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Matt Sechrest

Investor / Conservationist

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2019

    Founder, tech investment firm. Platforms founded include: Recurrent ($400M raised) Flexpress ($10M raised) Stealth

  • Venture Partner

    2016

    Founding venture partner, tech VC with $2B under management across 5 funds.

2008

  • Advisor, Global Council

    2008

    Founding member, leading conservation nonprofit focused on biodiversity and nature-based solutions to climate change. Raised over $350M to date.

2018

  • Managing Partner

    2018

    Founder, tech seed angel VC: Apollo ($3M raised) Baton ($14M raised, exit to Ryder, NYSE: R) CenterStage ($5M raised) Colossal ($225M raised) Entrupy ($9M raised) Flexpress ($10M raised) Ivy ($2M raised) JanitorAI ($2M raised) Lineage Logistics (NASDAQ: LINE, $13.8B raised) Lift Aircraft ($22M raised) LoudCrowd ($9M raised) Mud\wtr ($20M raised) Origin Protocol ($32M raised) Public.com ($310M raised) Recurrent ($400M raised) Riffusion ($19M raised) Sabai ($5M raised) Vendelux ($17M raised)

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2007 - 2017

    Founder and seed investor, SaaS digital marketing software. 3 acquisitions completed. Acquired by Upland (NASDAQ: UPLD).

1999 - 2006

  • Vice President, Corporate Development and Venture Capital

    1999 - 2006

    Founding team member, early stage tech VC with $400M under management across 3 funds.

1997 - 1999

  • Investment Banker

    1997 - 1999

    Tech M&A.

  • Investment Banker

    1997 - 1997

    Tech M&A.