Mark Austin
Director/Board Member at Agrivida, Inc.
Profile
Based in New York, Mr. Austin has been a Venture Partner with Bright Capital since 2012, where he focuses broadly on alternative energy, resource and energy efficiency, distributed generation, water, advanced materials and cleantech, providing leadership and strategic guidance for Bright Capital’s investment strategy and portfolio companies, including serving on the Boards of Agrivida, QM Power and Ener-G-Rotors.
Prior to Bright Capital, as Managing Director of Chandler Reed LLC, Mr. Austin served as a strategic advisor to CEOs of public and private growth stage companies, new ventures and tech start-ups, and was a consultant at UNDP’s Sustainable Energy & Environment Division in the area of sustainable technologies globally, as well as to other UN agencies.
He has applied his knowledge of finance and marketing, intellectual property, technology commercialization and strategy across a broad and diverse range of industries.
Earlier, Mr. Austin has been a serial tech entrepreneur in the fields of electro-optics, medical devices, and materials manufacturing systems.
As a start-up entrepreneur, he has patents issued in 30 countries and has won international design awards.
Mr. Austin is an advisor to tech start-up incubators and accelerators, and is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) with NYSERDA and the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, as well as serving on the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Investment Advisory Board.
Mr. Austin has mentored entrepreneurs in different regions of Africa, and spoken at conferences from Krasnoyarsk to Kingston, from Beijing to Bilbao, on venture investing, entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation and sustainable technologies.
Mark Austin is a graduate of Williams College.
Mark Austin active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Bright Capital LLC
 Bright Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bright Capital LLC (Bright Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ru-Com LLC founded in 2010 by Mikhail Anatolevich Abyzov, Boris Aleksandrovich Ryabov and Mikhail Chuchkevich. The firm is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-03-31 |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Renewable Energy Laboratory operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Golden, CO. | Director/Board Member | 2012-09-30 |
Agrivida, Inc.
 Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Agrivida, Inc. engages in the provision of research and manufacture of enzymes. It focuses on enzymes that improve poultry and swine nutrition. The company was founded by R. Michael Raab and Jeremy Schley Johnson in 2002 and is headquartered in Medford, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2014-11-30 |
Former positions of Mark Austin
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
QM Power, Inc.
 QM Power, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing QM Power, Inc. manufactures and sells magnetic circuits and electronic controllers for electric motor, generator, and actuator markets in the United States and internationally. It offers synchronous and electronic start motors, and fan motors for various commercial refrigeration and HVAC applications, including reach-in display cases, vending machines, ice machines, ERV-HRVs, VAVs, furnace fans, and agricultural ventilation. The company was founded by Patrick J. Piper and Joseph Flynn on November 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO. | Director/Board Member | 2016-06-06 |
| Xethanol Corp. | Director/Board Member | 2005-03-26 |
Agrivida, Inc.
Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Agrivida, Inc. engages in the provision of research and manufacture of enzymes. It focuses on enzymes that improve poultry and swine nutrition. The company was founded by R. Michael Raab and Jeremy Schley Johnson in 2002 and is headquartered in Medford, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc.
 Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. commercializes devices based on a near frictionless expander. Its product turns low- temperature heat into electricity, opening up new markets in industrial waste heat and changing the technology landscape for solar thermal and geothermal installations. The firm's GEN4 system has inner and outer rotor each on two sets of pre-loaded roller element bearings, controlling the radial and axial tolerances of the inner and outer rotors. The company was founded by Michael Newell in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Mark Austin
| Williams College | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Xethanol Corp. | Process Industries |
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc.
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. commercializes devices based on a near frictionless expander. Its product turns low- temperature heat into electricity, opening up new markets in industrial waste heat and changing the technology landscape for solar thermal and geothermal installations. The firm's GEN4 system has inner and outer rotor each on two sets of pre-loaded roller element bearings, controlling the radial and axial tolerances of the inner and outer rotors. The company was founded by Michael Newell in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Electronic Technology |
Bright Capital LLC
Bright Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bright Capital LLC (Bright Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ru-Com LLC founded in 2010 by Mikhail Anatolevich Abyzov, Boris Aleksandrovich Ryabov and Mikhail Chuchkevich. The firm is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. | Finance |
Agrivida, Inc.
Agrivida, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Agrivida, Inc. engages in the provision of research and manufacture of enzymes. It focuses on enzymes that improve poultry and swine nutrition. The company was founded by R. Michael Raab and Jeremy Schley Johnson in 2002 and is headquartered in Medford, MA. | Health Technology |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services National Renewable Energy Laboratory operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Golden, CO. | Commercial Services |
QM Power, Inc.
QM Power, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing QM Power, Inc. manufactures and sells magnetic circuits and electronic controllers for electric motor, generator, and actuator markets in the United States and internationally. It offers synchronous and electronic start motors, and fan motors for various commercial refrigeration and HVAC applications, including reach-in display cases, vending machines, ice machines, ERV-HRVs, VAVs, furnace fans, and agricultural ventilation. The company was founded by Patrick J. Piper and Joseph Flynn on November 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO. | Producer Manufacturing |
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