Marwan Hassoun
Private Equity Investor at MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund
Profile
Marwan is the Director of Partnerships and has been a mentor with Sandbox since 2016.
He is responsible for assisting UM6P in launching the Sandbox sister program (Explorer) in Morocco that is developed in collaboration with Sandbox.
His responsibilities include the outreach of the program beyond the boundaries of MIT to provide wider opportunities for the MIT students internationally.
Marwan has over 30 years of high-tech industrial, academic, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, and innovation Experience.
He has founded, co-founded, launched and managed multiple technology startups over the last 22 years (VC and privately funded) and has been involved in successful exist strategies with several of them and has been involved on both sides of mergers and acquisitions.
He was involved in funding research at several universities.
Marwan has served as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at both Iowa State University and Tufts University and has served as an external advisor for PhD students at the University of Texas at Austin.
Marwan earned his BS from South Dakota State University and his MS and PhD from Purdue University all in Electrical Engineering.
He is a named inventor on 50+ US and international patents and has been focused on advising technology companies, especially startups, and law firms on technology and IP strategies including methodologies for maximizing the return on investment of their intellectual property, patents and trade secrets
Marwan Hassoun active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund
 MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Investment ManagersFinance MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund (MIT Sandbox Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 01/09/2020 |
Former positions of Marwan Hassoun
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
KeyEye Communications, Inc.
 KeyEye Communications, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology KeyEye Communications, Inc. develops and markets multi-gigabit transceivers for interconnections between networking, computing and storage equipment. The company's transceivers communicate over copper cables such as the Category 5e/6 cables. It has product design centers in San Jose, California and Minneapolis, Minnesota. KeyEye Communications was founded in 2001 by Stephen McConnell and is headquartered Sacramento, CA. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 11/11/2008 |
RocketChips, Inc.
 RocketChips, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., RocketChips, Inc. develops ultra-high-speed CMOS mixed-signal transceivers serving the networking, wireless, and wired telecommunications. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. RocketChips was acquired by Xilinx, Inc., part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from February 15, 2022 on November 10, 2000 for $227.39 million. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| XILINX, INC. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | - |
Training of Marwan Hassoun
| South Dakota State University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Purdue University | Doctorate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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KeyEye Communications, Inc.
KeyEye Communications, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology KeyEye Communications, Inc. develops and markets multi-gigabit transceivers for interconnections between networking, computing and storage equipment. The company's transceivers communicate over copper cables such as the Category 5e/6 cables. It has product design centers in San Jose, California and Minneapolis, Minnesota. KeyEye Communications was founded in 2001 by Stephen McConnell and is headquartered Sacramento, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Xilinx, Inc.
 Xilinx, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Xilinx, Inc. engages in the design and development of programmable logic semiconductor devices and the related software design tools. It also provides design services, customer training, field engineering, and technical support. The company was founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V. Barnett in February 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Electronic Technology |
RocketChips, Inc.
RocketChips, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., RocketChips, Inc. develops ultra-high-speed CMOS mixed-signal transceivers serving the networking, wireless, and wired telecommunications. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. RocketChips was acquired by Xilinx, Inc., part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from February 15, 2022 on November 10, 2000 for $227.39 million. | Electronic Technology |
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Investment ManagersFinance MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund (MIT Sandbox Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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