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Organization / Workplace
Greater Chicago Area United States
Occupation
Managing Director Ares Management /Co-head Ares Venture Finance
Website
markwking.com
About
Presently, I co-head the Ares Venture Finance team. We provide loans to venture capital backed companies. I wear multiple hats, but try to spend as much time as possible looking for new investment opportunities and helping portfolio companies succeed.
Since 1997, I've been involved in all aspects of venture lending during times of bubbles inflating and subsequently popping. All the way I've been fortunate to work with the same group of professionals at six different companies. It’s been a great ride.
Initially after graduating from Wheaton College in 1988, I worked in international micro lending. So I've always been involved in entrepreneurial finance. The theme of my career is loaning ...
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Presentations
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(24)The Network Effects Bible
NFX
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6 years ago
The Sophisticated Marketer's Guide to Thought Leadership: The Webinar
LinkedIn
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9 years ago
Upfront LP Survey of the Venture Capital & Startup Industry
Mark Suster
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7 years ago
2017 State of the Venture Capital Industry
TrueBridge Capital Partners
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6 years ago
When & How to Raise Venture Capital
New York University
•
8 years ago
Building 500 Startups: #500STRONG
Dave McClure
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10 years ago
VC Evolution: Geeks Got Next
Dave McClure
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11 years ago
Farming Unicorns: Building Startup & Investor Ecosystems
Dave McClure
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7 years ago
Upfront vc analysis 2016
Mark Suster
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8 years ago
U.S. Technology Funding -- What's Going On?
a16z
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8 years ago
Auschwitz Survivors, 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camp
maditabalnco
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9 years ago
10 Productivity Hacks Backed By Science
When I Work
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9 years ago
Social Media Marketing World Sketchnotes – #smmw15
Anne McColl
•
9 years ago
Bill Gross CEO of Idealab
Vator
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9 years ago
How to Build A Social Media Following Like Guy Kawasaki
HubSpot
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9 years ago
Craft the Perfect Posts for the "Big 3" Social Networks
HubSpot
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10 years ago
Design Principles of Excel Dashboards & Reports
Wiley
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9 years ago
Why It's Morning in Venture Capital
Mark Suster
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9 years ago
The Savvy Interviewer’s Guide to Conducting Successful Interviews
OpenView
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10 years ago
Internet Trends 2014 - Redesigned
Emiland
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9 years ago
Changes in Venture Capital (Pioneers, Vienna)
Dave McClure
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10 years ago
Data & Analytics - Session 1 - Big Data Analytics
Amazon Web Services
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11 years ago
What is strategy?
Dr. Marc Sniukas
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14 years ago
Designing for multiple devices - GA London, 14 Jan 2013
Anna Dahlström
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11 years ago
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Greater Chicago Area United States
Occupation
Managing Director Ares Management /Co-head Ares Venture Finance
Website
markwking.com
About
Presently, I co-head the Ares Venture Finance team. We provide loans to venture capital backed companies. I wear multiple hats, but try to spend as much time as possible looking for new investment opportunities and helping portfolio companies succeed.
Since 1997, I've been involved in all aspects of venture lending during times of bubbles inflating and subsequently popping. All the way I've been fortunate to work with the same group of professionals at six different companies. It’s been a great ride.
Initially after graduating from Wheaton College in 1988, I worked in international micro lending. So I've always been involved in entrepreneurial finance. The theme of my career is loaning ...
Tags
chicago
startup
entrepreneurship
venture capital
See more