Mark Gorenberg

Mark P. Gorenberg is an American venture capitalist, currently a managing director of San Francisco-based Zetta Venture Partners, the first early-stage venture capital dedicated to investing in Aritificial Intelligence.

Mark P. Gorenberg
NationalityAmerican
Occupationventure capitalist

Education

Gorenberg received a B.S. from MIT (1976), an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota (1979), and an M.S. in engineering management from Stanford University (1984).

Career

Gorenberg was a member of the original SPARCstation 1 team at Sun Microsystems.

He joined Hummer Winblad, a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in software companies, soon after its 1989 founding by John Hummer and Ann Winblad. His successful startups include Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe), AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Siebel).[1] At Zetta Venture Partners, he led investments in Domo, DominoDataLab and many others.

A member of the MIT Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Gorenberg has made major gifts to MIT. He has also served on several other non-profit boards, including the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and The Environment. Gorenberg was a member of the FCC's Technology Advisory Council.[2] In 2011, President Obama appointed him as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[3]

Gorenberg oversaw California fundraising for Senator John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. He was a member of then-candidate Obama's national finance committee in the 2008 Presidential campaign.

References
  1. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, "The Hummer Winblad Team" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Federal Communications Commission, "Technology Advisory Council Members"
  3. The White House, "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts", June 7, 2011
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