Marc Weiser
Managing Director, RPM Ventures
Marc Weiser is a founder and Managing Director of RPM Ventures. At RPM, he is involved with the boards of BountyJobs, OpenLane, RiverGlass, TetraVitae, QuantumLearning Technologies, and Xtime. He was previously involved with the boards of Entegrity Solutions, R4 Global Services, Applimation, and QuantumShift.
Mr. Weiser has significant entrepreneurial experience in the technology industry as a founder of Web-based telecommunications management and services firm QuantumShift, a venture backed company that raised more than $140 million. At QuantumShift, he was the executive in charge of early technology and e-commerce systems development. In addition, he was one of the first employees at MessageMedia, where he was a member of the road show team for its Initial Public Offering. While at MessageMedia, he pioneered some of the original methods for e-commerce transactions and assisted in launching the first Internet merchants. He has also spent time in business development for Dell Computer Corporation and was an associate at Arbor Partners, an early stage e-commerce venture capital fund based in Ann Arbor.
Mr. Weiser serves on the board of McKinley Associates, a $1.5 billion real estate company and is an active member on the board of The Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. He is an advisor to the Wolverine Venture Fund, a student led venture fund at the University of Michigan Business School and is on the board of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. He is an investor and advisor to a number of non-technology companies and was named to Crain's Detroit Business 2006 "40 Under 40" list.
Weiser graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering and earned his Master's degree in Business Administration with highest distinction from the University of Michigan. He lives in Saline, Michigan, with his wife, and 2 children.
Tony Grover
Managing Director, RPM Ventures
Tony Grover is a founder and Managing Director of RPM Ventures. He has a strong operating background with over 15 years of private equity, manufacturing, and technical knowledge with experience spanning a wide array of industries and corporate settings. At RPM, Grover is involved with the boards of Arbor Photonics, Eden Park Illumination, Performix and Mobius Microsystems. He was previously involved with the boards of FLX Micro, ShareThis and VizionWare.
Before co-founding RPM Ventures, Grover was Vice President at White Pines Ventures, a $100 million early stage technology focused venture capital firm. In this capacity, he was responsible for investments in telecommunications, enterprise software, and Internet sectors.
Prior to joining White Pines Ventures, Grover was co-founder of Promotum, an Internet-based promotions, marketing, and services company that raised seed capital from Pandesic, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and SAP. He was responsible for developing corporate strategy, managing day-to-day operations, and leading technical development.
Grover obtained finance, engineering and manufacturing experience serving as a business and cost analyst with Intel Corporation and as a manufacturing engineer for Cummins Engine Company.
Grover also serves on the advisory boards of the University of Michigan Frankel Commercialization Fund, a pre-seed investment fund established to identify and accelerate the commercialization of ideas generated within the University of Michigan community, and the Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative (MUCI) Challenge Fund, a pre-seed fund that provides awards to commercialization projects at Michigan’s research institutions as part of a program designed to enhance technology transfer.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and graduated from the Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Business with a Masters in Business Administration. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and two sons.
Tim Street
Analyst, RPM Ventures
Tim Street is an analyst at RPM Ventures. Prior to joining RPM Ventures, Street was an Industry Manager with Frost & Sullivan’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Division in Palo Alto, CA and Seattle, WA. He managed all aspects of Frost & Sullivan’s Space & Communications Group, including P&L responsibilities, business development, operations, and consulting services. While at Frost & Sullivan, he led engagements with a number of the world’s largest satellite companies including Intelsat, Hughes Networks Systems, Iridium Satellite, and Boeing. He achieved significant new revenue growth in the Group, and managed the team across multiple countries (U.S., France, Germany, and Singapore). Street has also been quoted numerous times in Via Satellite, BusinessWeek, Satellite News, Communications Daily and other industry publications.
Street holds a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife.
