Matthew Stotts

General Partner

2021 - Current

A changing climate changes everything. Climate Change is such an inadequate term. It changes where rain falls, where plants can grow, where life lives, where human habitation is viable. It changes the color of planet, the chemistry of oceans, the shape and safety of coastlines, reroutes ocean currents, alters plant physiology. Climate changes everything. In response, Cerulean Ventures seeks climate solutions at the intersection of for-profit companies, non-profit engagement, and academic research. Our investments focus on mitigating the inputs that cause problems, creating carbon-neutral or net-negative alternatives to GHG pollution and innovating products and economic systems that restore balance and equity to society and our planet. We take an active role at incubators and accelerators, as well as through our growing network. We work at the earliest stages with innovators, inventors, scientists and engineers to help them form and fund the future. We believe the future is bright if we build it. More at www.cerulean.vc

Co-Founder

2018

Our partnership invents and invests in technology to democratize and open the world.

Investment Committee

2016

Lecturer, Technology Management Program

2015

Matthew Stotts is a lecturer on technology-based business models, startup methodologies and the practice of entrepreneurship in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Run from the College of Engineering, UCSB’s Technology Management Program provides driven, innovative, and entrepreneurial students with a solid foundation in business principles and professional skills vital to their success after graduation. Matthew is the founder of Tenor, a strategic consulting firm for private growth companies and investors in the private capital markets.

Co-Founder (COO)

2021 - 2022

Holaplex is building the evolution of commerce on blockchain. Oversaw fundraising, hiring, finance and business development. Currently strategic advisor.

Strategic Advisor

2019 - 2022

AgBiome partners with the Earth’s microbial communities to create products that benefit humans and their environment. We are deeply committed to giving growers tools that allow them to produce abundant, high-quality crops in ways that enhance the global agroecosystem.

Founder

2003 - 2022

Tenor is a strategic consulting firm working in the Private Capital Markets. We advise VC, buyout and alternative asset Fund of Funds on brand building, executive communications, fundraising materials & processes and investor relations with limited partners. As an advisor to venture capital firms, Tenor not only supports fund marketing but also guides and advises portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy. The Tenor team has decades of expertise in developing brand, marketing and growth strategies tailored to unique business models and cyclical market conditions. We have launched and marketed dozens of brands, products and services from two-person startups to Fortune 50 leaders.

Strategic Advisor

2017 - 2020

International market expansion, sector growth strategy and brand development

Past Chair of the Board

2014 - 2020

MIT Enterprise Forum presents monthly special events focused on innovation, business and technology with participants industry leaders like The Trade Desk, Appfolio, Apeel, Inogen, Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, Sonos, SpaceX, Procore, Yardi, QAD and more.

Strategic Advisor

2010 - 2019

Capital Markets branding, sales & marketing