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Matter Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

An accelerator and seed fund exclusively for media startups focused on innovation in journalism, storytelling, and publishing.

How Matter Ventures invests

Matter Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Matter Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Matter Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Socratic, PushBlack.

Meet the Team

CF

Corey Ford

Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SO

Socratic

Education Publishing
PU

PushBlack

News & Journalism
How to pitch Matter Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Corey Ford, Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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