Mark Nelson's mission is to ignite entrepreneurial investment energy in the North Bay, providing educational, financial, experiential, network, and consultative capital to skilled and hungry innovators, while providing unparalleled qualitative and quantitative returns for all constituents. ??In 2013, Mark joined Altus Equity, a boutique Alternative Asset Management Company, and was named Entrepreneur in Residence at Sonoma State University. In the five years prior Mark founded (2009) and operated The Mark Nelson Group, an entrepreneurial capital, advisory and consulting firm.??