Mat Balez
Unicorn founderFounder at City Block
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
FoundedCity Block$6B
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About
Mat Balez is a Product Manager at Spiral, a division of Block Inc, where he works on open money and open intelligence. In 2016 he co-founded Cityblock, a New York City-based healthcare provider, serving as its first Chief Product Officer until early 2019. Before Cityblock, he held product leadership roles in education technology, social video, wearable computing, local search, and mobile mapping at startups and larger companies, and he is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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City Block's investors · 11
8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checksEcho Health VenturesDurhamGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2020KinnevikStockholmLifeforce CapitalChevy Chase · $500K – $5M checksMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksOpen Opportunity FundAtlanta · $100K – $1M checksRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021SoftBank Vision FundLondonTMVNew York · $1.5M checksTown Hall VenturesNew York · $3M – $30M checks · since 2021
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Co-founders at City Block
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Iyah RommExecutive Officer, Director
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Toyin AjayiFounder
Experience
- SpiralProduct Managercurrent2025 — presentVancouver, BC
- Self-employedStay-at-Home Dad2019 — 2025West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Cityblock HealthCo-Founder2016 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- The Flatiron SchoolVP Product Management2014 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- GoogleSenior Product Manager2008 — 2013Mountain View, California
- Defensio.comDirector, Product & Business Development2007 — 2008Montreal, Canada Area
- RPO Management ConsultantsAssociate2006 — 2007Vancouver, Canada Area
- Syllogix IncCo-Founder2003 — 2005Montreal, Canada Area
Skills & more
Product Management18User Experience13Human Computer Interaction6Product Development6User Interface Design7Speech Recognition2Social Software1Mobile Devices3Software Development4Strategic Partnerships1Software Engineering9E-commerce2
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- Who is Mat Balez?
- Mat Balez is a Product Manager at Spiral, a division of Block Inc, where he works on open money and open intelligence. In 2016 he co-founded Cityblock, a New York City-based healthcare provider, serving as its first Chief Product Officer until early 2019. Before Cityblock, he held product leadership roles in education technology, social video, wearable computing, local search, and mobile mapping at startups and larger companies, and he is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Where does Mat Balez work?
- Mat Balez is Founder of City Block.
- What companies did Mat Balez found?
- Mat Balez founded City Block.
- Where did Mat Balez go to school?
- Mat Balez studied at Queen's University (M.Sc., Management Science); Queen's University (B.Sc.Eng., Electrical Engineering).
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