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Matthew Nash

Vice President at Silversmith

Boston, Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $125,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President

    2021

    Growth equity investor focused on partnering with entrepreneurs across SaaS and information services

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

2021 - 2021

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2021

2018 - 2021

  • Associate

    2018 - 2021

    Growth equity investor focused on partnering with entrepreneurs across tech-enabled services

2018 - 2021

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2021

    Acquired by L Squared Capital Partners and Leonard Green Partners

2015 - 2018

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2015 - 2018

    Select M&A Transaction Experience: • $830M reverse merger of Rimini Street (RMNI) with GP Investments Acquisition Corp. (GPIA) • $687M sale of Exar (EXAR) to MaxLinear (MXL) • $250M sale of GigPeak (GIG) to Integrated Device Technology (IDTI) • $145M sale of iML, a Division of Exar, (EXAR) to Beijing E-Town Capital • $50M sale of Global Equipment Services to Kimball Electronics (KE) Select Financing Experience: • $170M follow-on offering for Alteryx (AYX) • $145M IPO of Alteryx (AYX) • $140M convertible preferred refinancing of Rimini Street (RMNI) • $86M IPO of Appian (APPN) • $77M follow-on offering for Appian (APPN) *Between July 2015 - June 2017 was based in the San Francisco, CA TMT group

2012 - 2015

  • EagleTech, Student Technology Specialist

    2013 - 2015

    Provided technical assistance to students, staff, and faculty of Boston College, including but not limited to: laptop troubleshooting, software troubleshooting, and data recovery

  • Portico Teaching Assistant

    2014 - 2014

    Advised first semester freshmen within the Carroll School of Management through the introduction to business/business ethics course of Portico

  • Undergraduate Faculty Research Fellow

    2012 - 2013

2014 - 2014

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    Built detailed financial models, valuation analyses, and board of director-level presentation materials for a variety of technology businesses

2013 - 2013

  • Sales Compensation Intern

    2013 - 2013

    Analyzed sales compensation plans for the global, 17,000-person Cisco sales force using Excel models to determine optimum level of commission based compensation for use in fiscal year end decision making

  • Researcher

    2013 - 2013

    A highly competitive, admitted field study course at Boston College which focused on strategy, entrepreneurship, and venture financing within the technology industry. A major theme within this course was the path of scaling from a start-up to a blue chip company, and all phases in-between. The course included a comprehensive examination, an in-depth research paper, and on site visits at over 20 Silicon Valley technology and venture capital firms including: Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Square, Zynga, Highland Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, among others