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Matt Golden

Founder and Managing Partner - Golden Ventures

Toronto, Ontario

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Mobile Games
Mobile Applications
Mobile Advertising
Mobile Enterprise
Start-ups
Mobile Devices
Venture Capital
Strategic Partnerships
Product Management
Entrepreneurship
Mobile Content
Corporate Development
Business Development
Mobile Marketing
Board of Directors
Digital Marketing
Mobile Technology
Management
Wireless
Product Marketing

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2011

    Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.

2012 - 2015

  • Board Observer

    2012 - 2015

2011 - 2015

  • Board Observer

    2011 - 2015

BlackBerry Partners Fund

2008 - 2010

  • Partner

    2008 - 2010

    As a partner in the Blackberry Partners Fund, Matt led and was a board member with three fund investments including: 1. SocialDeck, a Toronto based mobile social games platform and publisher (Acquired by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)) 2. Nexage, a Boston based leading mobile advertising mediation and optimization platform (www.nexage.com) 3. Transpera, a San Francisco based leading mobile video advertising network (acquired by Tremor Media)

  • Corporate Director

    2008 - 2010

    SocialDeck, a Toronto based mobile social games platform and publisher recently acquired by Google.

2009 - 2010

  • Corporate Director

    2009 - 2010

    Nexage, a Boston based leading mobile advertising mediation and optimization platform.

2001 - 2008

  • SVP Sales, Business and Corporate Development and Co-founder

    2001 - 2008

    Matt was a co-founder of Tira Wireless, a leading provider of mobile content deployment technology and services. As SVP Sales, Business Development and Corporate Development, Tira grew to become a recognized industry leader, consistently delivering strong year over year revenue growth and receiving multiple industry innovation and growth awards.

  • Director of Ventures

    2000 - 2001

  • Attorney

    1996 - 2000