# Alan Matthew

> Alan Matthew is a seed investor at Tribal Ventures (Chicago) backing Software and Education. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tribal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribal-ventures-2)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AlanMatthew1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.matthew.5

Alan Matthew is an Active Angel Investor, investing in over 24 companies in the past year and a half. He has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1977 and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for over 30yrs.As a published photographer in the New York Times, Alan has explored over 85 countries in his life and has been a ShamanicHealer for over 17yrs. His company, Tribal Ventures, LLC invests in a vast array of companies and their core values lie within investing in the people of the company, not just the idea. This has been proven to be very successful for him and Tribal thus far.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Education | 2 | 17% |
| Crowdfunding | 2 | 17% |
| EdTech | 1 | 8% |
| Mobile | 1 | 8% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 83% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CFX Markets | CFX Markets is the first centralized and digitized secondary market for alternative assets; a central trading platform where investors can buy and sell shares of illiquid assets in an efficient and seamless way. We provide an open and secure network to facilitate secondary market transactions of private securities in alternative assets, bringingliquidity to the investors who invest nationwide in these private securities as well as those investors that are taking part in the exploding crowdfunding industry. In short, we make it easier and more efficient to invest. |  | Convertible Note | Apr 18, 2016 |  |
| Edovo | Edovo utilizes secure tablet technology to deliver free access to educational programming and low-cost communication services. Edovo operates as an all-in-one communication and education consultancy, providing key services and creating custom solutions for jails and prisons nationwide.Since launching in 2014, Edovo has been building technologysolutions to provide fair and honest communication services, educational and vocational programming, and re-entry preparation for justice-involved people and their loved ones. | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 22, 2016 |  |
| Popular Pays | Popular Pays is a platform connecting content creators with brands who want the content to tell their stories. They’re a true tech company, with an in-house built iOS app (for creators) and dashboard (for brands) that delivers direct communication, workflow tools & powerful statistics. Pop Pays is a Facebook Marketing Partner and its softwareis used to power the Pinterest Pin Collective community.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $2M | Series A | Jul 23, 2015 |  |
| Packback | Packback is a social learning platform powered by a proprietary A.I. that college professors use to help their students fall in love with the subject matter, drive personalized learning, and most importantly, quantify and improve critical thinking skills. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2015 |  |
| PeerRealty | PeerRealty is the Midwest's premier real estate crowdfunding platform. At PeerRealty we believe that no investment portfolio can be truly diversified without a real estate component and they are proud to offer an efficient means to gain that diversification.With our streamlined, online portal, PeerRealty offers a marketplace whereinvestors can participate in high-quality real estate deals with the nation’s most reputable developers that were historically difficult to access.At PeerRealty, we challenge the convention of real estate developers catering exclusively to the wealthy elite. Instead, the PeerRealty platform allows for a new market of investors ("Peers") to invest alongside elite individuals and institutions; allowing eligible investors access to some of the world’s greatest wealth-creating investment opportunities.Our online platform saves investors money as well as time, and our focus on the Midwestern marketplace introduces real estate crowdfunding opportunities to a largely untapped market. Distinguished by these practices, PeerRealty is committed to bringing the highest quality real estate crowdfunding opportunities to your community and beyond! |  | Seed | Jan 05, 2015 |  |
| Guard Llama | In the event of an emergency, simply press the button on your Guard Llama remote, or inside the application, to immediately send your GPS location, security profile, photo, and medical information to our 24/7 UL Listed and Federally Certified dispatch center. |  | Seed | Sep 11, 2014 |  |
| Telnyx | Telnyx is a VoIP telecom service provider, providing a cloud-based platform that offers access to carrier grade voice services over the internet. It is focused on enabling a communication fabric for developers and platforms to integrate voice, messaging, and other forms of communication into their applications and to facilitate that communicationuniversally.Telnyx accepts all outbound traffic profiles, including mission critical conversational traffic, short duration dialer traffic, and high CPS machine generated traffic. It gives its clients the complete control over their outbound termination.Telnyx was founded in 2009. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 |  |
| Scholastica | Scholastica is a web-based software platform for managing academic journals with integrated peer review and open access publishing tools. Founded in 2012 in response to a growing need for a more affordable and efficient way to peer review and publish scholarly journals, it aims to give editors the tools they need to easily manage and publishpeer-reviewed journals at a price anyone can afford. Over 500 journals across disciplines use Scholastica. | $510K | Seed | May 07, 2014 |  |
| PaletteApp | PaletteApp is a digital design tool that helps architects, contractors, and manufacturers facilitate the design and sample ordering process. The tool offers its streamlined, easy-to-use app to designers, architects, students, and other users at no charge via PaletteApp.com. It was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. | $425K | Seed | Dec 26, 2013 |  |
| MarkITx | MarkITx is a technology company that is transforming the way the world trades IT hardware. Using predictive algorithms to provide a fair market value of IT equipment in real-time, the company’s transparent online exchange helps enterprises recoup as much as 40% of their original IT investment. MarkITx eliminates risk at every step by maintaininganonymity between parties and keeping funds in escrow until equipment has passed a thorough inspection and certification from a qualified OEM refurbisher. Founded in 2012 by a team of serial entrepreneurs, the Chicago-based company currently serves more than 1,500 customers and is doing business on five continents. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 11, 2013 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakewest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Impact Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-impact-engine) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Corazon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corazon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dundee Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dundee-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tribal Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Tribal Ventures is an early stage investment fund based in New York City and Princeton, NJ. Tribal Ventures makes selective investments, focused on opportunities where their deep industry knowledge can meaningfully help entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level.The Tribal team has senior level operational experience in Adtech, mobileand TV technology, sales & marketing strategy/execution, revenue generation and product development.

3 contacts available at Tribal Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Matthew | Managing Director & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-matthew |
| Andrew Reis | President & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-reis |
| Jason Glickman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-glickman-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Alan Matthew invest in?

Alan Matthew invests primarily in Software, Education and Crowdfunding startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alan Matthew last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alan Matthew closed in Apr 2016. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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