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Matthew Berman

Google (Programmatic, Apps) | Angel Investor (Bombas, Jolie, Visible Hands, Sway, Local Infusion) | Advisor (Serac Ventures)

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $150,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $75,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2020

  • Senior Programmatic Lead

    2023

  • Account Executive, Programmatic Media

    2020 - 2023

    Apps vertical programmatic lead consulting on strategy and media sales

  • Advisor

    2024

    Serac Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in a diverse community of founders building a different future. We've observed that oftentimes the best outcomes come from people with non-traditional backgrounds who bring a different perspective to solve problems. Serac Ventures was started to back these founders and identify innovative technologies that create long-term value for founders and investors.

  • Angel Investor

    2022

  • Limited Partner

    2021

    Visible Hands is an investment firm with a 14-week full-time fellowship program that supports underrepresented talent in building technology startups by providing company building services and investments of up to $200k. 55 investments in Fund I including Aura, Parfait, Hearth, Noula,& TANGapp

2021

  • Investor

    2021

    Jolie is a beauty wellness company focused on purifying the quality of your water for better skin, hair, and wellbeing.

  • Investor

    2021

    Returnmates’ mission is to fully digitize online returns; therefore, making the process as seamless as the purchase. With just a few clicks, Returnmates cuts out the most stressful part of online returns — having to leave your home. As a result, online shoppers are able to remove the inevitable uncertainty surrounding their purchases.

2014

  • Investor

    2014

    Bombas (www.bombas.com) is a growing, energetic sock start-up, featuring athletic-leisure socks engineered and designed to look better, feel better and perform better, with a mission to help those in need. Purpose built for athletic performance and designed for extreme leisure, each section of a Bombas sock has been carefully created to improve on years of sock complacency in the industry and change the way people think about socks. Because socks are the #1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters in the US, for every pair of Bombas purchased, we donate a pair to someone in need. It's the reason we started this company and the motivation to keep designing and producing better socks

2008

  • Investor

    2008

    BrightLot is the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for automobile dealerships, auctions, and manufacturers. Its hardware and web-based software solution offers real-time, automated vehicle locations and inventory management on a single lot, multiple lots, and in buildings. Its solutions also offer vehicle security alerts and automated workflow status updates, which increase employee productivity, promote new and used vehicle sales, and reduce administrative costs. Its customers range in size from 60 vehicles in a single lot to 1,800 vehicles across multiple lots.

2018 - 2020

  • Senior Director, Head of Programmatic

    2018 - 2020

2017 - 2018

  • Director, Programmatic Strategy & Partnerships

    2017 - 2018