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Matt Doka

Investor

CTO, SumUp (North America); Co-Founder & GP, Operator Stack at Operator Stack

Daly City, California, United States

FoundedFiveStars · YC

About

Co-founder and general partner at Operator Stack with deep technology and infrastructure expertise. Previously served as CTO at SumUp (North America) and co-founder and CTO of Fivestars, a payments platform company that sold to SumUp for $317M in October 2021. Also scaled Fivestars from inception to $50M.

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Experience

  1. Recursus Capital PartnersGP & COOcurrent2025 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
  2. Operator Stack FundFounder and GPcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Bellamare DevelopmentGP and Technology Advisorcurrent2022 — presentJackson, Mississippi, United States
  4. SumUpGM of Global Enterprise & CTO of North America2021 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  5. FiveStarsFounder, CTO, CRO, BD2010 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  6. American ExpressBoard Member, Consumer Advisory Board2017 — 2018
  7. TechnoServeVolunteer Consultant, Uganda2010
  8. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2008 — 2010
  9. Morgan StanleyIBD Media and Telecom Summer analyst2007
  10. AVM, L.P./III AssociatesSummer Fixed Income Analyst2006

Education

  1. University of PennsylvaniaB.S.E & B.S.Eng, Finance2004 — 2008
  2. The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics2004 — 2008

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship65Financial Modeling22Management Consulting12Analytics23Start-ups79Business Strategy21Competitive Analysis9Marketing Strategy10Product Management13Business Development18Corporate Development3Strategic Partnerships24
+12 moreCross-functional Team LeadershipMobile ApplicationsGo-to-market StrategyMobile DevicesE-commerceMarket ResearchData AnalysisOnline MarketingSaaSStrategyManagementStrategic Planning

Languages Spanish

From Matt's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

+ 640 more

Also attended The Wharton School1,366

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,360 more

Shared employers

Also worked at SumUp24

Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment PartnersRupert KeeleyFormer PayPal Europe CEO at Team8Valerie Osband MahoneyInvestor at NFXTracy McWilliamsChief Executive Officer at Inspire Global VenturesJack SelbySenior Advisor, Thiel Capital & AZ-VC at WYO VCSaulo TristaoInvestor at FEBE Ventures

+ 18 more

Also worked at FiveStars5

Raj KapoorCo-founder | Managing Partner at ClimacticMaci MattsonHR and Administration Manager at Blumberg CapitalLaura TerheydenCo-Founder and Operating Partner at Unseen CapitalJason KrikorianGeneral Partner at DCM VenturesTing-Ting LiuInvestor at Prosus Ventures

Also worked at American Express117

Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital

+ 111 more

Also worked at TechnoServe29

Kanika MayarPartner, Investment & ESG Officer at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.David RodriguezInvestor at Draft Ventures LlcPiruze SabuncuPartner at Square Peg CapitalCJ ArmbrustPrincipal at American Family VenturesRiccardo BasileCEO and Co-Founder at Agora at PICUS CAPITALSanna BediInnovation Specialist at UNICEF Innovation Fund

+ 23 more

Colleagues at Operator Stack

Daniel Kennedy
Partner at Operator Stack
Natarajan Subbiah
Investor at Operator Stack
Raj Subbiah
Chief Product Officer, Uber Freight; Co-Founder & GP, Operator Stack at Operator Stack
Stewart Pond
Partner at Operator Stack