Mark Sugarman

Current

• Managing Partner at MHS Capital
• Board Member at Fonality
• Board Member at iLike

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Past

• Interim VP business development and marketing at Nutrisystem (NTRI)
• SVP M&A and Strategic Parnterships at VerticalNet
• Analyst at Internet Capital Group

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Education

• Stanford University

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Mark Sugarman’s Summary

Managing Partner MHS Capital

Mark Sugarman’s Specialties:

Funding Bootstrapped Software and Internet companies and sponsoring serial entrepreneurs to do small tech buyouts. Investing in software, Internet, and communications companies.

Mark Sugarman’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  MHS Capital

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  MHS Capital is a Venture Capital fund backed by an extraordinary group of technology executives and entrepreneurs, including senior executives from every major Internet portal, and a deep roster of serial entrepreneurs building some of the leading software and Internet companies. MHS Capital invests in:1) Bootstrapped software and internet companies and 2) Sponsors serial entrepreneurs to do small tech buyouts. Portfolio companies include: Adisn, Courttrax, Edusoft (acquired by Houghton Mifflin), Eventmonitor, Fonality, Giftcertificates.com, Getsmart (acquired by Providian now part of Lendingtree) (IACI), iLike, magnify360, Nutrisystem (NTRI), Positive Energy, Savi Technology (acquired by Lockheed Martin), Venturebeat, Verticlanet (VERT), 1stup.com (acquired by CMGI). Board member of Fonality, iLike, magnify360, Positive Energy

• Board Member

  Fonality

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Led Series A investment in Fonality, a leading open source ip Telephony Company

• Board Member

  iLike

  (Internet industry)

  February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  Early investor in iLike

• Interim VP business development and marketing

  Nutrisystem (NTRI)

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NTRI; Consumer Goods industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

  Stepped into Portfolio Company on an interim basis to lead online marketing and business development. Assisted management team in successful turn around of the company. The Company has increased sales from approximately $23M in sales in 2003 to a projected $550M in 2006, and an increase in market cap from $15M to $2.5B. Forbes named CEO Mike Hagan 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year and Nutrisystem as small business of the Year.

• SVP M&A and Strategic Parnterships

  VerticalNet

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Vert; Internet industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

  Ran M&A and major strategic partnerships. Direct report to CEO

• Analyst

  Internet Capital Group

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; ICGE; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  First investment anaylst at ICG

Mark Sugarman’s Education

• Stanford University

  BA , Political Science

  Honors

Additional Information

Mark Sugarman’s Groups:

•    Members of Full Circle Fund
•    Positive Energy Network

Mark Sugarman’s Contact Settings

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