About me
Marco Rubin is a highly regarded investment professional within the venture capital industry with a track record of value creation and ecosystem building in challenging environments.
Marco serves as a board member to numerous privately held portfolio companies and leads seed and early-stage investments. There he leads energy, aerospace and defense tech investments into Virginia’s fastest growing seed and early-stage startups. Since inception in 2004, the entire portfolio consists of over 350 direct equity investments earning the organization with the distinction as "Virginia's Most Active Investor" by CBInsights.
Marco was also founder of Monumental Venture Partners, LLC (MVP) making investments in security, information technology, telecommunications, software and medical devices sectors. MVP produced acquisitions of portfolio companies to Dolby Labs and Level 3 Communications. Marco began his investment corporate career as the founding Director of MCI New Ventures.
Marco began his career at NASA training astronauts at the Johnson Space Center. He holds an MBA from The George Washington University and a BSEE from the University of New Mexico. Marco has been a National Science Foundation SBIR reviewer as well as an NSF SBIR grant winner. He currently serves on the National Venture Capital Association’s energy working group.
