Mark Peter Davis
@mpd
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Managing Partner @Interplay: Venture Capital + Accelerator + Studio + Multi-Family Office
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Joined May 2008
What if you approached philanthropy like a startup? The results might shock you and completely rewire how you think about giving. I sit down with the one and only @markgerson, Cofounder and Chair of 3i Members, to dive deep into how you can treat generosity like a capital
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ From 200+ portfolio companies to 9 unicorns, 15 co-founded startups, and a
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What does it take to build a supply chain thatโs truly ethical, not just greenwashed? In this weekโs episode, I sit down with Ryan Ansin to explore how intentionality can be woven into every link of the product lifecycle: - Think beyond profit to purpose - Question where your
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https://t.co/vUno5C9hZk is building not just a marketplace, but a new standard for in-person learning โ integrated, engaging, and high-retention. Weโre honored and excited to partner with Tyler Maloney, Nick O'Brien, and the entire team on the journey ahead as we lead
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Congrats to Tyler Maloney, Nick O'Brien, and the entire TeachMeTo team on their $3M raise as they build the go-to marketplace for in-person lessons across sports, music, and more. The VC team here at @interplay (myself, @Mikeyjrog. @kevinwtung, and Caroline Elliott) is beyond
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Discover the easiest way to learn something new with private lessons tailored for all ages and skills
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There is a small and determined team in California trying to build gun detection systems for K12 schools We are looking for an AI Engineer to deploy deep learning models to detect weapons via 3D point cloud Please consider applying to help save lives - job link in comment
The school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, MN is the 146th shooting at a k-12 school so far in 2025.
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My @8VC partner Sebastian advises HHS; heโs working on the details to make it legal for AI to improve healthcare. Itโs key for our civilization for healthcare to become more affordable, reducing govt spend and debt - which now includes well over $100 TRILLION in promised care.
The formula used to calculate what insurance pays for everything a doctor does in the US has a term for โlaborโ: (Labor+Supplies+Malpractice) * $ CF But AI makes medical expertise available w/o labor. People talk about safety, but payments are a bigger barrier to healthcare AI.
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HAProxy is confirmed as the unshakeable standard for enterprise load balancing in the G2 Winter 2026 Reports! CEO of HAProxy Technologies, Dujko Radovnikovic, notes that these rankings reflect a clear industry shift: organizations are moving away from complex, opaque security
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Robotaxi competition is heating up in Austin. We believe ~300,000 is the optimal number of robotaxis needed to meet urban Austin demand. Tesla could hit this with just ~2 months of production...more in our newsletter below:
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Voice AI is having a moment - where do we go from here? Weโre seeing a surge of AI startups building voice-first productsโand for good reason. Voice agents are now reaching (and in some cases, surpassing) call center-level performance, with faster, more natural, and more
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Big news from the Interplay team: @andybilinsky has joined us as a Partner to lead our Studio. Formerly referred to as our Foundry, our Studio is the division of Interplay that builds new companies from scratch. We come up with ideas internally, diligence them hard and when we
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Increasingly think this might be the most important chart in the world right now
China is on track to install ~20 times more solar in 2025 than the United States. Yeah.
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Yes, capitalism makes the rich richer. It also makes the poor far richer.
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We broke in the new Interplay HQ in true style last week with a Casino Night to remember. To celebrate our fresh NoHo space, we gathered an incredible crew of founders, operators, investors, and friends for a night of high-stakes fun. The chips were flying, the dice were hot,
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Are you a founder looking to fundraise for your company? Are you unsure about what laws and rules need to be followed when raising funding from your friends, family, and angel or venture capital investors? #fundraising #startups
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Are you a founder looking to fundraise for your company? Are you unsure about what laws and rules need to be followed when raising funding from your friends, family, and angel or venture capital...
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On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, changing the course of history. Their courage serves as a reminder of the price of freedom. Let us never forget their heroism and sacrifice. https://t.co/O8L548wQhy
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