Our Investment in Treet
We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Treet. Treet is a software platform that powers peer-to-peer resale for e-commerce brands.
Warmly: How to fundraise over Zoom more effectively
Max Greenwald, co-founder and CEO of Warmly, shares his experiences fundraising amid a global pandemic over Zoom and tips he learned along the way.
How Melanie Fellay From Spekit Is Upending The Way You Work
Melanie Fellay, cofounder and CEO of Spekit, shares in a Crunchbase Q&A about the insight that led to her founding Spekit, her experiences in raising funding as a female entrepreneur, and the importance of corporate values and mission in driving Spekit’s continued success.
Welcoming Nicki Miller as Operations Lead to Matchstick Ventures
We're thrilled to formally announce that Nicki Miller has joined the Matchstick team as an Operations Lead. Nicki has been working with us since March 2020 in various roles and has already added incredible value to the ongoing operations of our firm.
Nicki is an Army veteran who served as a logistics officer in the Army for six years. She'll bring those skills to the firm and keep the trains running on time internally while also working closely with portfolio companies and prospective portfolio companies to ensure we're as organized and responsive as possible.
Our Investment in Showplace
We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Showplace. Showplace is building a modern product sampling and commerce marketplace through short-term rentals.
soona raises Series A from Union Square Ventures
We're excited to share that soona has raised a $10.2M Series A led by Rebecca Kaden at Union Square Ventures. Rebecca wrote an incredible summary of the soona opportunity. soona grew 400% last year as more and more brands look for fast, casual content. We're constantly amazing by Liz, Hayley and the whole soona team. These additional resources will help the company scale technology, marketing and staff to keep up with demand.
Our investment in Milk Moovement
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We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Milk Moovement. Milk Moovement’s proprietary software tracks all milk shipments from producers to processing plants and delivers real-time quality and quantity information to producers, processors, transporters, and cooperatives.
To learn more about Milk Moovement, check out our write up via the link below.
Our investment in Zed
We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Zed. Zed is building the worlds best collaborative code editor.
Spekit raises Series A funding
We're thrilled to share the news of Spekit's Series A, led by our friends Foundry Group and Renegade Partners. With this latest funding round, Spekit will continue to grow their product by developing smarter, more personalized learning experiences and scaling their go-to-market operations. To learn more about Spekit and the future of employee training, please visit spekit.co.
Our Investment in Precog
We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in Precog. Precog is a universal, no-code data connector solution that accelerates the process of getting analytics-ready data from almost any source of record simply and easily to common business intelligence tools.
Forbes: EdTech Startup’s Goal: High-Quality AP Classes For Everyone
From teaching AP History in Oakland, CA to entrepreneur and founder of Fiveable, Amanda DoAmaral has been on a mission to change lives through access to education. Learn more about Amanda and her journey, passions, and goals in this piece on her done by Forbes.
Our Investment in CometChat
We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund II has completed an investment in CometChat. CometChat enables businesses and developers to quickly add voice, video, and text chat to their web apps, mobile apps, and websites using powerful SDKs/APIs and no/low code tools.
Pana acquired by Coupa
We're thrilled to share that Pana is joining forces with Coupa. Congrats to the Pana and Coupa teams!
The Pana team epitomizes hard work, persistence, resiliency and ambition. Their path to this point was anything but linear, but like so many good things, the journey was worth it on it's own. Thanks for including us on the journey!
The New York Times: "You’ve Heard of Ghost Kitchens. Meet the Ghost Franchises."
NextBite, a franchise of Ordermark, is highlighted in this New York Times article explaining the new "ghost franchises" of the restaurant industry. These franchises supply the name, logo, menu, recipes and publicity images to any restaurant owner with the space and staff to make their menu items, in exchange for a cut of sales revenue.
Bloomberg: United Has Your 35-Seat ‘Flight’ Direct to Colorado’s Ski Slopes (Landline)
United Airlines is partnering with portfolio company Landline and trying a new strategy at its Denver hub, selling combined air-bus tickets to Breckenridge and Fort Collins. The expansion into a ski resort town “really shows you the future of our business, this idea that the airport can exist anywhere,” said David Sunde, Landline’s chief executive.
Great work, Landline team! We're thrilled to be a part of your journey.