Matthew Lydecker
Leading Investments for Luma Launch
Santa Monica, California
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner
2023 - Current
Partner
2014 - 2023
Luma Launch invests in high impact, early-stage startups. We provide community and strategic mentorship, partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs.
Luma Launch is a pre-seed/seed stay early-stage technology venture capital firm.
Investor
2019
Balloon unlocks the true value of collaboration by removing cognitive bias, group dynamics, and fears from organizations and teams.
Raised $4,558,000.00 from Michael Shor, VITALIZE Venture Capital, DataPower Ventures, Alex Daniels, Wavemaker Partners, Wefunder, Canaan Partners, Adam Goldstein, Jacqueline Barrett and Streamlined Ventures.
Investor
2019
Investor
2018
Trust & Will is the leading digital estate planning and probate platform.
Raised $48,000,000.00 from Sahin Boydas, AARP and Halogen Ventures.
Investor
2018
Signal Zero is an entertainment software and technology company founded by Tobias Batton in 2013.
Investor
2018
Clinical trials run on Citrus
Raised $5,341,895.00 from One Way Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Mucker Capital, Telegraph Hill Capital, LaunchCapital, Vivek Kumar, Potential VC, Luma Launch and PLG Ventures.
Investor
2018
Catalog makes software tools for production teams and commercial content for consumer brands.
Raised $2,500,000.00 from Moonshots Capital, Luma Launch and Techstars.
Investor
2018
Gimme Radio is a digital music platform designed for passionate music fans.
Raised $4,035,000.00 from Goodwater Capital.
Investor
2017
Boulevard is a business management platform developed to help streamline the operations of appointment-based businesses.
Raised $108,000,000.00 from Point72 Ventures, BoxGroup, VMG Partners, Index Ventures, Toba Capital and Bonfire Ventures.
Investor
2017
Retina uses artificial intelligence to turn enterprise data into insights.
Raised $10,500,000.00 from Alpha Intelligence Capital and Vertical Venture Partners.