Subsequently, he established HBD Venture Capital Company, engaged in business incubation and venture capital. He also founded the shuttleworth Foundation, a non-profit organization, which aims to promote social progress and provide funds for some South African education projects.
In March 2004, he founded Canonical Limited, dedicated to promoting free and open source software and providing commercial services.
On April 25th, 2002, Mark went into space as a civilian astronaut aboard the TM-34 spacecraft of the Russian Federation, which cost 20 million US dollars and won worldwide attention. After two days' voyage, the Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station. During his eight days in the space station, he participated in the experiment of AIDS vaccine and genetic research. On may 5, return to earth. For this voyage, Shette Voss spent a year in pre-training and preparation, including seven months in Moscow Star City.
During his stay in space, he and nelson mandela and a South African girl 14-year-old Michelle Foster (she also proposed to him! ) to communicate. Mark tactfully evaded this request, calling it "his honor" and then continued the dialogue. The "Realizing Dreams" Foundation provided this kind of contact opportunity for the critically ill Miss Foster, who died of cancer two days later.
In the 1990s, Mark was one of the early developers of Debian.
In 200 1 year, he established the shuttleworth Foundation, which is a project dedicated to developing social creativity and funding South African open source software for education.
In 2004, he returned to the GNU/Linux world and funded the development of Ubuntu Linux through his Canonical Limited Company.
In 2005, he established the Ubuntu Foundation, providing10 million USD as an emergency reserve to maintain Ubuntu operation.
In 2006, he became the top sponsor of KDE.
Mark has been to China, Peking, Shanghai and other places to attend meetings.