Recent news from our
‍portfolio and fund

Congrats to the CometChat team on this next raise.

We are excited to announce our investment in Great Sky! The team spent a decade developing a superconducting optoelectronic network, or SOEN, which uses light to communicate data, while GPUs use electrons. This chip can process videos more than 1 million times faster than conventional models running on standard GPUs, with less energy.

We are thrilled with the opportunites that are made possible with Orijin's acquisition of Honest Jobs.

The acquisition unites Orijin’s education, rehabilitation, and workforce preparation platform with Honest Jobs’ national employer network and reentry technology, creating the only comprehensive end-to-end pathway connecting incarceration to meaningful employment.

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We are thrilled to announce our investment in Automate.clinic who builds clinical teams from their physician network, steeped in AI training, who handle post-training refinement and evals—using their medical expertise to systematically improve model accuracy.

We are excited to share that Branch, the workforce payments platform, and Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), the operator behind Union Square Cafe and The Modern, are both redesigning the financial touchpoints that shape everyday life.

We are excited to share that Reema, a Twin Cities startup that connects hard-to-reach patients with community-based care navigators, raised $19 million to grow its footprint.

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We are thrilled to be a part of Mentium's journey to bring AI digital workers to freight brokerages and logistics.

We're thrilled to announce Zed's $32M Series B led by Sequoia Capital with participation from existing investors, bringing their total funding to over $42M. Their ultimate vision is a new way to collaborate on software, where conversations about code remain connected to the code itself, instead of being tied to aging snapshots or scattered across different tools.

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We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund IV has completed an investment in Juno. Juno is the all-in-one platform for guest travel and expense. This is the second time Matchstick is backing this team, with a successful exit already under their belt, a deep understanding of the industry, and a long-standing relationship with these founders, it was easy to back them again.

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We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund IV has completed an investment in Paperstack, a fintech company providing non-dilutive working capital to fast-growing, omni-channel e-commerce brands.

We are excited to announce that Matchstick Fund IV has made an investment in Locate.ai! Locate is the first tech-enabled brokerage that combines real estate expertise from top brokers in our industry with the science of unparalleled artificial intelligence.

We are thrilled to share two exciting pieces of news for Freeplay AI! They announced $5.6M in new funding and the full general availability launch of Freeplay, including their new free tier. Now anyone can access the same powerful tools for prompt management, experimentation, evaluation, observability, and data review that have become mission-critical to leading tech companies ranging from top startups to the Fortune 100.

We are thrilled to share that Matchstick Fund IV has made in investment in Cast Finance. Cast is smarter, faster finance for growing businesses; finance pros and technologists working together to build a firm that delivers beyond expectations. We’ve known the Cast team for over 10 years, having been involved in their prior companies and built a belief in their ability to execute, big vision and desire to win. They’re great people we’re lucky to back again in hopes of building an iconic company in Denver.

We are excited to announce that long time startup leader, investor and friend Nicole Glaros has joined Matchstick Ventures. Nicole brings deep expertise, sharp instincts, and a founder-first mindset that aligns perfectly with our values. Please join us in welcoming Nicole to the team. We couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead.

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We are excited to share the news that Kipsu, a leader in frontline customer experience software, has announced the acquisition of Lodgistics, a cutting-edge hotel operations software that revolutionizes the way hoteliers manage day-to-day operations, streamline workflows, and enhance guest services.