Mark Pincus Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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120
- Portfolio
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63
- Exits
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44

Mark Pincus General Information
Description
Mr. Mark Pincus is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Member at Reinvent Capital. Mr. Pincus serves as an Advisor at PlayerZero. He is a founder and serves as Chairman of the Board at Zynga. He is the Founder of WorkPlay Ventures. He served as an Advisor at HireAthena. is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. He founded several internet companies including Zynga, which pioneered social games to help establish gaming as a mass-market activity. He was the Chairman of Zynga's Board and also served as Zynga's Executive Chairman and twice as its Chief Executive Officer, including when he returned in 2015 to lead its turnaround and reinvention as a mobile-first games company. Zynga merger with Take-Two Interactive in 2022. Before Zynga, Mark founded tribe.net, one of the earliest online social networks whose technology was acquired by Cisco Systems. He also founded Support.com, a provider of help desk service and support automation software, one of the first enterprise software companies to go to market with a subscription-based model. Support.com went public in 2001. Mark also founded FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based, push technology news company, which was acquired by Individual, Inc. Mark has made numerous investments in many internet, media, and software companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Snap, Epic Games, Xiaomi, JD.com, and Niantic. He is also an active angel investor in technology startups. Mark has prioritized social impact in his personal and professional life. Zynga was one of the first companies to use in-game virtual goods to allow players to contribute directly to disaster relief and other nonprofit efforts. Mark was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Board of the Presidio Trust, a federal agency that operates the Presidio as part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area. He also regularly lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs at colleges and universities, including Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mark has built an intellectual practice around product management. He was an early pioneer in reimagining product management for consumer internet products, notably the use of rapid testing and experimentation to inform design decisions in all stages of product development. He also developed a product roadmapping process that tracks engineering resources to expected outcomes. Mark was among the first to bring these lessons to games, spawning an always-on, product-as-a-service operating model that empowers product teams to react in real time to user behavior by deploying product updates. In addition, Mark co-created the Stanford Graduate School of Business course on Product Management with Professor Amir Goldberg. He is the Founder and serves as Co-Lead Director at Reinvent Technology Partners Z.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Mark Pincus Investments (120)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Substack | 12-Nov-2024 | Later Stage VC | Publishing | Generating Revenue | ||
Troveo | 01-Nov-2024 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Echo Chunk | 16-Jul-2024 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Moon Beast Productions | 27-Jun-2024 | Other Commercial Services | Startup | |||
Spring Free EV | 07-Apr-2023 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Underdog Fantasy | 26-Jul-2022 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Alphy | 14-Jun-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Bravado | 19-May-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Fractal (Financial Software) | 01-Apr-2022 | Seed Round | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | ||
BlockSpaces | 18-Mar-2022 | Seed Round | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue |
Mark Pincus Exits (44)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Everlance | 19-Feb-2025 | Buyout/LBO | |
Coda (Business/Productivity Software) | 17-Dec-2024 | ||
Blockstars | 13-Jul-2024 | ||
Drive.fm | 14-Apr-2024 | ||
Artie | 31-Jan-2024 | ||
Samlino.dk | 01-Jan-2024 | ||
Koji | 14-Dec-2023 | ||
MoneyHero Group | 12-Oct-2023 | ||
Factmata | 17-Nov-2022 | Buyout/LBO | |
Zynga | 23-May-2022 | Merger/Acquisition |
Mark Pincus Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Mark Pincus Co-Investors (670)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Reid Hoffman | 6 |
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Global Founders Capital |
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Tiger Global Management |
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Mark Pincus FAQs
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Who is Mark Pincus?
Mark Pincus is an angel Investor who has made 120 investments.
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What kind of investor is Mark Pincus?
Mark Pincus is an angel investor.
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What does Mark Pincus do?
As an angel investor, Mark Pincus invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Mark Pincus hold?
Mark Pincus holds 2 board seats including Reinvent Technology Partners Z and Zynga.
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What has Mark Pincus invested in?
Mark Pincus has made numerous investments in companies like Substack, Troveo, and Echo Chunk within the Publishing, Business/Productivity Software, and Entertainment Software industries.
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What has Mark Pincus invested in recently?
Mark Pincus's latest investment was on 12-Nov-2024 in Substack, a company within the Publishing industry.
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