Marc is a Venture Partner at Vantage Point Venture Partners in San Bruno, Ca. Prior to moving into venture capital Marc spent over 25 years in technology based startups serving in executive roles in both technical and business capacities. Most recently Mr. van den Berg spent 10 years in the Semiconductor capital equipment and materials business at both ATMI Inc. and Microbar Incorporated.

Previously he held executive technical and operations positions in the Environmental Capital Equipment business at Purus Incorporated, joining the company at its initiation and helping it grow through its Initial Public offering.

Early in his career he spent a decade developing advanced Excimer lasers as platforms for a broad array of industry applications at XMR Inc.

Marc’s educational background includes a BSEE from Santa Clara University in 1983. Marc joined Vantage Point Venture Partners in 2006 in support of the Clean Tech Investment team and focuses on investments in renewable energy, alternative fuels and advances in electrical effeciency. Investments range from very early stage startups to later stage growth capital. Marc serves on the boards of a few of Vantage Point’s portfolio companies and is active participant in the Clean Tech community and is on the board of Santa Clara University’s business and engineering schools.