Venture Building with Mach49
Think of us as your venture building partners. Got big ideas? We roll up our sleeves and turn them into real, thriving businesses — right inside your own company. We’re there in the trenches with you, bringing the know-how, tools, and hustle to unlock your organization’s untapped growth. Let’s do this. Together.
Venture Investing with Mach49
We’re not just your investment advisors. We’re your strategic growth allies, diving deep into your industry landscape to handpick ventures that sync with your mission and promise strong potential returns. This isn’t about short-term gains. It’s about investments that reshape your future.
Additional Venture Services
Venture Strategy /
Your path to growth asks for a unique-to-you, actionable strategy. But we don’t stop at advising, as strategic as that may be. Grounded in venture practices, we craft executable roadmaps that turn the challenges you face today into the growth opportunities of tomorrow — taking an unpredictable future into account.
VENTURE TURNAROUND /
Do you have ventures stumbling instead of soaring? We’re your pit crew for high-stakes turnarounds. Our track record in operational excellence helps us recalibrate, reignite, or — if it comes to it — gracefully sunset ventures that aren’t panning out.
Growth institute /
This isn’t your average leadership program, it’s your organization’s growth engine. We arm your leaders with the creative firepower to nurture in-house innovators and evangelists, and build a culture where growth isn’t just a metric — it’s a mindset.
CREATIVE + COMMUNICATION /
Get people excited about your growth story. Our in-house design and storytelling wizards elevate your brand from a silent performer to a roaring growth story that can’t be ignored.
BR&ND VENTURES /
Turn your brand into a springboard for creating and growing new ventures, transforming brand equity into tangible assets and sparking exponential growth.
GROWTH ON-DEMAND: SHIFT AI /
Supersized venture building. Our time-tested methodologies and strategies are now available at the click of your cursor — and at a fraction of the cost. Learn how to zero in on real customer problems, cultivate a culture of innovation, and make smart, data-backed decisions for success that scales.
extended experiences /
Extended Experiences is here to make the possible…real. To connect the hype-cycle with the business cycle. To connect actual human beings to new ways of working, living, traveling, and connecting. To bring the future forward and make it tangible.
Our Team
At Mach49, we are your partners and co-founders–not consultants. Our highly experienced team of successful entrepreneurs, VCs, and executives have collectively generated over $80 billion in market cap.

Linda Yates
CEO and Founder


Mark Mitchell
SVP, GCC Region

Mark Melvin
VP, Client Growth

Christian Lindener
Managing Partner,
EMEA Delivery and BMIR

Joseph Aquilina
Sr. Director, MENA
& Strategic Partnerships

Shaima Alshaibani
Business Development Manager
EMEA

Mark Adams
Managing Partner,
Innovation

Chris Cusack
Managing Partner,
Venture Investing

Karen Nassif
Principal Venture Builder,
EMEA
Average M49ers’ work experience
21.5 years
Average M49er’s time as CxO
9.82 years
Number of startups a typical M49er has founded
6
Startups founded collectively by M49 – and running
563
Venture acquisitions / IPOs collectively by M49ers
145 exits
Total funding raised by M49ers for their startups
$6.4B
Share of Fortune 500 M49ers have worked with
292 / 500
M49ers have collectively mentored / supported / advised
1.2k+ startups
Number of VC / Accelerator Funds collectively mentored by M49ers
624 funds