Mark Friday

Mark Friday is a Managing Director at Cathexis Ventures based in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in early-stage venture capital investments across diverse markets. Before assuming his current leadership position, he began his institutional investment career at the affiliated multi-strategy investment firm Cathexis Holdings. Prior to transitioning into the venture capital and private equity industry, Friday worked professionally as an electrical engineer. In his current capacity, he directs capital allocation across a broad array of high-growth technology sectors, operating with an investment mandate that remains both sector and geography agnostic. His primary investment portfolio targets emerging startups developing technologies in digital health, financial technology, enterprise software, robotics, artificial intelligence, marketplace platforms, SaaS, and deeptech. Friday leverages his technical engineering background to evaluate complex software and hardware platforms, maintaining a current focus on scaling early-stage technology enterprises.