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Matt Hersh

Investor

Operating Partner at Fika

Los Angeles, California

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $3M

About

Matt Hersh is an investor and operating partner at Fika Ventures, a Los Angeles-based early-stage venture capital firm with over $550M in assets under management. At Fika, he focuses on B2B software companies in AI, fintech, commerce enablement, and digital healthcare, where the firm makes initial investments up to $8M at Seed and Series A stages. Hersh is part of a team of former operators and entrepreneurs who draw on their experience founding and scaling companies to support portfolio companies.

Experience

  1. Fika VenturesFintech Investor + Operating Partnercurrent2021 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  2. Fika VenturesPrincipal2019 — 2021Greater Los Angeles Area
  3. Fika VenturesVice President2017 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area
  4. New Range Financial Intelligence, Inc.Board Observercurrent2025 — present
  5. SunboundBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  6. SpinwheelBoard Observercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. GlidianBoard Member2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  8. UpfortBoard Member2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Edge ImpulseBoard Observer2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  10. EVCALos Angeles Co-Lead2019 — 2021
  11. Factual IncHead Of Business Development2013 — 2017Greater Los Angeles Area
  12. MuckerLabAdvisor2012 — 2017Santa Monica, CA
  13. Surf AirAdvisor & Investor2012 — 2014Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
  14. OriginateVice President, Sales & Business Development2012 — 2013Greater Los Angeles Area
  15. Envestnet | YodleeSenior Manager Business Development2011 — 2012Redwood City, California
  16. Envestnet | YodleeManager Business Development2008 — 2010Redwood City, California
  17. Redpoint VenturesApplied Management Research Consultant2007 — 2008Greater Los Angeles Area
  18. AppleBusiness Planning & Analysis2007Cupertino, California
  19. JetBlue AirwaysManager Interactive Marketing2001 — 2006Forest Hills, New York
  20. JetBlue AirwaysFounding Employee & Planning Analyst1999 — 2001Darien, Connecticut

Education

  1. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementMBA, Entrepreneurship
  2. Boston CollegeBA, Economics
  3. UNSWEconomics
  4. Denver East High School
  5. Boston CollegeBachelor of Arts, Economics

Skills & more

Software as a Service (SaaS)3Web 2.0Enterprise Software12Go-to-Market Strategy5Business-to-Business (B2B)4EntrepreneurBusiness Strategy11Business Planning6OptimizationSegmentation2Product Marketing6Start-ups61
+12 moreE-commerceStrategic PartnershipsCompetitive AnalysisAnalyticsDigital MarketingOnline MarketingMarketing StrategyWeb AnalyticsCustomer ExperienceNew Business DevelopmentMarket AnalysisStrategy Development

From Matt's professional profile.

Colleagues at Fika

Arteen Arabshahi
General Partner at Fika
Eva Ho
General Partner at Fika
Gabriella Brignardello
Senior Associate at Fika
Jeff Diamond
Investor at Fika
John Chen
General Partner at Fika
TX Zhuo
General Partner at Fika

Network3

Arteen Arabshahi
General Partner at Fika
Eva Ho
General Partner at Fika
Gabriella Brignardello
Senior Associate at Fika

Investors connected to Matt in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Matt Hersh work?
Matt Hersh is Operating Partner at Fika.
What check size does Matt Hersh write?
Matt Hersh typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

Same school

Also attended UCLA Anderson School of Management207

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundDana MoralyPartner; Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at March Capital PartnersJed LeidheiserPartner at March Capital PartnersShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm Ventures

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Also attended Boston College188

Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalDavid FialkowInvestment Team at General CatalystBijan SabetPersonal journalSteve MurrayAdvisor, Revolution Growth at RevolutionNatalie SchmitkeManaging Director Capital Networks at Burda Principal InvestmentsKerry HullChief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer at CincyTech

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Also attended UNSW219

Jeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure GroupDanny GilliganInvestor at Reinventure GroupLeah MitchellChief of Staff at Differential VenturesGrant AllenFounding GP, Schneider Electric Ventures at Giant Ventures Global LlpPurnesh SeegopaulAdvisor at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.

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Also attended Denver East High School3

Jonson BermanVice President, Investment at Suffolk TechnologiesCarle StenmarkInvestor at VMG PartnersHenry PaceSr. Analyst at 137 Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Fika Ventures9

Andrew PetersonFounder, Signal Sciences at Decibel PartnersSean LimInvestor at Binance LabsEva HoGeneral Partner at FikaTX ZhuoGeneral Partner at FikaArteen ArabshahiGeneral Partner at FikaGabriella BrignardelloSenior Associate at Fika

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Also worked at Upfort3

Victor Pascucci IIIManaging General Partner, Cofounder at Energy Capital VenturesPeter BordesManaging Partner at Trajectory VenturesHan WangFounder/CTO at Upfort

Also worked at Apple455

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni

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Also worked at JetBlue Airways10

Jennifer CruscaPrincipal of Operations & Partnerships at SKY VCStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue VenturesEd BaklorExecutive leader in guest experience & hospitality at XRCMorton LinInvestor at NEW VISTA CAPITALHolly NelsonHead of Finance at NEW VISTA CAPITALSunny SinghCybersecurity Advisory Board at Florida Funders

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