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Matthew Colford

Investment Partner at Human Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Matthew Colford is an Investment Partner at Human Capital, with a background that includes founding GSBuilds and serving as a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He has invested in companies like Nominal at various stages, focusing on sectors such as FinTech and Consumer Internet in the San Francisco Bay Area. With an impressive educational background including an MBA and JD from Stanford University, Colford has held roles at prestigious organizations like the U.S. Department of State and The White House, showcasing a diverse and accomplished career trajectory.

Work Experience 

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Human Capital

  • Investment Partner

    2021 - Current

    Human Capital partners with exceptional founders, deploying capital and building teams of the highest caliber at scale.

Human Capital is an Information Technology & Services company.

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GSBuilds

  • Founder

    2020

    The definitive platform for thousands of GSB founders & startups -> gsbuilds.co | gsbuilds.substack.com

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Applied Intuition

  • GM

    2018 - 2020

    One of the first 10 employees & helped to scale the company, managing a variety of different functions

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Andreessen Horowitz

  • Partner

    2016 - 2018

    Backing & working with some of the world's best founders

Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.

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U.S. Department of State

  • Special Assistant & Policy Advisor

    2014 - 2015

    • Chief representative to the White House National Security Council Staff on issues related to Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), atrocity prevention, and human rights. • Managed USUN’s relationship with the U.S. government interagency in highly complex policy debates, including U.S.-Cuba normalization, the Ebola crisis, and counter-ISIS strategy.

Helps formulate U.S. policy on the prevention of, responses to, and accountability for mass atrocities.

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The Hoover Institution, Stanford University

  • Author

    2015 - 2015

    Co-author with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, of "Warriors and Citizens: American Views of our Military" (Hoover University Press 2015). Research for Secretary Condoleezza Rice

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The White House

  • Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

    2012 - 2012

    Liaison to state and local officials on policy issues ranging from transportation infrastructure to disaster relief

Council on Environmental Quality works in the development of environmental policies.

whitehouse.gov
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U.S. Department of State

  • U.S. Embassy Rabat

    2012 - 2012

    Dabbling in the foreign service

Helps formulate U.S. policy on the prevention of, responses to, and accountability for mass atrocities.

state.gov

Education 

Investments 

Nominal

Seed

Total funding: $37M

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