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Matthew McCooe

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Chief Executive Officer at Connecticut Innovations · Board director at Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity

Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

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About

Matt McCooe leads Connecticut Innovations' venture capital funds, loans and programs and chairs the CT Biosciences $200M Investment Fund. He has over 25 years of venture investing and operating experience, previously working at Chart Venture Partners, Columbia University's Science and Technology Ventures, and co-founding Eureka Networks.

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Board director at Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity

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Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity's investors · 2

Connecticut InnovationsNew Haven · $500K – $2M checks · since 2021Inning One VenturesNew York · since 2021

Co-founders at Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity

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Michael KeriakosExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. Connecticut InnovationsChief Executive Officercurrent2015 — presentNew Haven, Hartford and Stamford, CT
  2. Chart Venture PartnersManaging Partner2006 — 2015
  3. Columbia Technology VenturesManaging Director2001 — 2006NYC
  4. Broadview Networks, previously Eureka BroadbandCo-Founder, General Manager and Vice President Sales and Marketing1999 — 2001
  5. Avantel S.AMarketing Manager, Launched JV with Banamex/MCI’s Business Products in Mexico1996 — 1997Mexico City, Mexico
  6. BDProduct Manager, New Product Launches1995 — 1996Mexico City, Mexico
  7. MCI Telecommunications CorporationSales Executive1992 — 1993NYC
  8. Equatorial ImportsCo-Founder and General Manager1991 — 1992Seattle, Washington

Skills & more

Enterprise Software6Relationship Development24Communication23Team Management16People Management5General Management5Strategic Planning28Strategy28Management32Leadership25Strategic Negotiations3Financial Analysis3
+12 moreSales ManagementStart-ups ManagementCorporate Venture CapitalDeal SourcingStart-upsVenture CapitalPrivate EquityProduct DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsInvestmentsEntrepreneurship

Languages Spanish

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Deals · 1

Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a CuracityBoard seat

via Connecticut Innovations · filed Aug 2021 · $3.3M raise

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Colleagues at Connecticut Innovations

Alison Malloy
Managing Director, Investments at Connecticut Innovations
Bo Bradstreet
Managing Director, Talent Acquisition at Connecticut Innovations
Brian Dowd
Director, Venture at Connecticut Innovations
Christopher Baisden
Chief Human Resources Officer at Connecticut Innovations
Cyndi Green
Managing Director at Connecticut Innovations
Cynthia Petruzzello
Vice President, Compliance & SSO at Connecticut Innovations
Daniel Wagner
Managing Director at Connecticut Innovations
Danny Qiao
Director, Venture at Connecticut Innovations

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Who is Matthew McCooe?
Matt McCooe leads Connecticut Innovations' venture capital funds, loans and programs and chairs the CT Biosciences $200M Investment Fund. He has over 25 years of venture investing and operating experience, previously working at Chart Venture Partners, Columbia University's Science and Technology Ventures, and co-founding Eureka Networks.
Where does Matthew McCooe work?
Matthew McCooe is Chief Executive Officer at Connecticut Innovations and Board director at Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity.
What boards does Matthew McCooe sit on?
Matthew McCooe holds tracked board seats at Surface Travel Inc. d/b/a Curacity.
Where did Matthew McCooe go to school?
Matthew McCooe studied at Columbia Business School (MBA, Finance); Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Rotary Scholar, Marketing); Boston College (BA).

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