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  • “Terawatt Ventures is more than just an investor in our company. They are entrepreneur’s in their own field – charting a unique path in energy investing. They provide value across the entire spectrum from operational issues to strategic vision – whether opening doors for important business transactions or helping craft a strategy for tackling a new market segment. They are true partners to our management team.”

    - Ben Schlatka, Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development, MC10 Inc.

  • “Terawatt Ventures represents the best kind of investor – they provide domain expertise in a dynamic and evolving energy market, strong and insightful operational expertise to management teams, and strategic vision that balances business priorities with a passion for big, important ideas.”

    - Ben Schlatka, Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development, MC10 Inc.

  • “We had some very difficult and even dire times at Nitro in 2005-2006. Mark was there on a daily basis helping put the company back on a path to success. His insightfulness, business acumen and courage to ask the really hard question played a key role in Nitro going from near bankruptcy to a successful 9 figure exit in 5 years.”

    Ken Levine, former CEO, NitroSecurity

Mark Goodman

Founder

Mark Goodman founded Terawatt Ventures in 2009. He brings a broad range of financial, operating and venture capital investment experience to his evaluation of investment opportunities and his partnership with portfolio company management teams.

Prior to Terawatt, Mark was co-founder of Brookline Venture Partners where his investments included NitroSecurity, Consumer United and Volicon. Mark contributed to seven successful exits in as many years, enabling the firm to achieve competitive returns during historically challenging years for the venture capital industry. Mark began his career at First Chicago (now part of CHASE), where he gained broad experience in corporate finance, capital markets and credit analysis.

Mark is on the Obama National Finance Committee and was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council in 2010. He is a board observer at MC10 and currently serves on the board of directors at Volicon. Mark holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Emory University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, and an MA and PhD in Philosophy from Boston College. He taught philosophy and inter-disciplinary liberal arts courses at Boston College while a doctoral candidate and later as a Lecturer after completing his doctorate.

Mark lives in Cambridge with his wife and three children.  In his spare time, he enjoys running, art and jazz.

Follow Mark on Twitter: @TerawattVC

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