

#35, Mark Vivian, 'The $600m dollar man'
In this episode of the WFLS podcast we chat with Mark Vivian.
Mark is the General Partner with Movac who are New Zealand’s most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. They've been actively investing since 1998 and are currently deploying Movac Fund 5 into Pre-A to Series C New Zealand technology companies. For the past 15 years Mark has been part of a team working to accelerate kiwi tech companies.
He has helped Movac invest in more than 50 companies, and raised more than $600m for their funds.
Mark a proud father of 5, and likes to escape work to go fishing, biking and skiing.
We talk about how you can get investment in this market, what happens with due diligence and how you should always be thinking about raising and building your profile with VC's.
This is a great podcast to listen to if you are even thinking about raising one day.
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