Matt Scullin
InvestorManaging Director at Granite Asia · Venture Partner at Shield Capital · Executive at MycoWorks
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
Matt Scullin is a Venture Partner at Shield Capital. He founded and served as CEO of thermoelectric materials company Alphabet Energy (acquired by Synergy Fuels), co-founded lab-grown diamond producer Snow Diamonds, and later served as CEO of MycoWorks, a mycelium materials company whose customers include Hermès and General Motors. He holds a Ph.D. from Berkeley and has worked in technology fields including energy, semiconductors, and biomaterials.
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8VCAustin · $100K – $50M checksAgFunderSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checksDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDCVC BioPalo Alto · since 2023Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyHumboldtNew York · $100K – $5M checksNovo HoldingsCopenhagen · $1.1M – $54M checks · since 2022Prime Movers LabJackson · $2M – $30M checks · since 2022SK NetworksWireframe VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks
Co-founders at MycoWorks
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Philip RossDirector
Experience
- Shield CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentParis
- SNOW®Co-Foundercurrent2017 — present
- MycoWorksCEO2017 — 2025
- Alphabet EnergyCEO & Founder2008 — 2017Hayward, CA
- The Heat is Power AssociationMember Board of Directors2014 — 2017
- XSeed CapitalAnalyst2009
- DJchief rocker1998 — 2008
- IBM Co.Process Engineer2004
- General Motors Co., GM R&DResearcher2003
- Solbright, Inc.Intern1999
Skills & more
Team Leadership6Strategy15Management2Strategic Planning1Leadership2Nanotechnology27Technology Transfer7Energy Efficiency10Team Building4Power Generation3Waste heat recovery3Thermoelectrics5
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Brandon Aw
Managing Director at Granite Asia
Carol Wang
Senior Office Manager at Granite Asia
Chao Luo
Managing Director at Granite Asia
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Scullin?
- Matt Scullin is a Venture Partner at Shield Capital. He founded and served as CEO of thermoelectric materials company Alphabet Energy (acquired by Synergy Fuels), co-founded lab-grown diamond producer Snow Diamonds, and later served as CEO of MycoWorks, a mycelium materials company whose customers include Hermès and General Motors. He holds a Ph.D. from Berkeley and has worked in technology fields including energy, semiconductors, and biomaterials.
- Where does Matt Scullin work?
- Matt Scullin is Managing Director at Granite Asia and Executive at MycoWorks.
- Where did Matt Scullin go to school?
- Matt Scullin studied at University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D, Materials Science); University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Materials Science).
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Granite Asia mafia3
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Also attended University of Pennsylvania1,415
Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalDasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesLeah von SiemensPartner at Manta Ray VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC Partners
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Also attended United Nations International School12
Jakob DupontExecutive Partner, Private Equity at Sofinnova VenturesStefanos CapsaskisPartner at Corallia VenturesEran SandhausVenture Partner at Next Gear VenturesDaniel UusitaloAssociate at 4impact capitalRajko RadovanovicPartner at Andreessen HorowitzPierre WolffInvestor at InCountry
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Shared employers
Also worked at MycoWorks5
Also worked at Alphabet Energy2
Also worked at XSeed Capital9
Kevin WangCEO, FOSSA Inc. at OSS CapitalJeff ThermondVenture Partner at XSeed CapitalFarzad SoleimaniPartner at 1984 Ventures Management, LlcVivian DangController / Part-time CFO at Mission Bay CapitalKerry Whorton CooperVenture Advisor at Acrew CapitalJad NaousCEO at Grepr
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Also worked at IBM Co.1,524
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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