Matthew McGraw
InvestorFounder and Managing Partner at Anthropocene Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $50K – $250K checks
About
Matthew McGraw bootstrapped Rocket Science Consulting to help Airbnb, Lyft and Uber scale to IPO without VC, and targets underfunded deep‑science, hard‑tech climate opportunities with a sub‑$100M fund.
Invests in
AgTechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyFoodTechHardwareNew Materials
Experience
- Anthropocene VenturesFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2021 — presentGlobal
- Far Away ProjectsBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Creative Destruction LabMentorcurrent2022 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- gener8torMentorcurrent2021 — present
- Entrepreneurship at CornellMember, Advisory Councilcurrent2012 — present
- MemriAdvisor2021 — 2024Global
- SeaAheadVenture Partner2021 — 2024
- RepublicVenture Partner2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Various StartupsInvestor + Board Member2014 — 2022Global
- Sō.CapitalAdvisor2020 — 2021
- Here CollectiveCo Founder + President2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- The BureauFounding Partner2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- DispatchCEO2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- SLINGR.ioAdvisor2017
- Mod. Love the Way You Work.Advisor2016 — 2017
- SparkX, Inc.Advisor2016 — 2017
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.Member, Board of Directors2009 — 2017
- SynoptekVP Culture, Client and Staff Experience2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleMember, ACN Advisory Council2013 — 2016
- Rocket Science ConsultingFounder & CEO2001 — 2016
Education
- Cornell UniversityBS, Politics & History1990 — 1995
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyExecutive Education Program, Artificial Intelligence
- Troy High School1986 — 1990
- Cornell University
Skills & more
Management46Strategy32Strategic Planning16Team Leadership12Public Speaking6Leadership2SaaS25Software as a Service (SaaS)3blockchain2Blockchain2Venture Capital18Entrepreneurship99
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Start-upsConsultingNetworkingCloud ComputingStrategic PartnershipsProfessional ServicesProject ManagementBusiness DevelopmentIT ManagementMobile DevicesProgram ManagementManagement ConsultingFrom Matthew's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Cornell University553
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology977
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Shared employers
Also worked at SeaAhead5
Also worked at Republic36
Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike SherbakovGeneral Partner at The Veteran FundPaulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, LlcKathryn CartiniCo-Founding Partner & Advisor at Chloe CapitalChima OsukaEntrepreneur In Residence at Suncoast VenturesMichael SidgmoreInvestor at Broadhaven Capital Partners
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Also worked at Apple294
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications
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Colleagues at Anthropocene Ventures
Alexander Torrenegra
Global Talent & Recruiting at Anthropocene Ventures
Alicia Cha Umphreys
Managing Partner at Anthropocene Ventures
Arnaud Blandin
ESG Measurement (CEO, Beyond Builders) at Anthropocene Ventures
Ben Bartlett
Crypto & Green Policy at Anthropocene Ventures
Chad Dyer
Data and Platforms at Anthropocene Ventures
Chisom A'marie
ClimateTech VC at Anthropocene Ventures
Daniel Kriozere
Deal Sourcing (Climate Capital GP) at Anthropocene Ventures
Danielle Wood
Space Tech at Anthropocene Ventures




















