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Matter

Last cheque observed Dec 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $7.0M, May 2016Accelerator

Pre-seedSeedSeries AVoiceAudioVideo

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 6 on record
Since the last cheque3982days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$1.6MRounds led0 of 6Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch Matter

Matter highlights

  1. 01

    6 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $50K

What they do

The page is about a journalism leadership program at Columbia Journalism School, not about investment.From their own website
Type
Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Up to $50K as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
VoiceAudioVideo
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances

  1. 2015

    4 rounds

  2. Dec
    StringrSeed · US$1.5MWith 2 others
  3. Nov
    The History ProjectSeed · US$2.0MWith 3 others
  4. Sept
    NuzzelSeed · USUndisclosedWith 6 others
  5. May
    NewsWhipVenture · US$1.6MWith 15 others
  6. 2014

    1 round

  7. Feb
    Eureka KingSeed · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  8. 2013

    1 round

  9. Oct
    needmadeSeed · US$50KSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

CFCorey FordManageriFiling they signed
JSJake ShapiroManageriFiling they signed

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Quick answers about Matter

What does Matter invest in?

Matter invests most often at Seed and Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Voice, Audio and Video.

How active is Matter?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2015.

How big are Matter's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.6M.

Does Matter lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Matter invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is Matter investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2015.

What kind of investor is Matter?

Matter is an accelerator based in San Francisco, United States.

Has Matter raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2016, reporting $7.0M raised.

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