Where does Matthew Nichols work?

Matthew Nichols is General Partner at Commerce Ventures and Board director at Pensa Systems.

What check size does Matthew Nichols write?

Matthew Nichols typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Matthew Nichols go to school?

Matthew Nichols studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA, Business); Pomona College (BA, Mathematical Economics).

Matthew Nichols

Investor

General Partner at Commerce Ventures · Board director at Pensa Systems

San Francisco, California

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

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576 people in our graph share verified history with Matthew — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Adrianna MaunlockedMatthew: together at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (2000–2004)

×8Matthew: together at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners

×3Matthew: together at Highland Capital Partners

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

m•••@commerce.vcreveal

Invests in

E-commerceFintechInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech

Board director at Pensa Systems

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Pensa Systems's investors · 5

ATX Venture PartnersAustin · $250K – $5M checks · since 2023 Circle K VenturesLaval · since 2023 Commerce VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2023 RevTech VenturesDallas · $100K – $4M checks · since 2023 Signia Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023

Experience

Commerce VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Gemvara (acquired by Berkshire Hathaway)CEO2011 — 2017Boston, MA
Highland Capital PartnersPrincipal2006 — 2011
GoogleCorporate Development2005
Morgan Stanley Venture PartnersVenture Associate2002 — 2004
Morgan Stanley Venture PartnersAnalyst1999 — 2003

Skills & more

Strategy6Venture Capital34Corporate Finance16Corporate Development22E-commerce29Start-ups31Finance15Business Strategy9Investments6Entrepreneurship8Analytics12Equities1

From Matthew's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

GemvaraGrabangoMulberry TechnologyOpenSkyPixablePortlessReFiBuyTarariTrove

Per curated public sources.

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 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

Erika Hull

Senior Strategy Associate at Commerce Ventures

Network1

Dan Rosen

Partner at Commerce Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matthew Nichols?: 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.
Where does Matthew Nichols work?: Matthew Nichols is General Partner at Commerce Ventures and Board director at Pensa Systems.
What does Matthew Nichols invest in?: Matthew Nichols invests in E-commerce, Fintech, InsurTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Retail Tech.
What check size does Matthew Nichols write?: Matthew Nichols typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Matthew Nichols invested in?: Investments tracked here include Gemvara, Grabango, Mulberry Technology, OpenSky, Pixable, Portless, ReFiBuy, Tarari, Trove.
Where did Matthew Nichols go to school?: Matthew Nichols studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA, Business); Pomona College (BA, Mathematical Economics).