Mark Santora

Active Investor

UC Irvine Foundation Board of Trustees at UC Irvine

Los Altos, California

Mark Santora, UC Irvine Foundation Board of Trustees at UC Irvine is an active investor based in Los Altos, California. This profile covers what Mark Santora backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Mark Santora is an Angel Investor. Mr. Santora served as Chairman at Panzura. He most recently served on the Board of Directors of Topio, an enterprise software replication company acquired by NetApp in 2006. Prior to Topio, Mark spent over ten years at NetApp. He served in various executive sales and marketing roles, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Before NetApp, Mark was a director at Crescendo Communications. Earlier in his career, Mark was a director at MIPS Computer Systems (IPO in 1989) and held various sales positions at Sun Microsystems (IPO in 1986) and Data General Corporation. Mark holds a BS degree in Business and Computer Science from Westminster College.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechBiotech & PharmaClimate & EnergyEdTech
Location: Los Altos, California
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 7

Notable investments

Cisco SystemsCrescendo CommunicationsVicom SystemPanzuraDeAnza College Scholars ProgramMIPS TechnologiesTopio

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