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Mark I. Lee ⚡

Go-getter · DISC type d
Founder & CEO at MarqVision (YC S21)
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Mark I. Lee is the Founder and CEO of MarqVision, an AI-powered platform protecting global brands from counterfeiting and digital piracy. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, he leverages his past experience at McKinsey & Company to drive his Y Combinator-backed startups mission to protect intellectual property online.

While studying trademark law at Harvard, Mark was struck by the scale of the global counterfeit market. This inspired him to pivot from a legal career to entrepreneurship, founding MarqVision to address the challenges of online brand protection that traditional methods could not solve, a mission he remains deeply involved in.

He founded MarqVision after seeing a growing problem in brand protection as AI tools made it easier than ever for counterfeiters to create fake listings.

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Current Role
Founder & CEO
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Mark shows up

Vision Oriented
Fast-Paced
Direct & Candid

They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Mark cares about

AI in Brand Protection
His company's core mission is using proprietary AI to automate the detection and removal of counterfeit goods and pirated content from over 1,500 online platforms.
Intellectual Property Law
With a JD from Harvard Law School, he was inspired to start his company after learning the scale of the $3 trillion global counterfeit market in a trademark law course.
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Career

Work history

6-2020
Founder & CEO
MarqVision (YC S21)
1-2019
CEO & Co-Founder
MarqVision (YC S21)
11-2015 - 12-2018
Head of Product
HonestFund
11-2015 - 12-2018
Head of Product
HonestAI
11-2013 - 11-2015
Consultant
McKinsey & Company
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Doctor of Law - JD
Harvard Law School
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Harvard University
MarqVision (YC S21)
Y Combinator
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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