Matt Sechrest
Managing Partner at Maviato
Matt Sechrest
Managing Partner at Maviato
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2019 - Current
Founder, tech investment firm. Platforms founded include: Recurrent ($400M raised) Flexpress ($10M raised) Stealth
Venture Partner
2016
Founding venture partner, tech VC with $2B under management across 5 funds.
Advisor, Global Council
2008
Founding member, leading conservation nonprofit focused on biodiversity and nature-based solutions to climate change. Raised over $350M to date.
Managing Partner
2018
Founder, tech seed angel VC: Apollo ($3M raised) Baton ($14M raised, exit to Ryder, NYSE: R) CenterStage ($5M raised) Colossal ($225M raised) Entrupy ($9M raised) Flexpress ($10M raised) Ivy ($2M raised) JanitorAI ($2M raised) Lineage Logistics (NASDAQ: LINE, $13.8B raised) Lift Aircraft ($22M raised) LoudCrowd ($9M raised) Mud\wtr ($20M raised) Origin Protocol ($32M raised) Public.com ($310M raised) Recurrent ($400M raised) Riffusion ($19M raised) Sabai ($5M raised) Vendelux ($17M raised)
Chief Executive Officer
2007 - 2017
Founder and seed investor, SaaS digital marketing software. 3 acquisitions completed. Acquired by Upland (NASDAQ: UPLD).
Vice President, Corporate Development and Venture Capital
1999 - 2006
Founding team member, early stage tech VC with $400M under management across 3 funds.
Investment Banker
1997 - 1999
Tech M&A.
Investment Banker
1997 - 1997
Tech M&A.
Education
BA
1994 - 1997