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Matt Robinson

Managing Partner and Founder of Heroic Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

Matt Robinson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Heroic Ventures in Palo Alto, California, specializing in venture capital investments in early-stage startups in sectors like AutoTech, Impact, and Robotics. With a strong background in corporate development and business strategy, he has successfully invested in companies like Nikkl and Totum Labs, demonstrating his expertise in identifying and supporting promising ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner & Founder

    2016 - Current

Heroic Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm.

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

Winnie is a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed by a trusted community of parents and providers.

Raised $15,500,000.00 from Unusual Ventures, April Underwood, Reach Capital, Day One Ventures, Impact America Fund, Afore Capital, K50 Ventures, Rethink Impact and Ludlow Ventures.

  • Investor

    2016

Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides ethical life insurance.

Raised $413,960,000.00 from SoftBank Vision Fund, FootPrint Coalition, Roc Nation, Arrive, Google Ventures, Dreamers VC, GoldenArc Capital, General Catalyst, Vetamer and Glade Brook Capital Partners.

  • Investor

    2017

  • Investor

    2015

Course Hero is a digital learning platform helping students and educators master their classes.

  • Investor

    2016

Sunbit offers pay-over-time technology that allows users to finance everyday expenses by dividing payments into manageable installments.

Raised $1,124,970,000.00 from JP Morgan, Waterfall Asset Management, Mizuho Bank, Citi, Ares Management and Waterfall Asset Management.

  • Investor

    2022

Realtime Robotics develops a platform for robots to function seamlessly across deployments with minimal programming.

Raised $71,525,000.00 from Mitsubishi Electric.

  • Investor

    2023

Clarity is transforming how governments, communities, and businesses understand and respond to air pollution with Sensing-as-a-Service.

Raised $16,714,327.00 from Soundproof Ventures, The Climate Syndicate, Spero Ventures, Volta Circle, HAX, Amasia, Ayala Corporation, LAUNCH, Jugal Kathrecha and SOSV.

  • Investor

    2017

Truework is a one-stop platform that helps banks, lenders, and others verify income and employment.

Raised $118,900,000.00 from TransUnion.

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