Partner
Mark McDowell
Board Partner, Real Ventures (+1 more)
- Firm
- Real Ventures, the Charlotte Fund
- Title
- Board Partner
- Role
- Partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 22 September 2026
About
“I like to get to know people — get a sense of their capabilities and limitations — and then push them beyond that to help them achieve everything they can.” Mark is an engineer and entrepreneur who loves the creative, chaotic excitement of launching a new company. After launching his career in the wireless industry, including roles in the founding teams at four startups, Mark co-founded Acta Wireless in 2004 with Alan MacIntosh, and was instrumental in Acta’s founding role in Montreal Startup and Real Ventures. Mark’s main interests today are blockchain technology, AI/ML, quantum computing, and the (imminent) return of analog.
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