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Matt Hoffman
Partner & Head of Talent at M13
New York, New York
Overview
Matt Hoffman is a Partner and Head of Talent at M13 in New York, overseeing people operations, talent management, and organizational development. He has successfully invested in companies like Northstar and interviewing.io, showcasing his expertise in startup culture and strategic talent management.
Hoffman's career highlights include his role as a Partner at M13, where he leads talent initiatives, and his investments in notable companies like Northstar and interviewing.io, demonstrating his strong track record in talent management and strategic investments.
Work Experience
Partner & Head of Talent
2019 - Current
M13 believes founders deserve an investor who propels them on their mission of transforming an idea into a successful company, while staying out of their way. This is why we are building a Venture Engine, a full-service venture firm that provides the right people, platform, and partnerships for founding teams to build high-velocity businesses. M13 Ventures injects capital to fuel high-growth, while helping founding teams fill gaps in their businesses through our Propulsion Team, which provides strategic counsel, operational expertise, and a constellation of talent, experts, and resources to accelerate growth. Where we see whitespace in an industry, our Launchpad develops the right founding teams, products, and practices to incubate and launch an idea from inception. Just like the stars of the cluster M13, we believe that together we shine brighter.
M13 provides strategic counsel and operational expertise to help founders grow their companies.
Raised $5,512,500.00 from Manhattan West.
Investor
2022
Mento helps you get what you want out of your job and career. As career paths are rapidly evolving, people need new ways to navigate and manage the workplace. Mento is a career tech company focused on changing how employees and employers interact by providing people with more support, tools, and resources to better manage their careers, their salaries and their daily work.
Mento is a career coaching and mentorship platform.
Raised $7,900,000.00 from AngelList Quant Fund, Twelve Below, Slow Ventures, M13 and NextGen Venture Partners.
SHRM Labs Advisor
2022
SHRMLabs is inspiring innovation to create better workplace technologies that solve today’s most pressing workplace challenges.
The Society for Human Resource Management is the leading provider of resources serving the needs of HR professionals.
Board Observer
2021
interviewing.io lets software engineers practice technical interviewing anonymously and land great jobs in the process. Become awesome at technical interviews, get fast-tracked at amazing companies, and find your next job, all in one place.
Board Member
2020
Northstar was founded with the mission of making personal finance best practices accessible to everyone. We know that personal finances are closely tied to our work – it's the main source of our income and wealth. Our team has been building tools to help employees understand their total compensation and benefits, so they can effectively plan for their future. When employees can see how their compensation and benefits support their life goals, there is a measurable improvement in employee happiness and retention. At Northstar, we believe that financial wellness is integral to employee engagement and is a missing but critical piece of employee benefits today.
Northstar is a financial wellness benefit that makes it easy for companies to offer personalized financial advice about comp and benefits.
Raised $40,350,000.00 from RRE Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Notable Capital, PayPal Ventures, Foundation Capital, M13, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Workday Ventures, Parade Ventures and Designer Fund.
Investor / Advisor
2020
Knoetic gives Chief People Officers superpowers. We are the all-in-one platform built with CPOs, for CPOs. Answer all your top questions in seconds using our powerful people analytics software and exclusive community of 1,000+ top People executives.
Advisor
2020
Ethena is an all-in-one compliance training platform that helps companies create more inclusive work cultures through world-class content and employee relations tools. Ethena’s library of 150+ courses spans topics like Harassment Prevention, Code of Conduct, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption with a 93% approval rating from over 2 million learners.
Ethena is a software-as-a-service that sells anti-harassment training software.
Raised $50,350,000.00 from Felicis, Mathilde Collin, Neo, Gretchen Howard, Jack Altman, Lachy Groom, Claire Hughes Johnson, Homebrew and William Hockey.
Advisor & NYC Lead
2016
PeopleTech Partners is an early stage advisory and investment group that leverages the insights of current People leaders operating in top tier businesses to support the companies in our portfolio. Our thesis is simple: We believe that it’s critical for founders to have key partners that work in the companies their products serve. If founding teams get the right information early enough, their product trajectory accelerates and their businesses thrive.
PeopleTech Partners is a network of business leaders investing time and money into people technology.
Board Observer
2019 - 2024
Bunch.ai is a machine-learning natural-language-processing platform which provides constant feedback about how teams communicate on Slack and MS Teams to help you build healthy team and organizational culture, reduce misunderstandings, and collaborate more effectively.
Bunch AI is an artificial intelligence company that provides leadership coaching services.
Raised $6,598,139.00 from DEPO Ventures, Mediahuis, Inventure, Epic Angels, Rolf Schromgens, 7percent Ventures, M13, Mediahuis, M13 and Atlantic Labs.
Advisor
2019 - 2024
At LifeLabs Learning, we train managers, execs, and teams at 800+ companies in skills that are essential in times of uncertainty (like behaviors of inclusion, leadership, adaptivity & resilience).
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