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Martin Tobias

VC | Managing Partner @ Incisive Ventures | Pre-Seed B2B Software | 6 Unicorns in 4 years | I invest 60% USA, 40% International

Spokane, Washington

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2020

    Pre-Seed venture fund investing in technology companies that reduce friction at scale.

  • Co-Founder

    2016

    My brother and I started a non-profit to enable e-commerce companies to seamlessly add reforestation as a product to their offerings.

  • Founder

    2006

    The first angel group in the US to focus exclusively on clean tech and sustainability. Currently very active.

  • Founder and Manager

    1996

    Investment holding company. Occasional Mid market office and residential developer. Holding company for private equity and angel investments. Over 200 early-stage start-up investments and over a dozen LP interests in top tier Venture Funds.

2017 - 2020

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2017 - 2020

    Raised two rounds of financing, grew revenue from zero to >$6m/year in two years.

2000 - 2015

  • Board of Directors

    2000 - 2015

    Leading messaging security company protecting over 2 billion subscribers around the world. Lead the analysis of anti-spam market for Ignition Partners leading to the investment in Cloudmark.

2009 - 2013

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2009 - 2013

    Leading technology provider of Group Buying and social commerce infrastructure. The only patent protected platform. Over 150 deployments including NBC, Univision, Fox, Hearst, Microsoft. Negotiated strategic partnerships with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and others. Sold to nCrowd in April 2013

2008 - 2013

  • CEO and Founder

    2008 - 2013

    Local market place software solutions including kashless.org better classifieds and tippr.com white label group commerce. Company pivoted to focus on Tippr. Tippr sold to nCrowd April 2013. Kashless, Inc. soon after the sale.

2002 - 2010

  • Venture Partner

    2002 - 2010

    Generation of deal flow, working with entrepreneurs to vet business ideas, doing investments, sitting on the board to help grow the company.

  • Chairman and CEO

    2005 - 2008

    Tried saving the world by creating renewable fuels that reduce our dependence on petroleum. Initially invested in the company, then joined as CEO as it became clear the company really was going to transform the economics of biodiesel and oil was going to go crazy. Raised over $250M in financing including $112M in project financing and working capital. Built a 5 M gallon proof of concept refinery, then a 100M production scale. Built pipeline of three more projects (China, Argentina, Hawaii), but financial markets closed in 2008. Company currently profitable and growing.