/ GCVI SUmmit 2025
See you in Monterey
March 18-20, 2025
Find us at the Summit!
Meet Our Team
We'd love to connect with you at GCVI. In addition to our sessions and events, find the Mach49 team at our booth and the Mark Thomas room.
Kevin Ye
Managing Partner
Dave Blakely
EVP
Mark Simoncelli
CRO
Patrick Fitzgerald
Partner
James Macon
Partner
What We Do
Mach49 partners with global companies to build and scale their growth engines through venture building, investing, and strategic transformation. We focus on execution, helping clients disrupt markets and create new ones.
Venture Building
Big ideas? We turn them into fully-fledged businesses within your company, working with your team to unlock untapped growth.
Venture Investing
We’re not just your investment advisors. We’re your strategic growth allies, focusing on long-term impact and future-shaping returns.
Venture Strategy
Our actionable roadmaps go beyond advising—grounded in real-world execution, we turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s growth opportunities.
Consumer Brand Ventures
Transform your brand into a powerhouse for launching and scaling ventures, turning intangible equity into real, profitable assets.
Growth Institute
Custom programs that empower your entire workforce to drive innovation and business transformation. We help build growth engines and enhance capabilities across your organization for lasting impact.
Shift AI
Shift AI is your catalyst for action. When ventures stall or strategies fall flat, Shift AI reignites momentum and drives breakthrough results, helping teams think bigger, move faster, and leap forward.
Sports Ventures
We’re transforming the sports world, uncovering opportunities that strengthen teams, empower athletes, engage fans, and build community impact.
Venture Driven Growth Stories
Acquire the Next Unicorn
Real estate developer buys, partners, and invests to secure disruptive growth.
Invest in Ventures that Return Multiples
Iconic global tire company starts thriving Corporate Venture Capital Fund with VC veterans.
Build a Strong Future with a Growth Factory
Tech giant systematically launches new ventures into the market at breakneck speed.
Develop a Growth Mindset
Japanese electronics conglomerate builds growth capabilities and venturing skills with the Growth Institute.
Incubate the Next Billion-dollar Business Within
French energy leader uses unique corporate resources to build new ventures.
Brand Your Growth Initiatives Right
Electronics multinational strongly positions itself as global EV leader.
Perspectives
Turning ideas into thriving businesses takes new, fresh perspectives. Here, we offer a few. From people who have been building and investing in ventures for decades, corporate innovation teams that are just getting started, and your potential customers. Some perspectives shared are unusual, most are provocative, all will get you thinking about venture-driven growth.
