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Eric Mattson

CEO & Founder at Vigorous Ventures

Seattle, Washington

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • CEO & Founder

    2022

    Vigorous Ventures is a digital holding company and startup studio.

2017 - 2022

  • Angel Investor

    2017 - 2022

    [Not currently investing] Angel Investment Portfolio: Banzai (Going public), Give InKind (Acquired), RevelHMI (winding down), VendorHawk (acquired), Klatu, StormSensor, ioCurrents, Sound Commerce, Crelate, HeroClip (acquired), Staging & Design Network (out of business), SunFly, SHM (out of business) & Onboard Dynamics (sold stake).

2019 - 2021

  • CEO & Founder

    2019 - 2021

    Tried to launch an global series of conferences focused marketing innovation, over 800 interested companies before COVID shut the company down

2008 - 2016

  • CEO

    2008 - 2016

    Former CEO and co-owner of The Finovate Group. Finovate runs a global series of conferences that showcases the latest innovative financial and banking technologies. Successfully sold the company to Informa in April 2016.

2006 - 2007

  • Strategy Consultant

    2006 - 2007

    Strategy consulting for clients in the event, publishing, research and eCommerce markets.

2003 - 2005

  • Marketing Analyst

    2003 - 2005

    Managed B2B direct marketing, market research and marketing analytics

  • Analyst

    2002 - 2003

    Analyzed strategic issues in the networking, software, and telecom industries