Managing Partner at Piva Capital · Joined 2021
View Live Interactive Profile →Mark Gudiksen is a Managing Partner at Piva Capital, which he joined in 2021 as the firm's second Managing Partner. He has more than 20 years of experience across technology, company building, and investing, with a longstanding focus on climate related technologies. He previously co-founded Circularis Partners, served as a Managing Director in TPG's Alternative and Renewable Technologies fund, and worked at McKinsey and Company. He holds a PhD in Chemical Physics from Harvard University, where his nanotechnology research produced highly cited publications in journals including Science and Nature, and a BS in Chemistry from Stanford University. His Piva portfolio includes Xage Security, Pyka, Alloy Enterprises, Koloma, Lunar Energy, and Planted Solar.