firm looks at 2,000 startup deals a year but invests in just six.

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Mark Tluszcz has raised four funds and has $750 million in "assets under management".

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Mark Tluszcz is currently on the advisory board of The Lydian Group, a tech conglomerate founded by Gerard Lopez and Greg Fishman.

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8.

Mark Tluszcz drew controversy in April 2015 when he stated that the majority of 'unicorn' companies were in fact 'fakies'.

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Mark Tluszcz has expressed doubts over the business models of Gig economy companies such as Uber and Deliveroo which have been accused of not paying adequate wages and taxes.

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Mark Tluszcz predicted these businesses will have to go through massive structural changes driven by individual countries' laws.

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