Matthew Shang
InvestorSenior Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $5M – $200M checks · typically $20M
About
Matthew Shang is an investor at Prosperity7 Ventures with background in finance and sales. He has previously worked at HPE Pathfinder and Oracle, where he built sales organizations, and has experience investing in high-growth companies in enterprise cloud technologies.
Experience
- Prosperity7 VenturesInvestorcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- KognitosInvestor (Series B Lead) & Board Observercurrent2025 — presentSan Jose, CA
- UniphoreInvestor (Series F)current2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- OpseraInvestor (Series B Lead)current2025 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Avicena TechInvestor (Series B)current2024 — present
- Arrcus, Inc.Investor (Series D)current2024 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- Frore SystemsInvestor (Series C)current2024 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- ZEDEDAInvestor (Series C)current2024 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- CelonaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentCampbell, CA
- Exostellar Inc.Investor (Series A)2025 — 2026Ithaca, New York, United States
- GroqInvestor2024 — 2025
- Duke Capital PartnersInvestment Associate2021 — 2023Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Duke University - The Fuqua School of BusinessMBA Candidate - Fuqua Merit Scholar2021 — 2023Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Hewlett Packard EnterpriseInvestment Associate, Pathfinder Ventures2022San Jose, California, United States
- OracleCloud Platform Technology Sales Manager2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- OracleTechnology Sales Manager - Cloud Security & Systems Management2018 — 2019New York, New York, United States
- OracleSenior Technology Account Manager2017 — 2018Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- OracleCustomer Experience Applications Consultant2016 — 2017Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- MasterCardGlobal Issuer Marketing Intern2014Purchase, New York, United States
- Standard Bank GroupSummer Analyst2013Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Education
- Duke University - The Fuqua School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Finance Concentration
Skills & more
Public Speaking11Great Personality5Teamwork7Leadership4PowerPoint28Microsoft Excel28Microsoft Office30Microsoft PowerPoint2Social Media9User Friendly5Client Relations5Marketing4
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Customer ServiceCloud ComputingLanguages English · French
- Data Science with SQL and Tableau — eCornell
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Certified Architect Associate — Oracle
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate — Oracle
From Matthew's professional profile.
Colleagues at Prosperity7 Ventures
Abhishek Shukla
Managing Director at Prosperity7 Ventures
Andrew St. Clair
Sr. Investment Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures
Anupam Singh
Investor at Prosperity7 Ventures
Asif Giga
Investment Director at Prosperity7 Ventures
Aysar Tayeb
Managing Director at Prosperity7 Ventures
Balsam Alsaif
Head of FoF Investments at Prosperity7 Ventures
Benjamin Yang
Sr. Investment Principal at Prosperity7 Ventures
Binbin Chen
Research Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Matthew Shang work?
- Matthew Shang is Senior Associate at Prosperity7 Ventures.
- What check size does Matthew Shang write?
- Matthew Shang typically writes checks of $5M – $200M.
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Also worked at Uniphore10
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Also worked at Celona6
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