Ep. 38 Mark Gartner, Principal, Head of Investment Development at ClearLight Partners

Key Takeaways:

• If you aren’t transparent online, people are going to wonder why.

• In VC, it’s part of the culture to experiment and push boundaries—in PE, it should be.

Mark Gartner rejoined ClearLight in 2014 to lead the deal sourcing function for the firm and has over 10 years of experience helping private equity funds find and close on investment opportunities. Before rejoining ClearLight, Mark led deal sourcing for American Infrastructure Funds, a $1.5 billion private investment firm focused on investments in the energy, infrastructure and real property sectors.

Mark previously served as an Associate and Senior Associate with ClearLight where he was a founding member of the firm’s Investment Development Group and also assisted with transaction due diligence, execution and portfolio company governance. Before ClearLight, Mark executed sell-side M&A transactions as an Analyst in Houlihan Lokey’s Basic Industrial Group.

Mark graduated with a BA in Economics and a Minor in Spanish from Duke University.

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