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Matt Doka

InvestorFounder

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

Daly City, California, United States

FoundedFivestars · YC

30 Under 30 2013 · Enterprise Technology

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.

Founder/CTO at FivestarsYC W11

Intro paths

YC

Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Fivestars's investors below.

Fivestars's investors · 3

Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Fivestars

VHVictor Ho
Victor HoFounder/CEO

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

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

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Colleagues at Operator Stack

Natarajan Subbiah
Investor at Operator Stack

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matt Doka?
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.
Where does Matt Doka work?
Matt Doka is Founder/CTO of Fivestars and CTO, SumUp (North America); Co-Founder & GP, Operator Stack at Operator Stack.
What companies did Matt Doka found?
Matt Doka founded Fivestars.
Where did Matt Doka go to school?
Matt Doka studied at University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E & B.S.Eng, Finance); The Wharton School (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics).

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