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Matt Carbonara

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Managing Director at Citi Ventures · Investor at Mayfield Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Matt Carbonara invests out of Mayfield's Select/Spring funds, focusing on AI companies. He has over 25 years of experience across venture capital, corporate development, and product roles, beginning his career designing ASICs at a startup before moving into product management and venture capital. He previously worked on M&A and investments at Cisco and led the enterprise investing practice at Citi Ventures, the venture arm of Citigroup. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. MayfieldInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  2. Sublime SecurityInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. CriblInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. poolsideInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. SnykInvestorcurrent2021 — presentUnited Kingdom
  6. HarnessInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. IslandInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Stream.SecurityInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  9. LakeraInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. Endor LabsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. All RaiseVC Championcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. Traceable API SecurityInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. Concentric AIInvestor & Board Observercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. UNC School of Data Science and SocietyAdvisor UNC Chapel Hill School of Data Science and Society (SDSS)current2023 — presentRaleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
  15. Docker, IncInvestorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  16. eightfold.aiInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  17. DeepgramInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  18. Skan.aiInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  19. NylasInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  20. Kenna SecurityInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  21. TruliooInvestorcurrent2019 — presentVancouver, Canada Area
  22. Car IQInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  23. StealthSeed Investorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  24. Uptycs, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 — presentGreater Boston Area
  25. AtScale, Inc.Investorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  26. AtScale, Inc.Investor & Board Member2016
  27. Bayesian VenturesAngel Investor2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  28. CitiManaging Director, Citi Ventures2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  29. DataStaxInvestor2014 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  30. Zoomdata (Acq. Logi)Investor2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  31. Kustomer (Acq. Facebook)Investor & Board Observer2018Greater New York City Area
  32. Mist Systems (Acq. Juniper)Investor& Board Observer2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  33. CiscoCisco Investments2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  34. VeloCloud Networks™ , Inc.Investor2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  35. ZoomdataInvestor and Board Observer2016
  36. Comcast VenturesPrincipal2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  37. TeradiciBoard Observer2011 — 2013Vancouver, Canada Area
  38. Cisco SystemsCorporate Development2011 — 2013San Jose, CA
  39. Desktone Inc. (Acq. VMware)Board Observer2012 — 2013Greater Boston Area
  40. Virident (Acq. Western Digital / HGST)Board Observer2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Venture Capital99Start-ups99Product Management85Entrepreneurship60Cloud Computing51Strategy69Business Development34Product Marketing31Strategic Partnerships30Management28Investments24Mergers & Acquisitions21
+12 moreDue DiligenceCorporate DevelopmentSaaSGo-to-market StrategyBusiness StrategyWirelessCompetitive AnalysisStorageData CenterCross-functional Team LeadershipMobile DevicesStrategic Planning

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Investments

Investor

CriblCuaDockerEndor LabsHarnessIslandKustomerLEXIONNylasPoolsideQuantifindskan.aiSnykStream SecurityTraceable

Sources: the firm's website · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Citi Ventures

Aditya J
Investment Analyst at Titan Capital
Allie Rozenblyum
Investor at Huntington Angels Network
Andrew Murray
Managing Director at Citi Ventures
Annisa Marsha
Investor at Citi Ventures
Arvind Purushotham
Head of Citi Ventures at Citi Ventures
Emily Santos
Assistant Vice President at Citi Ventures
Eva Akinwuntan
Investor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)
Gaurav Tewari
Investor at Omega Venture Partners

Network2

Avi Arnon
Senior Vice President at Citi Ventures
Deepak Jeevankumar
Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Matt Carbonara?
Matt Carbonara invests out of Mayfield's Select/Spring funds, focusing on AI companies. He has over 25 years of experience across venture capital, corporate development, and product roles, beginning his career designing ASICs at a startup before moving into product management and venture capital. He previously worked on M&A and investments at Cisco and led the enterprise investing practice at Citi Ventures, the venture arm of Citigroup. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.
Where does Matt Carbonara work?
Matt Carbonara is Managing Director at Citi Ventures.
What does Matt Carbonara invest in?
Matt Carbonara invests in AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software.
What companies has Matt Carbonara invested in?
Investments tracked here include Cribl, Cua, Docker, Endor Labs, Harness, Island, Kustomer, LEXION, Nylas, Poolside, Quantifind, skan.ai, and 3 more.
Where did Matt Carbonara go to school?
Matt Carbonara studied at The Ohio State University (BS, MS, Electrical Engineering w/ Computer Science Option).

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