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Martin Dober

Investor

Managing Director at ID Ventures · Senior Vice President, Venture and Managing Director, ID Ventures at Invest Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, United States

About

Martin Dober is Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit and Managing Director of ID Ventures, the organization's venture capital arm. He brings more than 20 years of experience in early-stage technology ventures, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and investment roles.

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Experience

  1. Invest DetroitManaging Director, ID Ventures | Senior Vice President, Invest Detroitcurrent2013 — presentDetroit, Michigan
  2. Hacker FellowsCo-Foundercurrent2013 — presentDetroit
  3. HBS Club of MichiganCo-Presidentcurrent2017 — presentDetroit Metropolitan Area
  4. Invest MichiganTreasurer and Board Member2014 — 2020
  5. Michigan Economic Development CorporationSenior Vice President, Entrepreneurship & Innovation2011 — 2013Greater Lansing
  6. Michigan Economic Development CorporationVice President, New Markets2008 — 2011Greater Lansing
  7. iRobotSenior Manager, Business Development2008Bedford, Massachusetts
  8. Michigan Economic Development CorporationAlternative Energy Business Development Manager2006 — 2008
  9. American Systems Technology Inc. (ASTI)Director, Government Business & Corporate Strategy2004 — 2006
  10. Michigan Small Business Development CenterTechnology Business Consultant2002 — 2004
  11. Delphi CorporationMergers & Acquisitions2002
  12. EIP, Inc.VP, Business Development & Marketing2000 — 2002
  13. DaimlerChryslerProduct Development Finance1998 — 2000
  14. Chrysler CorporationProject Manager1997
  15. The Budd CompanyPlant Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Product Engineer1988 — 1996Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA, General Management1996 — 1998
  2. Kettering UniversityB.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering1988 — 1994

Skills & more

Strategic Planning71Management23Leadership14Strategy51Negotiation1Analysis1Venture Capital56Economic Development25Mergers4Commercialization15Fundraising11Renewable Energy9
+12 moreMarketingGovernment ContractingDefenseManagerial FinanceRoboticsEntrepreneurshipStart-upsSBIRBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningM&A executionStrategic Partnerships

Languages German

From Martin's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

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Also attended Kettering University4

Richard DeVaughnCEO, The Arcadia Group International and Jaro Media Services at Reinventure CapitalBob KagleGeneral Partner at BenchmarkAl BsharahManaging Partner at Interlock CapitalPradnya ParulekarInvestor at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health

Shared employers

Also worked at Invest Michigan2

Peter LongoSenior Managing Director, Investments at Connecticut InnovationsPrem BodagalaDirector at ID Ventures

Also worked at Michigan Economic Development Corporation4

Edward KimInvestor at Side Door VenturesAntonio LückInvestor at MatterScale VenturesPrem BodagalaDirector at ID VenturesMahendra RamsinghaniManaging Director at Secure Octane

Also worked at Michigan Small Business Development Center2

Prem BodagalaDirector at ID VenturesAndrew McColmVenture Partner at Closed Loop Partners

Also worked at Delphi Corporation7

Juan FigueroaLead Backend Engineer at Struck CapitalAntonio LückInvestor at MatterScale VenturesLuka TomljenovicPartner at Radius Capital VenturesDawid BieńkowskiHuman Capital Partner / Managing Partner for Value Creation at Warsaw Equity GroupTom TaylorPresident and CEO at Bezos Earth FundLibby WaymanBreakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy Ventures

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Colleagues at ID Ventures

'Tember Shea
Community and Portfolio Manager at ID Ventures
Belvin Liles
Venture Innovation Associate at ID Ventures
Brittany Thompson-Johnson
Executive Assistant at ID Ventures
Jeff Ponders
Principal, Portfolio Success at ID Ventures
Lee Rawlings
Managing Director at ID Ventures
Patti Glaza
Managing Director at ID Ventures
Prem Bodagala
Director at ID Ventures