Matt Slater

A Full Stack Venture Firm
 

Investing in World Changing Founders Building the Future

Portfolio

The Future Is Stateless

Stateless Ventures is an early stage crypto asset investment firm. We back startups with highly asymmetric risk reward potential. Often, these are good ideas that start out looking like bad ideas. Identifying the crossover between what the smartest people are working on during nights/weekends and where the world is going. We are witnessing a Cambrian explosion of innovation in financial technology and web architecture. The future web will be more decentralized, free from trusted 3rd parties and monopoly tech giants.
 
We believe the internet should be more egalitarian. By investing in startups and crypto protocols, we intend to bring about that change.

TEAM

Matt Slater

Managing Partner

Matt is founder and Managing Partner at Stateless Ventures where he leads the investment team across all sectors and asset classes.
 
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 Law from Loyola Law School.
 
Twitter: @mattslater

Sol Bier

Venture Partner

Sol is a Venture Partner at Stateless Ventures where he leads late stage investments across SaaS, Crypto, Healthcare, AI, EVs, Autonomous Robotics and other emerging fields.

Sol founded and currently leads Factorial Funds, a private equity and venture fund focusing on growth stage investments.

Previously, Sol was a founding engineer at Cruise Automation (YC W14), an early self driving car startup acquired by GM for $1b in 2016.
 
Sol graduated from USC with a BSc in Physics while teaching himself how to code on nights and weekends.
 
Twitter: @solbier1

Sam Trautwein

Venture Partner

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.
 
Twitter: @futurenomics

Zach Ginsburg

Venture Partner

Zach is a Venture Partner at Stateless Ventures where he leads private syndicate investments from early stage to growth equity.
 
Zach is founder/GP at Calm Ventures, a top angel list syndicate with over 3000 investors. Notable investments include 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.
 
Twitter: @zachgins

Reid Stender

Junior Partner

Reid is an junior partner at Stateless Ventures where he helps the investment team across all sectors.
 
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.
 
Twitter: @Decryptcrypto