We're a team of ex-builders turned investors.
Stateless Ventures is a full stack venture firm investing across all stages of the startup life cycle. Our primary focus is on the intersection of AI, crypto and web3. With a family of funds including a liquid fund, venture syndicate and opportunistic growth SPVs, we cover the full range of venture investing opportunities. We invest from pre seed, seed and series A through late stage growth rounds.
Venture capital has changed. Especially in new assets classes such as crypto, it requires a comprehensive understanding of capital markets, emerging technology, macro-economics, tokenomics, game-theory, trading acumen and startup experience to outperform the industry benchmarks. Having invested in and traded the crypto markets since 2013, the Stateless team brings over 20 years of combined crypto and venture capital experience.
We aim to partner with founders from the very beginning, helping them navigate the entire life cycle of a startup.
Matt is founder and Managing Partner at Stateless Ventures where he leads the investment team across all sectors and asset classes. Matt brings extensive operating experience both as a startup founder and VC and has a deep appreciation for technical founders. Matt is chair of the investment committee at Stateless.
Prior to Stateless, Matt was Co-founder and CEO of Hedgy – a blockchain derivatives startup backed by Tim Draper and Marc Benioff. A pioneer of smart contract technology, Hedgy built one of the first decentralized exchanges for crypto derivatives. Hedgy was acquired by Wyre, Inc. in 2018.
Matt holds a BSc in Business from USC, a Masters in Finance from Hult and a J.D in Securities and Tax Law from Loyola Law School.
Reid is an junior partner at Stateless Ventures where he helps the investment team across all sectors. Reid leads venture sourcing, dilligence and research and sits on the investment committee at Stateless.
Prior to Stateless, Reid covered internet and media sectors at Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) - a long/short hedge fund focused on public equities. Reid also worked in the Advisory practice at KPMG, assisting technology businesses with M&A.
Reid graduated from the University of Oregon, doubling majoring in Finance and Economics.
Zach is a Venture Partner at Stateless Ventures where he leads private syndicate investments from early stage to growth equity. Zach is responsible for deal sourcing, dilligence, investor relations and sits on the investment committee at Stateless.
Zach is founder/GP at Calm Ventures, a top angel list syndicate with over 5000 investors. Notable investments include SpaceX, Brex, Headspace, Omaze and SuperRare.
Previously, Zach was partner at OCV Ventures leading growth equity deals. Zach graduated from USC with a BSc in Finance.
Sam is a Venture Partner at Stateless Ventures where he sources DeFi and early stage crypto deals.
Sam co-founded Carbon Money during his senior year at Stanford, raising funds from Y Combinator and General Catalyst, among others. Sam started mining Bitcoin in his dorm room in 2014 and, prior to Carbon, was one of the founding engineers at Plenty, a Softbank backed AI and hydroponics company. Sam is passionate about decentralization and tech enabled disintermediation.
Sam studied Computer Science at Stanford.
