Mark Pavlyukovskyy
InvestorGeneral Partner at NZVC
San Francisco, California
Writes $10K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Serial entrepreneur who exited his first company, Piper, after raising $15M. Came to New Zealand as an Edmund Hillary Fellow and focuses on empowering Kiwi founders with global ambition.
Experience
- NZVCGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- ScienceVP, Foundry2025 — 2026Durham, NC
- Learn With MochiCo-Founder & Board Director2019 — 2024
- Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)Edmund Hillary Fellow2020 — 2024New Zealand
- Piper, Inc.Co-Founder & CEO2013 — 2018San Francisco, California
- University of OxfordDoctoral Fellow2013 — 2014Oxford, United Kingdom
- National Institutes of HealthNIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar2013 — 2014Oxford, United Kingdom
- National Institutes of HealthNIH Undergraduate Scholar2011 — 2013Princeton, New Jersey
- Princeton UniversityMolecular Biologist in the Coller Lab2010 — 2013Princeton, New Jersey
- Princeton UniversityAdel Mahmoud Global Health Scholar2011 — 2012Humjibre, Ghana
- Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNeuroscience Researcher2012Janelia Farm Research Campus
- University of OxfordResearch Assistant2011 — 2012Oxford, United Kingdom
- U.S. House of RepresentativesCongressional Page2007Washington, District of Columbia
Education
- Princeton UniversityBachelor's degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2009 — 2013
- University of OxfordDPhil, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering2013 — 2014
- Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science2007 — 2009
Skills & more
Java9Python3Matlab5Microsoft Office5Educational TechnologyGo-to-Market StrategyContract NegotiationSemiconductor FabricationMEMSCapital ProjectsEntrepreneurship33Product Development15
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EngineeringNeuroscienceData AnalysisResearchScienceSocial MediaStatisticsPCRScientific WritingMolecular BiologyCell CultureFluorescence MicroscopyLanguages French · Russian
From Mark's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University444
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
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Also attended University of Oxford687
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Learn With Mochi1
Also worked at Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)25
Jeffrey PaineFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTony LaiInvestor at StartXUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla VenturesRyan McIntyreFounding partner of FoundryAmitt MahajanManaging Partner at Presence CapitalGeoff LewisFounder & Managing Partner at Bedrock
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Also worked at University of Oxford59
Tess van StekelenburgPartner at Lux CapitalFrancesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global LlpDenise XifaraInvestor at Mercuri.vcLirui DingPrincipal at TRANSCENDAna FernandezInvestment Associate at Nauta CapitalVictoria FähInvestment Manager, Future Content Fund at IPR.VC
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Also worked at National Institutes of Health46
Jun JeonInvestor at Khosla VenturesUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla VenturesMax ColbertPhysician-Entrepreneur at Medical Excellence CapitalIan ChiangPartner at Flare Capital PartnersGrant VerstandigFounder, Chairman, & CEO at Red Cell IncubationLeela SrinivasanCEO, Parity at Bull City Venture Partners
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Colleagues at NZVC
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Investors connected to Mark in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.