Mark Sugarman

Founding Partner MHS Capital

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2012𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Board Observer
2012
We’re Thumbtack, a technology company helping millions of people confidently care for and improve their homes. Through our platform, homeowners get personalized guidance on what projects to do, when to do them, and who to hire from our community of 300,000 local service businesses. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete small fixes, routine maintenance, and major improvements. With over 12 million 5-star projects and counting, we help homeowners and home professionals accomplish more. Thumbtack was founded in 2008 and has raised more than $500 million from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford, and CapitalG, among others. Please be advised: Thumbtacks Recruiting team will only communicate with active candidates from Thumbtack LinkedIn verified accounts.
Board Observer
2011
Our mission is to empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those ideas come to life.
Board Observer
2010
Our mission is to transform lives through learning. Through our global marketplace platform, we provide the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achieve their goals and reach their full potential. We enjoy problem-solving and collaboration, and we share a serious belief in the power of learning and teaching to change lives. Udemy’s culture fosters inclusion and belonging and encourages innovation, creativity, passion, and teamwork. We also celebrate our milestones and support each other every day. Listen to our Udemy Business Leading Up podcast here ➡️ bit.ly/UdemyLeadingUp More about Udemy: — We have more than 73M learners and over ONE BILLION course enrollments on our platform. — More than 75K instructors are teaching over 250K courses in over 75 languages. — We have over 16K enterprise customers and more than half of the Fortune 100 are Udemy Business customers. — Udemy Business customers have access to more than 27K courses, more than 12K of which are in English and more than 15K are in 15 international languages.
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2012
Board Observer
2012
We’re Thumbtack, a technology company helping millions of people confidently care for and improve their homes. Through our platform, homeowners get personalized guidance on what projects to do, when to do them, and who to hire from our community of 300,000 local service businesses. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete small fixes, routine maintenance, and major improvements. With over 12 million 5-star projects and counting, we help homeowners and home professionals accomplish more. Thumbtack was founded in 2008 and has raised more than $500 million from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Venture Partners, Baillie Gifford, and CapitalG, among others. Please be advised: Thumbtacks Recruiting team will only communicate with active candidates from Thumbtack LinkedIn verified accounts.
2011
Board Observer
2011
Our mission is to empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those ideas come to life.
2010
Board Observer
2010
Our mission is to transform lives through learning. Through our global marketplace platform, we provide the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achieve their goals and reach their full potential. We enjoy problem-solving and collaboration, and we share a serious belief in the power of learning and teaching to change lives. Udemy’s culture fosters inclusion and belonging and encourages innovation, creativity, passion, and teamwork. We also celebrate our milestones and support each other every day. Listen to our Udemy Business Leading Up podcast here ➡️ bit.ly/UdemyLeadingUp More about Udemy: — We have more than 73M learners and over ONE BILLION course enrollments on our platform. — More than 75K instructors are teaching over 250K courses in over 75 languages. — We have over 16K enterprise customers and more than half of the Fortune 100 are Udemy Business customers. — Udemy Business customers have access to more than 27K courses, more than 12K of which are in English and more than 15K are in 15 international languages.
2006
MHS Capital
Founding General Partner
Oct 2006
1998
VerticalNet
SVP M&A and Strategic Parnterships
1998
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