Join us for a special edition of Founders, Funders & Friends that will talk about the journey of Mark Peter Davis, Managing Partner at Interplay, along side Alap Shah, Managing Partner at Studio Management and Founder of Sentieo (acquired).  

 

Mark Peter Davis is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur, author and community organizer.  

 

MPD is the Managing Partner of Interplay, a startup ecosystem based in NYC that includes offerings for entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey and includes a studio, services platform and a top-performing venture capital fund. Having funded, incubated or founded more than 100 companies, MPD is one of the most active startup founders and investors in NYC. 

 

Through Interplay he also manages his multi-family office and is an active LP/investor in innovation oriented funds and companies. 

 

MPD is also an active podcaster, the author of The Fundraising Rules, and the founder of both the Columbia Venture Community and the Blue (Duke) Venture Community.  

 

Prior to his current ventures, MPD was a venture capitalist at DFJ Gotham Ventures and Primary Ventures. Before entering VC, he was a M&A advisor to Fortune 1000 acquirers at KPMG and a strategy and operations consultant at Bain & Company. 

 

MPD earned his BA from Duke University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.  

 

TLDR;  

 

📆 Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 | 6:30pm-9:00pm  

Fireside chat will begin at 7:30pm 

 

🎤 Guest Speaker is Mark Peter Davis (Interplay) in conversation with Alap Shah (Studio Management)  

 

📍 Soho, Manhattan 

 

🍷 Thank you to Sun Moon Rising Wine as our wine sponsor! 

 

🙏 Thank you to Brex, our co-host for the evening! 

 

Brex is the financial stack that scales with you, from launch to early stage, growth, and enterprise. A business bank account, credit card, bill pay, travel, and employee reimbursements — all in one scalable solution. Our mission is to empower founders anywhere to make better financial decisions. Founders and venture funds can sign up here for white glove onboarding and special friends of Studio Management perks! 

https://www.brex.com/solutions/startups?partnerId=michael 

 

 

 

Founders, Funders & Friends is a monthly speaker series featuring top leaders and topics in tech at unique spaces around New York City. It's where social and ambitious builders come to meet and expand personally and professionally.