Investing Profile

Marcus Segal

InvestorAngelCEO

Partner at Upshift Capital

Los Angeles, California

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Networks Marcus is a member of

Andreessen Horowitz Network

270 CONNECTIONS

Andreessen Horowitz Network

270 CONNECTIONS

Y Combinator Network

163 CONNECTIONS

Ma Self Network

110 CONNECTIONS

Ma Self Network

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Current Investing Position

Upshift Capital Partner

Investment Range

$5K - $50K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

Marcus Segal is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Advertising (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Seed)MarketingTech (Seed)Media/Content (Seed)Social Networks (Seed)Los Angeles / Southern California E-commerce (Seed)Advertising (Pre-seed)Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed)MarketingTech (Pre-seed)Media/Content (Pre-seed)Social Networks (Pre-seed)E-commerce (Pre-seed)

Marcus Segal's Investments On Record (7)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Cascade	SeedJul 2026$4M	$9.5M
Co-investors: Bill Trenchard (Founder Collective), Jeffrey Silverstein (Andreessen Horowitz), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Stephan Morais (Índico Capital Partners), Matt Penneycard (Ada Ventures), Mark Mullen (Bonfire Ventures), Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap Ventures)
Acceler8	SeedMar 2026
Co-investors: Sunmeet Jolly (Jolly VC)
Myria	Pre SeedMar 2022$2M	$6M
Co-investors: Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Chris Fanini (Weebly), Bryan Frist (HCA Healthcare Physician Services), Eghosa Omoigui (EchoVC Partners), Brad Lewthwaite (ALIC3)
LandVault	Series ASep 2020$2M	$39M
Co-investors: Mathias Ockenfels (Speedinvest), Serik Kaldykulov (Elefund Management Company), Lucas Stoops (Force Over Mass Capital), Sebastien Borget
Tylko	SeedJan 2015$2M	$36M
Co-investors: Mark Williamson (Trinity Ventures), Wojciech Fedorowicz (TDJ Pitango Ventures), Rami Kalish (Pitango Venture Capital), Jos White (Notion Capital), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures)
Drop	Series ASep 2014$7M	$150M
Co-investors: Mark Fernandes (Sierra Ventures), James Currier (NFX), Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Todd Dagres (Spark Capital), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Onsi Sawiris (HOF Capital), Tom Williams (Liqvor Pharmaceutical), Eric Martineau-Fortin (White Star Capital), Guillaume Houzé (Motier Ventures), Nicolas Essayan (Motier Ventures), Adam J. Plotkin (ff Venture Capital), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Tim Chang (Mayfield Fund), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Rick Marini (Catapult Capital), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), David Hornik (Lobby Capital)
TextualAds	SeedDec 2010$650K	$650K
Co-investors: Erik Moore

Marcus Segal's Experience

COO Game Studio Operations Ma SelfPresent

Mentor Ma SelfPresent

Part-Time Partner Ma SelfPresent

VP Operations eMusicPresent

VP Operations & Acting CFO VindiciaPresent

COO Game Studio Operations Zynga GamesPresent

COO Game Studio Operations eMusicPresent

COO, Business Operations ZyngaPresent

COO, Casino Division ZyngaPresent

SVP of Operations ZyngaPresent

Mentor eMusicPresent

Mentor Google Launchpad AcceleratorPresent

Board Advisor PetLabCo.Present

Board Advisor Petlab Co.Present

Board Member ForeVR GamesPresent

Part-Time Partner eMusicPresent

Part-Time Partner Y CombinatorPresent

Partner Upshift Capital Present

Partner Upshift CapitalPresent

Chief Executive Officer ForeVR GamesPresent

Visiting Partner, Speedrun Andreessen HorowitzPresent

Partner at a16z Speedrun Andreessen HorowitzPresent

Marcus Segal's Education

University of California, Santa Barbara BA English

UC Santa Barbara BA English

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