Matchstick Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015, investing at the pre-seed and seed stages in founders building what it describes as category-defining companies. The firm operates from Boulder, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a geographic focus on the North and Rockies regions of the United States.
The firm's portfolio encompasses over 100 companies, which have collectively raised billions of dollars in follow-on capital. Its investment approach emphasises early engagement with founders, drawing on the team's own experience as entrepreneurs who have started, scaled, and exited their own companies. The firm states it invests capital alongside time and resources, and positions itself as a first call for many of its portfolio founders.
Matchstick Ventures describes its operating philosophy as "founder-first," an ethos rooted in the team's background as operators rather than solely as investors. The firm's stated emphasis is on building deep, trustworthy, and enduring relationships with the founders it backs.
