Mark J. Bennett is Managing Director of MJBennett, PLLC. Mark is an entrepreneur, attorney and FINRA-licensed securities professional with 30+ years of experience in structuring, financing and executing sophisticated transactions with an emphasis in real estate and technology. Since 2015, Mark has been involved in the placement of more than $100 million of direct real estate equity financing in the City of Detroit and surrounding suburbs for seven new multi-family construction and significant rehab developments consisting of more than 1,000 units, and a cumulative project value in excess of $400 million. Three of these investments involved Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds under the Opportunity Zone legislation. Mark has started five venture capital backed companies and partnered with others to raise more than $100 million in equity from private equity funds, corporate venture funds, individual accredited investors, family offices and venture capital firms, including Bain Capital. While in law school, Mark founded Toxicheck, which later merged with Environmental Data Resources Inc., the leading national environmental information services company and owner of the largest Sanborn Map Collection.