About
Mark Menell is Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Foundry and brings over 30 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking, and operations across technology, media, and ecommerce sectors. His background includes roles as General Partner at Partech Partners leading US growth equity investments, COO and CFO of ShopRunner, founding partner at Rustic Canyon Partners, and principal in Morgan Stanley's Technology M&A Group, where he advised on more than 50 transactions exceeding $150 billion in aggregate value. He has served as an investor and board member for companies including GSI Commerce, which was acquired by eBay in 2011, and has held venture positions at Maveron.
Board director at Rockyou
Intro paths
In turn, Mark can intro founders to Rockyou's investors below.
Rockyou's investors · 2
Co-founders at Rockyou
Experience
- Silicon FoundryChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Silicon FoundryManaging Directorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PartechGeneral Partnercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- The Bouqs CompanyBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentVenice, California
- FreedomPopBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentLos Angeles, California
- Cendana CapitalAdvisorcurrent2010 — present
- RockYouBoard Member2010 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Wanderful MediaSVP Business Development2013 — 2016
- ShopRunnerCOO/CFO2011 — 2013Conshohocken, PA & San Mateo, CA
- Maveron LLCVenture Partner2010 — 2011
- GSI CommerceBoard Member2000 — 2011King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- Good TechnologyBoard Member2000 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Rustic Canyon PartnersFounding Partner1999 — 2010
- Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedPrincipal, Co-Head West Coast Technology Mergers & Acquisitions1996 — 2000
- Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedVice President, Media & Telecommunications Mergers & Acquisitions1994 — 1996
- Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedAssociate, Media & Telecommunications Mergers & Acquisitions1990 — 1994
- Salomon BrothersFinancial Analyst1986 — 1988
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance1988 — 1990
- The Wharton SchoolBS, Finance1983 — 1986
- University of PennsylvaniaBA, Economics1983 — 1986
Skills & more
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Strategic PartnershipsPrivate EquityProduct ManagementE-commerceVenture FinancingBusiness StrategyInvestmentsMobile DevicesCorporate FinanceCapital RaisingFinancial ModelingBusiness DevelopmentFrom Mark's professional profile.
Deals · 2
STS Media Inc dba FreedomPopBoard seat
via Maveron · filed Aug 2015 · $36M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Maveron
Network3
Investors connected to Mark in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Mark Menell work?
- Mark Menell is Venture Partner at Maveron and Founder at Rockyou.
- What check size does Mark Menell write?
- Mark Menell typically writes checks of $200K – $50M.
- What companies did Mark Menell found?
- Mark Menell founded Rockyou.
Same school
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Also attended University of Pennsylvania765
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Shared employers
Also worked at FreedomPop1
Also worked at RockYou3
Also worked at ShopRunner11
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