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Mark Suster is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and investment partner at Upfront Ventures (until June 2013 known as GRP Partners).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.grpvc.com/team/mark-suster/ )〕 He is a prominent blogger in the startup venture capital world〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://thenextweb.com/us/2011/06/17/the-founder-showcase-launching-startups-with-a-community/ )〕 and mentor at Techstars (a mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=518544&privcapId=20691&previousCapId=5059245&previousTitle=Arca%20Group,%20Inc. )〕 Suster is married and has two sons, Jacob and Andy. == Education and entrepreneur career == Suster grew up in Northern California and is a dual citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States. He graduated from University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He started his career as a programmer at Accenture, which later paid for a postgraduate Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. In 1999, with Ireland-based property entrepreneur Brian Moran, he founded his first company, a construction collaboration technology business called BuildOnline, where he was also chief executive officer. BuildOnline merged with US-based rival Citadon in December 2006 and the combined business, CTSpace, was acquired by the French Sword Group corporation a year later in December 2007. By this stage, Suster had already left the business, having founded a second company, a content collaboration software business, Koral. In April 2007, Koral was acquired by Salesforce.com where Suster took the role of Vice President, Product Management. He joined Upfront Ventures (previously known as GRP Partners), an investment firm, later in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=CrunchBase )〕〔Kamelia Angelova (July 28, 2011) (Privately, Investors Admit There's Big Bubble In Tech Startups ). Business Insider〕 == Investing == Suster focuses on early-stage technology companies. They include: Affordit, DataSift, EagleCrest Energy, EcoMom, ExpenseCloud, Gendai Games, Osmo, MyTime, and LaughStub. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Suster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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