Mark Lydon

Mark Lydon is a Bay Area-based venture capital investor who served as a Managing Director at Intel Capital until the end of 2024. During his two-decade tenure at the firm, he oversaw more than $500 million in investments and acted as a voting member of the investment committee, focusing on autonomy, robotics, edge computing, and the Internet of Things. His portfolio management included backing robotics startups like Figure AI, alongside notable exits such as Rapid Bridge's acquisition by Qualcomm and Vocera Communications' initial public offering. Before his venture career, he held management positions across engineering and business development at a telecommunications firm and began his professional trajectory as an engineer at IBM. Equipped with an electrical engineering degree from California Polytechnic University, Lydon focuses on identifying and scaling transformative deep technology and mobility enterprises.