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Erthos: The New Standard for Sustainability
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Matt Golden
Managing Partner at Golden Ventures
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Matt Golden is the Founder and Managing Partner of Golden Ventures in Toronto, Ontario, with a background in mobile technology, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and strategic partnerships. His career highlights include investing in successful companies like Wattpad and SkipTheDishes, and serving on the boards of Yesware and Wattpad, showcasing his expertise in building and supporting innovative startups in various sectors.
Matt Golden has a strong track record of investing in and supporting early-stage companies, with notable successes in companies like Wattpad and SkipTheDishes, while also serving on the boards of Yesware and Wattpad, demonstrating his expertise in fostering growth and innovation in the startup ecosystem.
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2011 - Current
Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.
Board Observer
2012 - 2015
Board Observer
2011 - 2015
Partner
2008 - 2010
As a partner in the Blackberry Partners Fund, Matt led and was a board member with three fund investments including: 1. SocialDeck, a Toronto based mobile social games platform and publisher (Acquired by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)) 2. Nexage, a Boston based leading mobile advertising mediation and optimization platform (www.nexage.com) 3. Transpera, a San Francisco based leading mobile video advertising network (acquired by Tremor Media)
Corporate Director
2008 - 2010
SocialDeck, a Toronto based mobile social games platform and publisher recently acquired by Google.
Corporate Director
2009 - 2010
Nexage, a Boston based leading mobile advertising mediation and optimization platform.
NEXAGE offers a mobile advertising platform that provides private and public exchanges, data enrichment, and real-time targeting solutions.
Raised $19,500,000.00 from Relay Ventures, GrandBanks Capital, Singtel Innov8 and Hearst Ventures.
SVP Sales, Business and Corporate Development and Co-founder
2001 - 2008
Matt was a co-founder of Tira Wireless, a leading provider of mobile content deployment technology and services. As SVP Sales, Business Development and Corporate Development, Tira grew to become a recognized industry leader, consistently delivering strong year over year revenue growth and receiving multiple industry innovation and growth awards.
Director of Ventures
2000 - 2001
Attorney
1996 - 2000
Education
LLB/MBA
1992 - 1996
Bachelor of Arts
1989 - 1992
Investments
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