Matthew Cowan
InvestorGeneral Partner at Next47
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
Experience
- N47General Partnercurrent2017 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SonaCorporate Directorcurrent2026 β present
- xBuildCorporate Directorcurrent2025 β present
- BuildOpsCorporate Directorcurrent2021 β presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- NominalBoard Observercurrent2025 β present
- PatlyticsCorporate Directorcurrent2024 β present
- Two DotsCorporate Directorcurrent2024 β present
- 15FiveCorporate Directorcurrent2019 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- metadata.ioCorporate Directorcurrent2022 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BringgCorporate Directorcurrent2018 β presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- BizzaboCorporate Directorcurrent2019 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Gecko Robotics, Inc.Investorcurrent2019 β present
- CYPHER LEARNINGStrategic Advisor2017 β 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- BitGo, Inc.Corporate Director2011 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- BreezeworksChairman & Co-Founder2016 β 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- BreezeworksCEO & Co-Founder2013 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Bridgescale PartnersCo-Founder, Managing Partner2005 β 2018Menlo Park, CA
- Pilot HoldingsFounder & General Partner2002 β 2005Menlo Park, CA
- Bowman CapitalGeneral Partner1998 β 2001San Mateo, CA
- Intel CorporationDirector, Corporate Business Development1993 β 1998
Education
- Tufts University
- Head-Royce1978 β 1990
Skills & more
Strategy10Budgets6Start-ups41Venture Capital56Competitive Analysis5Entrepreneurship11Marketing Strategy4E-commerce4Corporate Development16Business Strategy8Mergers & Acquisitions11Business Development35
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Strategic PartnershipsPrivate EquityMergersCorporate FinanceInvestmentsDue DiligenceFrom Matthew's professional profile.
Same school
Shared employers
Also worked at N4732
Lak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Moshe ZilbersteinGeneral Partner at Next47Colton DempseyPartner at Next47Assaf JacobiVenture Partner at Next47Debjit MukerjiPartner at NGP CapitalCarolin FunkPartner at Blue Bear Capital Partners
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Also worked at Bridgescale Partners2
Also worked at Intel Corporation261
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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