MF

Mark Friday

Venture Capitalist

Greater Houston

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2018

    www.cathexisventures.com Early stage investments for scalable startups. Focused on finding great founders, fast builders, and product-market-fit.

2018 - 2021

  • Associate

    2018 - 2021

    www.cathexis.com Cathexis is a private investment firm managing assets in energy, real estate, and various other sectors. Built on a foundation of multi-generational family assets, Cathexis practices a value investment philosophy with a long-term time horizon. Cathexis’s flexible capital and opportunistic approach lead to investments across a broad range of industries, geographies, and deal structures, in both private and public markets.

2017 - 2018

  • Tech Project Manager

    2017 - 2018

    Acquired previous company. Machine vision for smart cities. IoT networks.

Shrader Engineering

2010 - 2017

  • Tech Project Manager

    2010 - 2017

    Electrical engineering project management for wireless networks, machine vision, security networks, smart cities, and control systems.

  • Embedded MEMS Sensors in Composite Materials

    2008 - 2010

    MEMS sensors embedded in composite materials for the F-35 and other aircraft. MEMS sensors automatically detect structural health defects, automating maintenance decisions.

2008 - 2008

  • Engineering Consultant - Power Generation for Sensors

    2008 - 2008

    Permanent magnet alternator to power sensor package on Apache Helicopter rotor system.