Fundraising Fox

Matt Saunders

Investor

Managing Partner, New Earth Ventures at New Earth Ventures

New York City

About

Leads NEV's investing activities including sourcing, negotiation, execution, and fund operations, and sits on the Investment Committee. Previously a Venture Partner and Principal at Helena, with prior roles at Global Infrastructure Partners, Barclays, and the White House; Princeton graduate.

Experience

  1. Hitachi VenturesPartnercurrent2023 — present
  2. Micron TechnologySenior Director Venture Capital2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  3. impact Venture CapitalVenture Partner2016 — 2019
  4. Pensa, Inc.VP Product Management2017 — 2018Mountain View, California
  5. Catalina Labs, Inc.Head of Product2017Palo Alto, California
  6. Dell SoftwareDirector Strategy & Corporate Development | Dell Software2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Dell SoftwareSr. Manager Strategy & Corporate Development | Dell Commercial Business2011 — 2012Austin, TX
  8. Tech Ranch AustinPartner/ Mentor2009 — 2011
  9. Earlybird Venture CapitalAssociate2007 — 2009Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
  10. SmoodoosBoard Observer2008
  11. 3i Group plcVenture Capital Intern2006Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
  12. SozoTek, Inc.Director Product Marketing2003 — 2004
  13. Corning, Inc.Sr. Market Development Engineer2001 — 2002Corning, NY

Skills & more

Strategic Partnerships86Start-ups74Strategy67Product Management40Entrepreneurship36Business Development28Venture Capital24Management20Business Strategy19Enterprise Software15Corporate Development14Product Marketing12
+12 moreCloud ComputingMarketing StrategyExecutive ManagementMarketingBusiness PlanningMergers & AcquisitionsSaaSCompetitive AnalysisGo-to-market StrategyMergersIntegrated MarketingCross-functional Team Leadership
  • Critical Perspectives on Management — Coursera

From Matt's professional profile.

Colleagues at New Earth Ventures

Caroline DeLoach
Director of Sustainability, Atlantic Packaging at New Earth Ventures
Daniel Schmachtenberger
Founder, Civilization Research Institute at New Earth Ventures
Eric Farmer
Senior Vice President, Atlantic Packaging at New Earth Ventures
John Warner
President & CEO, Technology Greenhouse at New Earth Ventures
Kate Horin
Head of Legal, Invisible Technologies at New Earth Ventures
Kate Nevin
President & Portfolio Manager at TSWII at New Earth Ventures
Kris Stokes
Technical Principal, New Earth Ventures at New Earth Ventures
Kyle Pischel
Director, Atlantic Packaging Solution Center at New Earth Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matt Saunders?
Leads NEV's investing activities including sourcing, negotiation, execution, and fund operations, and sits on the Investment Committee. Previously a Venture Partner and Principal at Helena, with prior roles at Global Infrastructure Partners, Barclays, and the White House; Princeton graduate.
Where does Matt Saunders work?
Matt Saunders is Managing Partner, New Earth Ventures at New Earth Ventures.
Where did Matt Saunders go to school?
Matt Saunders studied at Kauffman Fellows (Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship); INSEAD (MBA); The Wharton School (INSEAD/ Wharton MBA Exchange Student, Finance).

Same school

Also attended INSEAD1,030

Alexandre ProtCo-founder & CEO of QontoSteve AnaviCo-founder & President of QontoPatrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended The Wharton School1,995

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalJack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic

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Also attended The Ohio State University132

Keatten SmithCapital Formation Coordinator at March Capital PartnersSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechWill McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer HippeauLaura SebastianiVP of Finance at Scale Venture PartnersSuresh BalasubramanianInvestor at Storm VenturesJohn D. SimonExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners

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Also attended Government College of Technology, Coimbatore4

Mylswamy AnnaduraiVP, TN State council for Science and Tech at SeafundGayathri (G) RadhakrishnanPartner at Hitachi VenturesPadman RamankuttySenior Advisor, Technology at Supply Chain VenturesAkash PavanCo-founder & CEO at Chasi

Shared employers

Also worked at Micron Technology25

Luke ZanePortfolio Support at 8VCAshley HessDeputy Chief of Staff at Capital ElevenJerek AndersonVenture Partner at Capital ElevenRahul ThayyalamkandyDirector, Communications & Community at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalWael NafeeGeneral Partner at RAED Ventures

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Also worked at impact Venture Capital4

Gayathri (G) RadhakrishnanPartner at Hitachi VenturesGary HooperVenture Partner at Impact Venture CapitalJohn FineganVenture Partner at Impact Venture CapitalYatish MishraPartner at Impact Venture Capital

Also worked at Dell Software203

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMichael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaSujal PatelStrategic Director at Madrona Venture GroupAtli ThorkelssonVP of Network at Redpoint VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83North

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Also worked at 3i Group plc153

Sean BrownleePartner at Rho VenturesGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesMarco FumagalliBoard Member at P101 VenturesSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJan-Olivier FillolsSenior Managing Director at Marlin Equity PartnersJeremy NakacheManaging Director at Marlin Equity Partners

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