Matchstick Ventures
Boulder, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota · Invests in US; North America · Website
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World-changing companies can be built anywhere. Partner with ambitious, underdog, diverse founders in underserved ecosystems. Founder-first relationships: we work for them. Capital + camaraderie + connections + community.
Likely not a fit for
Consumer social games, pure hardware plays, geographically narrow founders
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
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Recent activity
- May 2026
Dalton Mills
Seed · Participated
- Mar 2026
Great Sky
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
Automate.Clinic
Seed · Lead
- Oct 2025
Automate.Clinic
Seed · Lead
- Jul 2025
Paperstack
Seed · Lead
- Jun 2025
Locate.ai
Seed · Lead
- Jun 2025
Juno
Seed · Lead
- May 2025
Cast Finance
Seed · Lead
Matchstick Ventures in the news
Tech Funding News
US startup Saile bags $2.2M led by Matchstick Ventures to unify staffing, credentialing, and payments for doctors
3 months ago
FinSMEs
Saile Raises $2.2M in Pre-Seed Funding
3 months ago
Business Wire
Great Sky Unveils Brain-like Computing Architecture Built for the Next Era of AI
5 months ago
Failory
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8 months ago
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Top 14 API Venture Capital Firms (2026)
8 months ago
FreightWaves
Exclusive: Mentium raises $3.2 million to bring modern technology to freight brokerages
11 months ago
TechBuzz News
Pageport Launches AI-Powered CRM Slant, Raises $3.3M Seed Round
Aug 2025
Fortune
North American VC assets under management are set to grow 38% in five years—slower than the previous five
Jul 2025
Pulse 2.0
Frate: Toronto-Based Retail Returns Automation Company Raises C$3.6 Million
Oct 2024
citybiz
Frate Secures $3.6M CAD Seed Round
Sep 2024
PR Newswire
Two Boxes Secures $5.3M in Oversubscribed Funding Round
Sep 2024
FinSMEs
Liminal Raises Additional Funding
Jun 2024
TechCrunch
Freeplay wants to help companies test and build LLM-powered apps
Nov 2023
The Cap Times
Madison startup for saving NICU babies is heading to Silicon Valley
Aug 2023
Business Wire
All-in-One Digital Lending Platform Presta Raises $3.3 Million in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Funding Round Led by Distributed Ventures
Mar 2023
The Business Journals
Boulder software startup raises $3M seed round led by local VC firm
Oct 2022
The Business Journals
Manufacturing software startup Fulcrum raises $18.8M, emerging from stealth
Oct 2022
The Business Journals
Denver-based chat startup CometChat raises $10M Series A from local investors
Dec 2021
The Business Journals
Arthur Ventures, investor in Madison and Germantown firms, raises $375M for two latest funds
Sep 2021
Twin Cities Business
Matchstick Ventures Closes $55M Fund
Sep 2021
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 4/5/21
Apr 2021
Twin Cities Business
Ryan Broshar
Jun 2020
PR Newswire Canada
Flashfood raises undisclosed venture round lead by General Catalyst and partners with Loblaw, leading grocery retailer in Canada
Feb 2019
Startland News
Firebrand Ventures makes 4 investments in Midwest startups
May 2017
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