Mark Weber
InvestorPartner at Tectonic Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Writes $250K – $5M checks · typically $2M
About
Partner focused on lab-to-market innovation and AI; a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and founding member of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He earned an MBA from MIT Sloan and co-produced the film Poverty, Inc.
Contact· published on Mark's own website
Experience
- Tectonic VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — presentCambridge, Maryland, United States
- Tectonic VenturesPrincipal2023 — 2026Cambridge, MA
- MIT Media LabProgram Advisorcurrent2026 — presentCambridge, MA
- MIT Media LabDirector's Fellow2024 — 2025Cambridge, MA
- HarambeansBoard Trusteecurrent2023 — presentAfrica
- NeurophosSeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentAustin, TX
- Eigen AISeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Guide LabsSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Voyage AI by MongoDBSeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
- TIFINInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- MIT-IBM Watson AI LabSenior Lead of Business Innovation, IBM Research2021 — 2023Cambridge, MA
- MIT-IBM Watson AI LabStrategy & Operations Lead, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab2019 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts
- MIT-IBM Watson AI LabResearch Scientist, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab2018 — 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts
- OmniMLAngel Investor2021 — 2023
- MIT Media LabGraduate Researcher | Digital Currency Initiative2016 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Full-timeDocumentary Filmmaker | Emerging Markets2007 — 2016Bangladesh, Haiti, USA
- SpringHill CampsSpecial Needs Counselor2006Michigan
Skills & more
Non-profit Board LeadershipBoard GovernanceAcademic AdvisingCompetitive StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Research34R&DVenture CapitalEarly Stage InvestmentNonprofits54FinTech1Large Language Models (LLM)
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EntrepreneurshipResearch and Development (R&D)International DevelopmentPublic PolicyJournalismFinanceLeadershipStrategyMentoringPublic SpeakingManagementFrom Mark's professional profile.
Colleagues at Tectonic Ventures
Daniel Theobald
CEO, Founder at Tectonic Ventures
David Coats
Advisor at Tectonic Ventures
David Mindell
Investor at Tectonic Ventures
Ernest Mario
Advisor at Tectonic Ventures
Felda Hardymon
Advisor at Tectonic Ventures
Felipe Delgado
Co-Founder, President, and CFO at Tectonic Ventures
Frank Moss
Advisor at Tectonic Ventures
Glenn Hubbard
Advisor at Tectonic Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mark Weber?
- Partner focused on lab-to-market innovation and AI; a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and founding member of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He earned an MBA from MIT Sloan and co-produced the film Poverty, Inc.
- Where does Mark Weber work?
- Mark Weber is Partner at Tectonic Ventures.
- What check size does Mark Weber write?
- Mark Weber typically writes checks of $250K – $5M.
- Where did Mark Weber go to school?
- Mark Weber studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance); University of Notre Dame (Bachelor's Degree, Program of Liberal Studies (Great Books)).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tectonic Ventures2
Also worked at Eigen AI3
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