Mark Donahue

For five years, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and subsequently Senior Fellow in Social Innovation, at Babson College, which is consistently #1-rated in the world in Entrepreneurship education. In January of 2011, Mark was honored as one of the "Top 100 American Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior," by the organization Trust Across America.

He founded Catalyst Insight Partners, which specializes in “Accelerating Growth and Enterprise Value” for entrepreneurs. Beyond his deep hands-on operational experience, Mark is an expert on both the buy-side and sell-side of private equity and venture capital transactions.

Mark’s past roles have included: Chairman & Managing Member of a Silicon Valley $100M Clean Technology venture fund (2001-2007); Chairman & Managing Partner of a 200-employee pharmaceuticals enterprise (2013-2016); President of a $100M revenue e-commerce company (2011-2013); Entrepreneur In Residence at Babson College (2008-2013), CEO of an Investment Bank that was a NASDAQ Member Firm (1996-2001), rising to CEO of a wealth management advisory (1988-1996); and Board roles for 20 businesses including Co-Chair of a 240-employee Internet-of-Things business (2013-2016).

Mark is a close confidant to CEO's and Board of Directors. He brings a breadth of expertise in strategy, design, sales, online marketing, investment banking, venture capital, M&A, negotiation, Board, legal & tax, “lean entrepreneurship,” IT, branding, product management, operations management and exponential technologies. His focus spans broadly from lower middle-market enterprises (generally $1M to $10M of EBITDA) to all stages of venture capital, yet he has also brought one company public. His career has often focused on “impact” via enterprises that are providing a true benefit to society and/or advancing environmental sustainability.

He is FINRA-licensed to do investment banking, when useful to the clients, as a representative of Growth Capital Services of San Francisco, which is an SIPC member.

In the non-profit realm, he served on Boards including the Social Venture Network, the Temple of Understanding (Interfaith work) and Babson College, plus he is the incoming Treasurer and Board Member of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. He has also served on many committees of the Threshold Foundation for 20 years.