# Matter Venture Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Matter Venture Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 8 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Matter Venture Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 8 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $450M, Sept 2026 VC firm

Seed Series A Hardtech Semiconductor Deep Tech

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**100%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **8** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$105M** Rounds led **4 of 8** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Matter Venture Partners highlights

- 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 88% of its rounds
- 03 Led 4 rounds

## What they do

> We’re a hands-on venture firm purpose-built to support founders developing technologies that matter most – in the actual world. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Hardtech Semiconductor Deep Tech
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[Warp Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/warp-sciences)** Series A · US · Analytics India Magazine **$215M** With 27 others
- **Oct** **[VEIR](https://millionrounds.com/company/veir)** Series C · US · Baruch Future Ventures **$110M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Delos Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/delos-data)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$100M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[TYLsemi](https://millionrounds.com/company/tylsemi)** Seed · Ventureburn **$43M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Rhoda AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhoda-ai)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$450M** With 9 others
- **Mar** **[Eridu](https://millionrounds.com/company/eridu)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$200M** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[ChipAgents](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipagents)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$74M** *Led*
- **2025** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Kargo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kargo)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$18M** *Led*

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 registration **2 named**

MC **Mel C Tang** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

WH **Wen Hsuan Hsieh** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **6** 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$670M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Matter Venture Partners, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 327181

New fund on file

**$450M**

raised in Sept 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$105M** the round, not its cheque

Led 4 of 8 rounds **50%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *6*
- Seed said *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) 2
- [John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr) 2
- [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) 2
- [MediaTek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mediatek) 2
- [PremjiInvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/premji-invest) 2
- [Socratic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/socratic-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Matter Venture Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Capricorn Investment** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group)[**John Doerr** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr)[**Mayfield Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield)[**MediaTek** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mediatek)[**PremjiInvest** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/premji-invest)[**Socratic Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/socratic-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Matter Venture Partners put money into.

[**VEIR** $110M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/veir)[**Delos Data** $100M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/delos-data)[**TYLsemi** $43M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tylsemi)[**Rhoda AI** $450M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhoda-ai)[**Eridu** $200M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eridu)[**ChipAgents** $74M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipagents)

## Quick answers about Matter Venture Partners

### What does Matter Venture Partners invest in?

Matter Venture Partners invests most often at Series A and Seed (88% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hardtech, Semiconductor and Deep Tech.

### How active is Matter Venture Partners?

8 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Matter Venture Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Warp Sciences (Series A, Oct 2026), VEIR (Series C, Oct 2026) and Delos Data (Series A, Sept 2026).

### How big are Matter Venture Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $105M.

### Does Matter Venture Partners lead rounds?

Yes: it led 4 of its 8 investments on record (50%).

### Where does Matter Venture Partners invest?

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

### Is Matter Venture Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Matter Venture Partners invest alongside?

Most often Capricorn Investment (2 rounds together), John Doerr (2 rounds together) and Mayfield Fund (2 rounds together).

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