Matthias Turck
Managing Director at FirstMark Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2013 - Current
Investor in early-stage startups, mostly seed and Series A, anywhere in the US and Europe. Some companies I work with, in one capacity or another (board member, board observer, investor): ActionIQ, Ada Support, Astronomer, ClickHouse, Cockroach Labs, Crossbeam, Dataiku, DCG, Estuary, Helium, Hyperscience, Lago, Ledger, Nextmv, Pigment, Quickwit, Softr, Sparta, Statespace, SurrealDB, Synthesia, Upgrade.
FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs making their mark on the world.
Host & Organizer
2011
In depth conversations with leaders in data, ML and AI, in two formats: * Data Driven NYC: in person monthly events in New York. With 110+ events organized since 2011 and 20,000+ members, Data Driven NYC has become the largest community of its kind in the United States. * The MAD Podcast: a podcast-only spin-off of Data Driven NYC, with weekly episodes available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Data Driven NYC is a community of big data, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and data-driven products.
Organizer
2013 - 2020
Organizer and host of Hardwired NYC, a 7,000+ person community focused on frontier tech and emerging computing platforms: IoT drones, robotics, AR/VR, 3D printing, space, etc. [on hiatus since the pandemic]
Hardwired NYC is a social community that connects leaders, customers and individuals to share ideas related to technology.
Managing Director
2008 - 2013
Bloomberg Ventures (which has now morphed into Bloomberg Beta) was the initial incubation and venture arm of Bloomberg L.P.
Senior Director
2005 - 2008
Joined Oracle as Senior Director following the acquisition of TripleHop Technologies. Focused on launching new products globally (product, GTM, partnerships), in several categories, including enterprise search (Oracle SES) and collaboration (Oracle Collabsuite).
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Co-Founder, President & COO
2000 - 2005
Co-founded enterprise search software startup, led product and GTM efforts. Our software MatchPoint used AI Bayesian techniques to search, classify and manage unstructured data. Company was venture-backed and headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Paris. Acquired by Oracle to accelerate Oracle's efforts in enterprise search (MatchPoint became Oracle Secure Enterprise Search).