Matthew Bloom
Venture Investor | Entrepreneur | Startup Advisor
Matthew Bloom
Venture Investor | Entrepreneur | Startup Advisor
New Haven, Connecticut
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director, Investments
2021 - 2022
CI is consistently ranked as one of the top 25 most active seed/early-stage VC firms in the US by Pitchbook & CB Insights. Investments led at CI: 1Touch.io, Acadian Ventures, Continuity (Acquired by Mitratech), Copyleaks, EyeControl, ReRent, SecBI (Acquired by LogPoint), Service Insight, Shelf.io, Shoplandia, Slooh, Synergio and Zorus Tech. Previous successful investments supported: CyVek ( Acquired by Bio-Techne Corp.; NASDAQ: TECH), PCC Technologies (Acquired by Clearview Capital), iDevices (Acquired by Hubbell Inc.; NYSE: HUBB), Tru Optik (Acquired by TransUnion; NYSE: TRU), and Payveris (Acquired by Paymentus; NYSE: PAY).
Director, Investments
2017 - 2021
Senior Investment Associate
2016 - 2017
Investment Associate
2014 - 2016
Board Member
2020 - 2022
Board Member
2017 - 2022
Board Member
2017 - 2022
Board Member
2021 - 2021
Board Member
2016 - 2021
Board Member
2018 - 2020
Senior Venture Analyst
2012 - 2014
Excell is a seed VC firm investing in high-tech ventures primarily across the greater Western and Upstate NY regions.
Co-Founder & Business Development Manager
2009 - 2011
Creative Bioreactor Design Inc. is a start-up biomedical company focused on accelerating the growth of the regenerative medicine industry by developing and delivering innovative equipment and systems for engineered tissues and organs.