Matrix

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm established in 1977, with offices in San Francisco, Cambridge, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, and Bangalore. The firm focuses on seed, early-stage, late-stage, and growth capital investments across various sectors, including software, communications, artificial intelligence, fintech, digital health, and clean technology. With a commitment to building long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, Matrix Partners aims to support visionary founders in developing significant, industry-leading companies. The firm has a strong track record, having participated in hundreds of investments, with many of its portfolio companies achieving successful IPOs or profitable mergers and acquisitions. The team at Matrix Partners combines local insights with global expertise, comprising both former entrepreneurs and seasoned investors.

Ben Altshuler

Partner

Tim Barrows

Partner

Diana Kimball Berlin

Partner

Rahul Chaudhary

Venture Partner

Pranay Desai

Managing Director

Phyllis Doherty

Administrative Partner

Paul J. Ferri

Co-Founder

Jacob Jolis

Partner

Patrick Malatack

Partner

Harry Man

Partner

Kojo Osei

Partner

Kun Qian

Managing Director

Brian Ru

Venture Partner

Varun Singhal

Senior Associate

Dana Stalder

General Partner

David Su

Founding Managing Partner

Ilya Sukhar

General Partner

Sun Linghao

Managing Partner

Huadong Wang

Partner

Kevin Xiong

Partner

Michael Zuo

Partner

T.J. Parker

Partner

Past deals in NFC

Cygnusemi

Series A in 2022
Cygnus Semi is a semiconductor chip technology company that focuses on 5G IoT applications.

Flock Safety

Series E in 2022
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

Flock Safety

Series D in 2021
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

Flock Safety

Series C in 2020
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

Flock Safety

Series B in 2020
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

QFPay

Series C in 2019
QFPay provides businesses with mobile payment technologies and value-added services. QFPay has been partnering with various mobile wallet providers including Alipay, WeChat Pay, China UnionPay, among others, servicing over 1 million+ merchants across Asia and executing over 500 million mobile payment transactions totaling USD30 billion+ in transaction value over the last 6 years.

Nice

Series D in 2019
Nice allows users to add labels, stickers and screens to photos that they share on social networks. It currently has close to 10 million registered users. First launched in October 2013 by a team of fashionistas turned developers, nice soon found a niche of like-minded users who enjoyed tagging their clothes with the app. Touted as "China's Instagram", Nice has become the leading photo sharing app in mainland China. Nice has a very active and young audience and also has steady international growth, with multi-lingual interface options available in its settings.

SENASIC

Series B in 2019
SENASIC is a company based in Shanghai, China, established in 2015, that specializes in the research, development, manufacture, and supply of tire pressure monitoring sensors and other high-performance chips for automotive and industrial IoT applications. Its product lineup includes various tire pressure sensors, such as the SNP729, SNP705, and SNP739, which measure parameters like pressure, temperature, and power supply voltage, as well as the wireless-SNJ306, a sensor ASIC chip equipped with multiple integrated functionalities. SENASIC has developed expertise in low-power microcontrollers, high-precision analog-to-digital converters, and RF transmission, reflecting their commitment to quality and reliability in sensor technology. The company's automotive tire pressure sensors adhere to AEC-Q10 standards, underscoring their focus on meeting automotive industry requirements.

Flock Safety

Series A in 2018
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

Flock Safety

Series A in 2018
Flock Safety is a crime-fighting technology company that specializes in developing wireless security systems for neighborhoods, law enforcement, and municipalities. Founded in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company designs outdoor cameras equipped with machine-learning algorithms to automatically capture images and record the license plates of vehicles passing through monitored areas. This technology not only aids local police by providing essential data when crimes occur but also proactively alerts officers when stolen vehicles enter a neighborhood. By enabling residents to share critical information with law enforcement, Flock Safety enhances community safety and assists in crime prevention efforts.

Nervos

Series A in 2018
Nervos Network, founded in 2018 and based in Hangzhou, China, offers a hybrid blockchain solution that integrates a public blockchain with an application chain to facilitate the development and deployment of decentralized applications. The core component of the Nervos Network is the Common Knowledge Base (CKB), a layer 1 proof-of-work blockchain that allows for the secure storage of any crypto-asset while supporting smart contracts and layer 2 scaling solutions. This design ensures the security, immutability, and permissionless nature akin to Bitcoin while providing a unique crypto-economic model that captures the total network value. Nervos aims to provide enterprises with a robust framework of interoperable protocols within a public blockchain ecosystem, enabling secure and efficient management of decentralized applications.

Fastback Networks

Series C in 2015
Fastback Networks was founded with a vision to deliver innovative technology for the mobile infrastructure of the future, enabling network operators to deliver new services, tap new markets and monetize a new generation of mobile applications. With insights derived from the collective team's vast experience building leading edge radio and data networking solutions, Fastback Networks looked at the challenges of 4G/LTE deployment with fresh eyes and better ideas, and developed a transformational solution that enables the acceleration of next generation mobile services.

Nice

Series B in 2014
Nice allows users to add labels, stickers and screens to photos that they share on social networks. It currently has close to 10 million registered users. First launched in October 2013 by a team of fashionistas turned developers, nice soon found a niche of like-minded users who enjoyed tagging their clothes with the app. Touted as "China's Instagram", Nice has become the leading photo sharing app in mainland China. Nice has a very active and young audience and also has steady international growth, with multi-lingual interface options available in its settings.

Nice

Series A in 2014
Nice allows users to add labels, stickers and screens to photos that they share on social networks. It currently has close to 10 million registered users. First launched in October 2013 by a team of fashionistas turned developers, nice soon found a niche of like-minded users who enjoyed tagging their clothes with the app. Touted as "China's Instagram", Nice has become the leading photo sharing app in mainland China. Nice has a very active and young audience and also has steady international growth, with multi-lingual interface options available in its settings.

Fastback Networks

Series B in 2013
Fastback Networks was founded with a vision to deliver innovative technology for the mobile infrastructure of the future, enabling network operators to deliver new services, tap new markets and monetize a new generation of mobile applications. With insights derived from the collective team's vast experience building leading edge radio and data networking solutions, Fastback Networks looked at the challenges of 4G/LTE deployment with fresh eyes and better ideas, and developed a transformational solution that enables the acceleration of next generation mobile services.

Fuze Network

Series A in 2012
Fuze Network, founded in 2010 and based in Salt Lake City, is a payments technology company that streamlines the movement of money onto U.S. bank-issued cards. By utilizing Fuze Network's API, users can pay credit card bills, reload prepaid cards, and deposit funds to debit cards with ease. The company, founded by industry veteran Dave Wilkes, partners with card issuers like Citi Bank and First Premier Bank to enhance card usage and utility. Fuze Network's platform simplifies transactions by requiring only the card number, thereby eliminating the need for manual entry of personal information and reducing errors. It empowers cash-preferred and self-banked consumers by providing efficient tools for managing their finances, allowing them to transact and deposit funds at their convenience. The technology also offers merchants and billers a solution for facilitating payments at banks and retail locations.

Niupai

Venture Round in 2011
Niupai is a Chinese company that offers a mobile social networking service specialized in helping users connect with friends. Users can keep in touch with their old friends and get to know new people through personal space, online social networking, and communication services provided by Niupai's app. The app has a built-in video authentication mechanism to make sure that every profile picture is real.

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.

Nauticus Networks

Series B in 2002
Nauticus Networks, Inc. is a networking company that creates powerful infrastructure products to deliver the next generation Internet. The new generation of application switches enables enterprises and service providers to deliver high performance network and security services.

Nauticus Networks

Series A in 2001
Nauticus Networks, Inc. is a networking company that creates powerful infrastructure products to deliver the next generation Internet. The new generation of application switches enables enterprises and service providers to deliver high performance network and security services.
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