Matt Turck

Overview

Matt Turck is a Partner at venture capital firm FirstMark, where he focuses mostly on early-stage enterprise and B2B investing. Prior to FirstMark, Matt was a startup founder, tech executive and angel investor. Most recently, he was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the incubation arm of Bloomberg LP, which he helped start. Previously, Matt was the co-founder of TripleHop, an enterprise search software startup that was acquired by Oracle, and then an executive at Oracle following the acquisition. Matt is passionate about building communities. Since 2011, he has been running Data Driven NYC, the largest data and AI community in the US (19,000 members). He also organizes Hardwired NYC, a community focused on deep tech (7,500 members).

Investment Focus

• Focus on early-stage investments
• Interest in data, AI, and enterprise software sectors
• Geographical focus on United States and Europe
• Preference for companies with strong community engagement
• Interest in sectors such as technology, data, AI, enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, machine learning, consumer internet, financial services, healthcare, education, media, e-commerce, cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT
• Willingness to invest across various stages, including seed, early stage, Series A, Series B, growth, late stage, and pre-IPO
• Open to investing in companies with a global presence, including regions such as France, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, Israel, Singapore, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, and Denmark

Portfolio Companies