We Help Founders With Intros, Advice, & Belief

Mat Capital is a small firm that helps founders increase their odds of building a generational company. In exchange for our help, we'll ask for a small equity stake in your company. Learn how we provide value below.

How We Help

There are a few key things we have identified that we can assist with that have a disproportionate impact of the future success of an early stage founder.

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We Will Connect You To Our Deep Network

Raising capital? We know the best funds. Need a lawyer? We know the best lawyers. Looking to get better networked with YC founders? We can help with that too. Consider us your agent to meet whoever you need to meet to be successful in your tech career.

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We Will Help You With The Inputs That Output Greatness

We have been in the startup world for a decade. We've raised from the best and helped outsiders start with just an idea to nearly running their industry. We know what it takes to be great, and we will push you to do just that, and will be brutally honest with you when you aren't.

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We Will Believe In You When No One Else Does

Founding a startup is not straight up and to the right. Times can get hard. We are here to accelerate you in peace times and be a shoulder to lean on and to strategize with during the war times. We partner with founders first, their companies second, and will be there for you when you need it

The Portfolio

Here are a select number of ventures we have ownership in via advising. Testimonials/case studies available by request.

About Mat Sherman

Mat Sherman is the GP of Mat Capital. Mat is a Phoenix native and Arizona State University grad. Mat has a wide array of experiences in startups. Most notably, he helped dozens of companies raise capital through his efforts at He is directly responsible for facilitating over  of direct investment ino companies he's worked with.

Outside of Seedscout, Mat hosts a leading startup podcast where he's interviewed over 900 founders about their companies. Over time, he's developed different opinions on the tech industry and writes about those in his newsletter. He also leads ad sales at Product Hunt.

In his startup career, he's raised capital from Jason Calacanis, Eric Ries, leaders at FAANG companies, and top AngelList syndicates. He wants to take his knowledge + network and apply it to help founders destined for greatness.

Get in touch by emailing mat@matsherman.com.