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Lenard Marcus

General Partner

Lenard began his career at Edison in 2005 and serves as General Partner. He leads investments in our Healthcare IT and Enterprise Solutions sectors, where he launched and leads Edison’s cybersecurity sub-sector.

Lenard has over 20 years of growth investment and operations experience, and has led 10 financings, including nine new investments. Lenard has served as a director of 11 companies for Edison and is active in the Mid-Atlantic venture community, serving as a board member for the Maryland Venture Fund and Greater Baltimore Technology Council.

Before joining Edison, Lenard worked at Princeton eCom, IBM Global Services, and Wachovia Securities.

BS, Industrial Engineering, Stanford University

MBA, Columbia Business School, concentration in Finance and Management

 

What Makes You Say "Let's Go"?

The nexus of a strong market opportunity and a team that is prepared to tackle that challenge.

 

Fun Fact

In my youth, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan on an all-star baseball team.

Hobbies

My three boys are starting to get into sports…so at home right now I'm a coach/teacher/trainer.

Edison Origin Story

Chris Sugden and I worked together at Princeton Ecomm before he joined Edison. Following business school, I reached out to him for advice on a job offer I had in hand. Chris' response, "We're hiring. Why aren't we talking?"

First job

I worked at ChiChi's Mexican restaurant in Baltimore. I quickly learned how candid and surly people can be. Three weeks in, I had enough.