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Mark McDowell

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Partner at Charlotte Fund · Director at Payzer

Charlotte Metro

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About

An engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Acta Wireless in 2004 and was involved in founding Montreal Startup and Real Ventures. His current interests include blockchain, AI/ML and quantum computing.

Director at Payzer

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Payzer's investors · 10

Alerion VenturesCharlestonAlumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksCharlotte FundCharlotte · since 2021Elevate Innovation PartnersNew York · since 2021Ferguson VenturesGray VenturesAtlantaGrotech VenturesOwings Mills · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Harbert Growth PartnersBirmingham · $5M – $10M checksIDEA Fund PartnersChapel Hill · $250K – $500K checks · since 2021Route 66 VenturesAlexandria · $500K – $4M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Payzer

JGJoe Giordano
Joe GiordanoFounder

Experience

  1. RevuudBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentCharlotte Metro
  2. Charlotte FundGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentCharlotte Metro
  3. Real VenturesBoard Member, Real Investment Managementcurrent2022 — present
  4. Real VenturesBoard Partnercurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  5. Real VenturesPartner2007 — 2020Montreal, Canada Area
  6. Acta Wireless CapitalCo-foundercurrent2002 — present
  7. Lucid BotsBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
  8. NextNavBoard Observer2014 — 2021Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  9. NextNav LLCBoard Member2006 — 2014
  10. Advantage Engineers (acquired by Network Connex)Board Member2017 — 2021Columbia, MD
  11. Cilys (acquired by Openwave)Board Member2003 — 2004Montreal, Canada Area
  12. Re-Route (acquired by Return Path)Board Member1999 — 2002Washington D.C. Metro Area
  13. Invertix Corporation (acquired by Altamira Technologies)Co-founder, President & COO1997 — 2002Washington D.C. Metro Area
  14. PCIA Microwave ClearinghouseBoard Member1997 — 1999
  15. TeleCorp PCS (acquired by AT&T Wireless)Board Member; Vice President1997Washington D.C. Metro Area
  16. Entel Technologies (acquired by WFI)Vice President, Planning & Development1996 — 1997Washington D.C. Metro Area
  17. MLJ, Inc (a Washington Post company)Manager, Hardware Development1994 — 1996Washington D.C. Metro Area
  18. Decision Science Applications, Inc.Senior Engineer1993 — 1994Washington D.C. Metro Area
  19. United States Air ForceCaptain, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Special Projects1989 — 1993Greater Los Angeles Area
  20. DraperDraper Fellow1988 — 1989Cambridge, MA

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Board of DirectorsProfessional MentoringPrivate EquityStrategic LeadershipWirelessMobile DevicesStart-upsInventionMobile ApplicationsMobile ContentStrategyVenture Capital
+12 moreSeed CapitalProduct DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsProduct MarketingInnovatorEarly Stage InvestmentMobile InternetEntrepreneurshipMergers & AcquisitionsSaaSMobile CommerceTelecommunications

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Colleagues at Charlotte Fund

Ashley Gautreaux
Principal at CreativeCo
Christian Czentye
Partner at CreativeCo
Don Rainey
General Partner at Grotech Ventures
Joseph Jackson
General Partner at Charlotte Fund
Taylor Davis
Associate / EIR at Charlotte Fund
Travis Parsons
Managing Partner at CreativeCo

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mark McDowell?
An engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Acta Wireless in 2004 and was involved in founding Montreal Startup and Real Ventures. His current interests include blockchain, AI/ML and quantum computing.
Where does Mark McDowell work?
Mark McDowell is Partner at Charlotte Fund.
Where did Mark McDowell go to school?
Mark McDowell studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Science and Engineering); Harvard University (History and Philosophy of Science and Technology).

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