Matrix

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, supporting companies from the ideation phase through Series A funding. Matrix Partners focuses on various sectors, including applied artificial intelligence, B2B SaaS, digital health, fintech, and sustainable hardware. The firm prides itself on building long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, leveraging a team of former founders and experienced investors to foster significant, industry-leading companies. With a strong portfolio that includes notable investments like Oculus, Zendesk, and Afterpay, Matrix Partners has contributed to the success of numerous businesses, helping many achieve initial public offerings and profitable mergers and acquisitions. The firm combines local market knowledge with a global perspective, consistently ranking among the top venture firms in terms of returns to its investors.

Ben Altshuler

Partner

Barrows, Timothy A.

General Partner

Berlin, Diana Kimball

Partner

Doherty, Phyllis

Administrative Partner

Ferri, Paul J.

Co-Founder

Harry Man

Partner

Kojo Osei

Partner

Qian, Kun

Managing Director

Ru, Brian

Venture Partner

Bo Shao

Founding Managing Partner

Stalder CPA, CPA, Dana C.

General Partner

David Su

Founding Managing Partner

Sukhar, Ilya

General Partner

Sun, Linghao

Managing Partner

Huadong Wang

Partner

Kevin Xiong

Partner

Michael Zuo

Partner

Past deals in Coworking

Accord

Series A in 2023
Accord is a customer collaboration platform built for high-growth sales leaders who need to hit scaling rev targets & build a repeatable process. Our dedicated workspaces between buyer & seller drive engagement on everything needed to consistently build strong partnerships: - Shared next steps & milestones to align on / track together - A resource hub to avoid sorting through 100+ email threads for a doc - Stakeholder mgmt to make sure the right ppl are looped in at the right time - All integrated into CRMs like Salesforce for enhanced pipeline insights.

15Five

Series C in 2022
15Five is the strategic performance management platform that drives action and impact, helping businesses and their people thrive. HR leaders are empowered with data-driven insights and guided recommendations, while people managers are transformed into changemakers, all within the flow of work, accelerating employee engagement, performance, and retention. 15Five combines the power of generative AI, custom analytics and human-centered principles in a complete platform including 360° performance reviews, actionable engagement surveys, robust goal & OKR tracking, customizable manager coaching and training, and ongoing manager-employee feedback tools like guided 1-on-1s and check-ins. HR leaders, managers, and employees at over 3,500 companies rely on 15Five daily, including Credit Karma, HubSpot and Pendo. Learn more at www.15Five.com.

Bench3D

Angel Round in 2022
Bench3D speed up the product development process by bringing engineers, designers, PMs, clients, suppliers together around the same CAD model. Exchange ideas, review models, make decisions, and move forward.

Gaiaworks

Series D in 2020
GaiaWorks is a workforce management system developer. GaiaWorks' solution integrates time and attendance, intelligent scheduling, lean working hours, labor optimization to simplify compliance, control labor costs, improve satisfaction and productivity for organizations.

15Five

Series B in 2019
15Five is the strategic performance management platform that drives action and impact, helping businesses and their people thrive. HR leaders are empowered with data-driven insights and guided recommendations, while people managers are transformed into changemakers, all within the flow of work, accelerating employee engagement, performance, and retention. 15Five combines the power of generative AI, custom analytics and human-centered principles in a complete platform including 360° performance reviews, actionable engagement surveys, robust goal & OKR tracking, customizable manager coaching and training, and ongoing manager-employee feedback tools like guided 1-on-1s and check-ins. HR leaders, managers, and employees at over 3,500 companies rely on 15Five daily, including Credit Karma, HubSpot and Pendo. Learn more at www.15Five.com.

Owl Labs

Series B in 2019
Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company revolutionizing how the world communicates through inclusive and immersive video experiences. Built for modern organizations, we’re dedicated to empowering hybrid and remote teams with our award-winning collaborative technology and product suite.

Gaiaworks

Series C in 2019
GaiaWorks is a workforce management system developer. GaiaWorks' solution integrates time and attendance, intelligent scheduling, lean working hours, labor optimization to simplify compliance, control labor costs, improve satisfaction and productivity for organizations.

15Five

Series A in 2018
15Five is the strategic performance management platform that drives action and impact, helping businesses and their people thrive. HR leaders are empowered with data-driven insights and guided recommendations, while people managers are transformed into changemakers, all within the flow of work, accelerating employee engagement, performance, and retention. 15Five combines the power of generative AI, custom analytics and human-centered principles in a complete platform including 360° performance reviews, actionable engagement surveys, robust goal & OKR tracking, customizable manager coaching and training, and ongoing manager-employee feedback tools like guided 1-on-1s and check-ins. HR leaders, managers, and employees at over 3,500 companies rely on 15Five daily, including Credit Karma, HubSpot and Pendo. Learn more at www.15Five.com.

Stanza Living

Venture Round in 2018
Stanza Living is a shared living concept that is seeking to disrupt the multi-billion-dollar student housing and co-living market in India by putting the new-age migrant consumer at the heart of the product and service design, development, and execution. At 55,000 beds under management, across 14 cities, it is India's largest shared living company. As a full-stack, end-to-end managed, tech-enabled operator, Stanza Living is focused on delivering a hassle-free daily living experience to consumers. The company is backed by global investors like Equity International, Falcon Edge Capital, Sequoia India, Matrix, Accel Partners, and Alteria Capital. Stanza Living was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Uoko.com

Series C in 2018
Uoko.com, operated by Sichuan UOKO Investment Management Co. Ltd., is an online property leasing platform based in Chengdu, China, founded in 2012. The platform specializes in apartment rental services, targeting young students and professionals in second-tier cities like Chengdu and Wuhan. Uoko.com offers standardized long-term rental apartments while also providing comprehensive property management solutions for homeowners. These services include post-rental offerings such as cleaning, maintenance, and renovation, enabling homeowners to effectively monetize their vacant properties. By focusing on high-quality rental options and community-oriented after-sales services, Uoko.com aims to meet the needs of urban rental groups and enhance the overall rental experience.

Slab

Seed Round in 2018
Slab is a knowledge hub for the modern workplace. We help teams unlock their full potential through shared learning and documentation. Slab features a beautiful editor, blazing fast search, and dozens of integrations like Slack, GitHub, and G Suite.

Cobot

Series B in 2017
Wuhan Cobot Technology is a Chinese intelligent robot manipulation system provider, offering solutions for companies in the industry of electronics, food, apparel, grocery, pharmaceuticals to build industrial robots. Its products include unsorted grasping system, force controlled polishing system and drag teaching system.

Misspao

Series A in 2017
Misspao is a Chinese start-up developing fully-automated mini fitness room. Users can find and make reservations for nearby Misspao fitness room via mobile app, and enter the room by scanning their smartphones. Each of the fitness rooms is equipped with one treadmill, air cleaner, solar power supply system and Internet-connected TV for entertainment.

Gaiaworks

Series B in 2017
GaiaWorks is a workforce management system developer. GaiaWorks' solution integrates time and attendance, intelligent scheduling, lean working hours, labor optimization to simplify compliance, control labor costs, improve satisfaction and productivity for organizations.

Misspao

Angel Round in 2017
Misspao is a Chinese start-up developing fully-automated mini fitness room. Users can find and make reservations for nearby Misspao fitness room via mobile app, and enter the room by scanning their smartphones. Each of the fitness rooms is equipped with one treadmill, air cleaner, solar power supply system and Internet-connected TV for entertainment.

Owl Labs

Series A in 2017
Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company revolutionizing how the world communicates through inclusive and immersive video experiences. Built for modern organizations, we’re dedicated to empowering hybrid and remote teams with our award-winning collaborative technology and product suite.

Wujie Space

Series A in 2017
Wujie Space is a Beijing-based co-working space start-up.

Cobot

Series A in 2017
Wuhan Cobot Technology is a Chinese intelligent robot manipulation system provider, offering solutions for companies in the industry of electronics, food, apparel, grocery, pharmaceuticals to build industrial robots. Its products include unsorted grasping system, force controlled polishing system and drag teaching system.

Gaiaworks

Series B in 2017
GaiaWorks is a workforce management system developer. GaiaWorks' solution integrates time and attendance, intelligent scheduling, lean working hours, labor optimization to simplify compliance, control labor costs, improve satisfaction and productivity for organizations.

Gaiaworks

Series A in 2016
GaiaWorks is a workforce management system developer. GaiaWorks' solution integrates time and attendance, intelligent scheduling, lean working hours, labor optimization to simplify compliance, control labor costs, improve satisfaction and productivity for organizations.

Koding

Series B in 2015
Koding is a San Francisco based technology company that works with Local IDEs and delivers instant developer collaboration. It saves thousands of dollars per hire with instant dev environment setup, and remote pair-programming and chat built-in. Even just 2 days a year is a huge cost when their entire team can't work. With Koding, everyone has a completely identical dev environment. Koding eliminates their localhost and sandbox environment issues and let's just focus on their production DevOps. Koding's collaboration features allow them to pair-program with your friends and colleagues by allowing to them share (in real-time) their web-based IDE, Terminal, and white board. Koding also features a robust developer community. Users can share ideas, get questions answered, and learn new things from the social aspects of Koding.

Uoko.com

Series B in 2014
Uoko.com, operated by Sichuan UOKO Investment Management Co. Ltd., is an online property leasing platform based in Chengdu, China, founded in 2012. The platform specializes in apartment rental services, targeting young students and professionals in second-tier cities like Chengdu and Wuhan. Uoko.com offers standardized long-term rental apartments while also providing comprehensive property management solutions for homeowners. These services include post-rental offerings such as cleaning, maintenance, and renovation, enabling homeowners to effectively monetize their vacant properties. By focusing on high-quality rental options and community-oriented after-sales services, Uoko.com aims to meet the needs of urban rental groups and enhance the overall rental experience.

15Five

Seed Round in 2014
15Five is the strategic performance management platform that drives action and impact, helping businesses and their people thrive. HR leaders are empowered with data-driven insights and guided recommendations, while people managers are transformed into changemakers, all within the flow of work, accelerating employee engagement, performance, and retention. 15Five combines the power of generative AI, custom analytics and human-centered principles in a complete platform including 360° performance reviews, actionable engagement surveys, robust goal & OKR tracking, customizable manager coaching and training, and ongoing manager-employee feedback tools like guided 1-on-1s and check-ins. HR leaders, managers, and employees at over 3,500 companies rely on 15Five daily, including Credit Karma, HubSpot and Pendo. Learn more at www.15Five.com.

Seafile

Angel Round in 2013
Seafile is a next-generation office document platform, functioning as a company’s document center that can improve work. Seafile is a tool for establishing a document management center in a company’s private cloud environment. It has three functions: file syncing and sharing, team collaboration, and mobile office. There are workspaces for individuals, groups, and companies where files can be organized into libraries and shared and a library like a root directory where each library can be shared and synced separately.

Pencil Labs

Venture Round in 2013
Pencil Labs is a startup in Boston that created Wyth. Wyth is a calendar + messaging app that helps you make plans, naturally. Use Wyth on your iPhone to message anyone and Wyth will intuitively suggest the dates, times, and places that work for the people you want to see. Wyth gets you, and gets smarter the more you use it.

Koding

Series B in 2012
Koding is a San Francisco based technology company that works with Local IDEs and delivers instant developer collaboration. It saves thousands of dollars per hire with instant dev environment setup, and remote pair-programming and chat built-in. Even just 2 days a year is a huge cost when their entire team can't work. With Koding, everyone has a completely identical dev environment. Koding eliminates their localhost and sandbox environment issues and let's just focus on their production DevOps. Koding's collaboration features allow them to pair-program with your friends and colleagues by allowing to them share (in real-time) their web-based IDE, Terminal, and white board. Koding also features a robust developer community. Users can share ideas, get questions answered, and learn new things from the social aspects of Koding.

Circle Inc

Angel Round in 2011
Circle is the app that answers the question, "Who’s Around You?" Know when your friends & networks are nearby, wherever you are, no matter where you go. Circle tells you when your friends, or people from your networks (college, work, hometown, professional group, etc.), are near you. You'll be magically notified whenever they're around. Circle is an award-winning app, featured by Apple in over 50 countries and many of the top press publications.

Turnstone Systems

Venture Round in 1999
Turnstone aims to help entrepreneurs leverage their culture and their space to accelerate business results, and help them activate startups. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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