About
Cynthia Matar is Vice President of Communications at Tusk Ventures. Previously, she was a founding member of a New York-based venture capital firm where she helped launch three funds ranging from $10 million to $75 million and led platform initiatives across public relations, marketing, communications, investor relations, portfolio operations, and business development. She is trilingual in English, Arabic, and French, and has experience in marketing strategy, public relations, media relations, capital raising, and investor relations.
Experience
- Tusk VenturesVice President of Communicationscurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- Tusk Venture PartnersVice President of Communicationscurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- Global Women in VCMembercurrent2020 — present
- VC Platform Global CommunityMembercurrent2023 — present
- Relevance VenturesDirector of Platform2023 — 2024
- Swiftarc VenturesHead of Platform and Communications2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- Swiftarc VenturesPlatform and Communications Manager2021 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- Swiftarc VenturesPlatform and Media Coordinator2020 — 2021New York, United States
- Swiftarc VenturesIndustry Analyst2020New York, United States
- ICM Beauty Inc.Business Development Executive2016 — 2020Staten Island, New York
- Exotica CorporationClient Manager/Wholesale Manager2014 — 2015Staten Island, New York
Education
- Pace University - Lubin School of BusinessBachelor of Business Administration - BBA, International Management with a Concentration in International Marketing2014 — 2018
Skills & more
Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Excel2Microsoft Word2Microsoft PowerPoint2Journalism1Event Management1Public SpeakingManagementWritingMedia StrategyStrategyBusiness Development
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Crisis CommunicationsSocial Media CommunicationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Social Media MarketingMedia RelationsStrategic CommunicationsStrategic Media RelationsCustomer ServiceSalesLeadershipNegotiationStrategic PlanningLanguages Arabic · English · French
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tusk Ventures2
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Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaYusill ScribnerInvestments at Impact America FundMaya MatthewsSenior Associate at March Capital PartnersLaura HamiltonInvestor at GGV CapitalAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesKateInvestor at FortySix Venture Capital
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Also worked at VC Platform Global Community61
Amira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionDaniela LiebischerHead of Finance at Burda Principal InvestmentsEva KurzweilMarketing & Communications Lead at Burda Principal InvestmentsMadeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital PartnersAJ NyboMarketing Coordinator at March Capital PartnersAnne-Sophie GauvinCommunications & Office Manager at Luge Capital
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Also worked at Swiftarc Ventures2
Colleagues at Tusk Venture Partners
Bob Greenlee
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners
Bradley Tusk
Managing Partner at Tusk Venture Partners
John Hooie
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners
Jordan Nof
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners
Marla Kanemitsu
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners
Mike LaCerda
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners
Quinn Shean
Investor at Tusk Venture Partners