About
Co-founder and CEO of Celebrate; advises Mu Ventures on strategy and operations.
Experience
- Citrine Venture PartnersCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2026 — present
- Plural VCMembercurrent2022 — present
- Elevate.incAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
- Apriori VenturesFoundercurrent2020 — present
- Foxe CapitalGeneral Partner2025
- Fifth Third BankSVP, Head of Revenue - Newline by Fifth Third2023 — 2025
- RizeChief Operating Officer2020 — 2023
- PenelopeAdvisor2022 — 2023
- The Demex GroupAdvisor2021 — 2022
- DriveWealthMember of the Board of Directors; Advisor2015 — 2021New York, New York
- Route 66 Ventures, LLCPartner2013 — 2020Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- 8 SecuritiesMember of the Board of Directors2015 — 2020Hong Kong SAR
- Bunker.Board Observer2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- QuanTemplateMember of the Board of Directors2015 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- sonia.aiMember of the Board of Directors2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- HedgeableMember of the Board of Directors2015 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- MoneyHero Group (Nasdaq: MNY)Member of the Board of Directors2015 — 2017Hong Kong SAR
- Tandem BankBoard Observer2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- Mirror (Vaurum)Board Observer2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- PayzerBoard Observer2014 — 2015Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Skills & more
Corporate Development7Strategy4Business Development3InvestingVenture Capital33Private Equity33Mergers & Acquisitions19Valuation22Investment Banking30Financial Modeling40Due Diligence7Investments22
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Corporate FinanceEmerging MarketsFinancial AnalysisBusiness AnalysisEquitiesPortfolio ManagementForecastingMarket ResearchStrategic PlanningFinanceLanguages English · Italian · Spanish
- Series 79, Series 63
From Matthew's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mu Ventures
Adam Altman
Managing Member, KABR Group at Mu Ventures
Aman Advani
CEO, Ministry of Supply at Mu Ventures
Austin Ritter
Investor at Mu Ventures
Babak Hamadani
GP, Primeset at Mu Ventures
Chaz Flexman
Investor at Mu Ventures
Chris Clark
Co-founder + CTO, Grove Collaborative at Mu Ventures
Dan Goodfriend
Executive Director, Hearst at Mu Ventures
David Bercovich
CEO, Insight M at Mu Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matthew Holmes?
- Co-founder and CEO of Celebrate; advises Mu Ventures on strategy and operations.
- Where does Matthew Holmes work?
- Matthew Holmes is Advisor at Mu Ventures.
- Where did Matthew Holmes go to school?
- Matthew Holmes studied at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration); Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MBA, International Finance); Maastricht University (International Business).
Same school
Also attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill313
Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionEric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesSoul DayanInvestor at True VenturesAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alex TaubPrincipal at QED Investors
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Also attended Georgetown University McDonough School of Business159
Nick GasbarroChief of Staff at QED InvestorsMiles LittlefieldDirector of Investor Relations at Cortado VenturesSara ZulkoskyCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Recast CapitalGary KhoengPartner, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.María de Lera AuerspergInvestor at KfundMatt MelymukaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at PeakSpan Capital Partners
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Also attended Maastricht University96
Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesDaniel Porras ReyesAssociate at Flybridge Capital PartnersBen MasonSenior Investment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgLucas PaulInvestment Team at RedstoneAnnika in der BeekChief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITALJack DaleyInvestment Associate at King River Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Citrine Venture Partners3
Also worked at Foxe Capital3
Also worked at Route 66 Ventures, LLC10
Dan Dall'AstaInvestor at Citrine VentureTina MoranSenior Associate at Flourish VenturesRyan KatzFounding Partner at Route 66 VenturesBen BrittManaging Partner at Route 66 VenturesStuart FoxCFO at Route 66 VenturesEric DoboshPrincipal at Route 66 Ventures
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