Mark Ein Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 6

  • Portfolio
  • 2

  • Exits
  • 4

Exits

Mark Ein General Information

Description

Mr. Mark Ein serves is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Venturehouse Group. He was a Board member at Doma Holdings. He is a Director at Custom Truck One Source. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board at Capitol Investment VI. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board at Capitol Investment Corp. VII. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board at Capitol Investment Corp. V. He served as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Capitol Acquisition Corp. He served as Chairman at Reed Krakoff and Visual Systems Group. He is the Founder of Washington Esports Ventures. He is also the Founder and serves as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Invst Corp IV. He also serves as Chairman & Board Member at Capitol Acquisition III. He is an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who has created, acquired, invested in and built a series of growth companies across a diverse set of industries over the course of his 24-year career. From August 2010 to July 2015, He was the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Capitol II which completed its business combination with Lindblad Expeditions, Inc. in July 2015. Since the closing of the business combination, He has continued to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Capitol II (now renamed Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.). From June 2007 to October 2009,he was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Capitol I. which completed its business combination with Two Harbors Investment Corp., a Maryland real estate investment trust, in October 2009. From October 2009 to May 2015, he served as the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Two Harboras board of directors. Venturehouseas portfolio includes or has included the seed investment in Matrics Technologies in August 2000 (sold to Symbol Technologies in September 2004), the lead investor in the buyout of Cibernet Corporation from the CTIA in March 2003 (sold to MACH S.Ã .r.l. in April 2007), the acquisition of VSGi from Net2000 Communications, and early investment in XM Satellite Radio. He has also been the President of Leland Investments Inc., a private investment firm, since 2005. He is Co-Chairman of Kastle Holding Company LLC, which through its subsidiaries conducts the business of Kastle Systems, LLC, a provider of building and office security systems that was acquired in January 2007. An entity owned by him is also the majority owner and managing member of Kastle Holding Company LLC. In 2008, he founded and is the owner of the Washington Kastles, the World Team Tennis franchise in Washington, D.C., that has won the league championship for the last five seasons and six times in its eight years in the league. Previously in his career, he worked for The Carlyle Group, Brentwood Associates, and Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is the Chairman of the Board of VSGi. Since August 2015, he has also been a member of the board of directors of AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed provider of innovative data-driven specialty solutions aimed at enabling growers and packers of fresh produce to preserve and enhance the freshness, quality and value of fresh produce and to maximize the percentage of products supplied to the market relative to the amount of produce grown. He is the Chairman of the Board of the District of Columbia Public Education Fund and also serves on the board of directors of the United States Tennis Association.

Business Details

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • 1300 North, 17th Street
  • Suite 820
  • Arlington, VA 22209
  • United States
+1 (202)

Mark Ein Investments (6)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Ex Parte 28-Feb-2022 Later Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
WEconnect Health Management 18-Oct-2018 Clinics/Outpatient Services Generating Revenue
Basket Savings 12-Jun-2014 Application Software Out of Business
PlaySight Interactive 20-May-2014 Entertainment Software Generating Revenue
SocialRadar 19-Jun-2013 Early Stage VC Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
Snaps (Business/Productivity Software) 08-Apr-2011 Angel (individual) Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue

Mark Ein Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
PlaySight Interactive 21-Feb-2022 Merger/Acquisition
Snaps (Business/Productivity Software) 08-Apr-2021
SocialRadar 16-Nov-2016 Merger/Acquisition
Basket Savings Out of Business

Mark Ein Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Mark Ein Co-Investors (12)

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Mark Ein FAQs

  • Who is Mark Ein?

    Mark Ein is an angel Investor who has made 6 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Mark Ein?

    Mark Ein is an angel investor.

  • What does Mark Ein do?

    As an angel investor, Mark Ein invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Mark Ein hold?

    Mark Ein holds 4 board seats including Soho House, Custom Truck One Source, Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, and Capitol Acquisition II.

  • What has Mark Ein invested in?

    Mark Ein has made numerous investments in companies like Ex Parte, WEconnect Health Management, and Basket Savings within the Media and Information Services (B2B), Clinics/Outpatient Services, and Application Software industries.

  • What has Mark Ein invested in recently?

    Mark Ein's latest investment was on 28-Feb-2022 in Ex Parte, a company within the Media and Information Services (B2B) industry.

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