Mark Solon

Mark brings 18 years of financial management and investing experience to his current position as Managing Partner of Highway 12 Ventures. In 1995 he co-founded Atlantic Capital Group, a private equity firm in Marblehead, Massachusetts that focused its activities in two primary areas: providing seed and early-stage private equity funding to companies worldwide, and delivering financial consulting for local governments and companies in the former Soviet Union. Mark went on to found Boise, Idaho-based Highway 12 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in high-growth, entrepreneurial companies in the Intermountain West. With over $100 million under management, Highway 12 is Idaho's largest venture capital firm. Mark is active in the Boise community and has served as President of the Board of Directors of the Discovery Center of Idaho and on the Board of Trustees of the Nature Conservancy of Idaho, and currently serves on The Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence.