Mark Brown

Investor and Entrepreneur

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2019
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Co-Founder and Investor
Apr 2019
Pendella is a cloud-based platform that helps you compete in the new economy. Our white-label technology is a ready-made licensed software product, branded to your company. Plus, we can integrate into systems such your CRM or benefits administration platform. We offer instant decision underwriting, accelerated underwriting, and point-of-sale underwriting. Our journey is a consumer facing end-to-end solution, as well as an agent-assist solution. Our experienced team has a strong understanding of what customers want, and how they currently get it. This foundation allowed us to modernize the experience of buying life insurance. Our technology provides you with a turnkey process in order to bring the future of life insurance to your customers.
early stageInsurance
Investor/Operator (Acquired by Esselte/ Acco Brands 2004)
Jun 2000
Founded in 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona, Xyron is a world-class provider of transformation tools for both creative home users and creative professionals. Xyron develops products in the craft, hobby and stationery departments of specialty and mass retailers worldwide. These products include award-winning adhesive tools, innovative storage albums, unique handheld dispensers, and patented cold-lamination products that require no heat, batteries or electricity. Xyron is a subsidiary of Esselte (www.esselte.com).
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2019
Co-Founder and Investor
Apr 2019
Pendella is a cloud-based platform that helps you compete in the new economy. Our white-label technology is a ready-made licensed software product, branded to your company. Plus, we can integrate into systems such your CRM or benefits administration platform. We offer instant decision underwriting, accelerated underwriting, and point-of-sale underwriting. Our journey is a consumer facing end-to-end solution, as well as an agent-assist solution. Our experienced team has a strong understanding of what customers want, and how they currently get it. This foundation allowed us to modernize the experience of buying life insurance. Our technology provides you with a turnkey process in order to bring the future of life insurance to your customers.
early stageInsurance
2015
Founder and President
Jan 2015
Defining Cybersecurity Compliance Since 2014 With a combination of technology, entrepreneurship, and professional/academic certifications Advisor Armor delivers the software and interpretive guidance needed to meet regulatory expectations and protect valuable data and information. About Advisor Armor Advisor Armor, founded in 2014 with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, is America’s leading business and regulatory cybersecurity compliance consulting provider. We deliver comprehensive interpretation, sound guidance, and the tools needed to build, maintain and evidence compliance with state and federal cybersecurity and data privacy requirements. Contact Advisor Armor Phone: 800-421-7897 E-mail: info@advisorarmor.com Website: http://www.advisorarmor.com
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2000
Investor/Operator (Acquired by Esselte/ Acco Brands 2004)
Jun 2000
Founded in 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona, Xyron is a world-class provider of transformation tools for both creative home users and creative professionals. Xyron develops products in the craft, hobby and stationery departments of specialty and mass retailers worldwide. These products include award-winning adhesive tools, innovative storage albums, unique handheld dispensers, and patented cold-lamination products that require no heat, batteries or electricity. Xyron is a subsidiary of Esselte (www.esselte.com).