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Matt Nichols

Investor

General Partner at Commerce Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks Β· typically $3M

About

Matthew Nichols, former Gemvara CEO (acquired by Berkshire Hathaway), is a thought leader in agentic commerce, advising on AI checkout, shopping automation, commerce data ownership and retail media monetization.

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Matt Nichols @mnichols47

Founder PSA: If you want to convince investors that your business is truly a software business (not a service business masquerading as a software business), make sure you call those buying your software "Customers" not "Clients". Word choice shows what you really believe.

Mar 26, 2023

Matt Nichols @mnichols47

SVB may not have had enough $ in its reserves last week, but it’s reserves of community love may still be high enough to help it emerge in some form at the end of this crisis. πŸ™

Mar 15, 2023 Β· β™₯ 1

Matt Nichols @mnichols47

This is wonderful. But can’t believe I had to read 2/3rds of the article to learn that actor that played Chunk (from the Goonies) was the lawyer that negotiated his contract for Everything All at Once. https://t.co/iWXA1nTqH1

Mar 9, 2023

Invests in

E-commerceFintechInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech

Experience

  1. Commerce VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2017 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Gemvara (acquired by Berkshire Hathaway)CEO2011 β€” 2017Boston, MA
  3. Highland Capital PartnersPrincipal2006 β€” 2011
  4. GoogleCorporate Development2005
  5. Morgan Stanley Venture PartnersVenture Associate2002 β€” 2004
  6. Morgan Stanley Venture PartnersAnalyst1999 β€” 2003

Education

  1. The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthMBA, Business2004 β€” 2006
  2. Pomona CollegeBA, Mathematical Economics1995 β€” 1999

Skills & more

Strategy6Venture Capital34Corporate Finance16Corporate Development22E-commerce29Start-ups31Finance15Business Strategy9Investments6Entrepreneurship8Analytics12Equities1

From Matt's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth149

John McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersCarley PhillipsPrincipal at GreycroftM.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at Drone Deploy at Scale Venture PartnersLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesGraham BrooksPartner at .406 VenturesJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures

+ 143 more

Also attended Pomona College41

Lauren IllovskyTalent Partner at CapitalGMark OdermanSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsPartner – Portfolio Manager Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementShahram Seyedin-NoorFounder + Managing Partner at Civilization Ventures Management, LlcAndrew SheppardManaging Director at TRANSCENDFernando RiveraManaging Partner at BuenTrip Ventures

+ 35 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Gemvara (acquired by Berkshire Hathaway)1

Wendy CebulaOperating Partner at Equality Asset Management

Also worked at Highland Capital Partners33

Amanda HersonGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveJen HolmstromInvestor at GGV CapitalSteve HarrickInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Graham GardnerExecutive Partner at Flare Capital PartnersSean JudgeGeneral Partner at Castle Island VenturesJason ScottAccelerator Operations at Blockchain Builders

+ 27 more

Also worked at Google945

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 939 more

Also worked at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners843

Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 837 more

Colleagues at Commerce Ventures

Andrea Fitzhenry
Executive Assistant at Commerce Ventures
Brenda Robbins
Executive Assistant at Commerce Ventures
Chris Wang
Vice President, Strategy & Research at Commerce Ventures
Dan Raveh
Principal at Commerce Ventures
Dan Rosen
Partner at Commerce Ventures
Dani Regalado
Strategy Associate at Commerce Ventures
Daniel J. Eckert
Venture Partner at Commerce Ventures
Dylan Fitzpatrick
Associate at Commerce Ventures

Network2

Dan Raveh
Principal at Commerce Ventures
Dan Rosen
Partner at Commerce Ventures

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