Matt Higgins
CEO and Co-Founder @ RSE Ventures
New York, United States
Matt Higgins is a seed investor at RSE Ventures in New York focused on Food and Beverage and E-Commerce. Matt Higgins is based out of New York and is the Co-Founder of Lockchain.ai . Matt previously worked at SkOUT Secure Intelligence as a Co-Owner. Matt Higgins attended Fordham University School of Law.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
Last updated:
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Industries Matt Higgins invests in
Stages Matt Higgins invests in
Countries Matt Higgins invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$10M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $617k–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 3 (25%)
- E-Commerce 2 (17%)
- Manufacturing 2 (17%)
- Apps 1 (8%)
- Web3 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (50%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (33%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
Country
- United States 10 (83%)
- Canada 1 (8%)
- United Arab Emirates 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| FPF Defense is a U.S.-based defense manufacturing company focused on lightweight military technologies, advanced armors, ammunition, packaging systems, and related R&D/manufacturing work for defense and commercial markets. | $10M / Seed / Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| AXIA Time offers watches and timepieces in different styles and sizes. The company sells watch collections that include options connected to sports teams and universities. Pendant necklaces and display boxes are also available. Customers can buy these products through the online store. Axia Time provides customer support, a warranty, and a returnpolicy. | Seed / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Brooklyn Dumpling Shop specializes in serving various dumplings combining traditional and innovative dumpling flavors. The restaurant uses a contactless automat system, which ensures a seamless and modern way to enjoy their food. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop is located in New York, they offer a variety of dumplings with creative fillings like Korean BBQ,mac and cheese, smashed apple pie, signature creamy peanut sauce, and exclusive smashed burgers. | $616.7K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Hatz AI helps MSPs build an AI-as-a-service business with AI applications and agents. | $2.5M / Seed / Jan 04, 2024 | ||
| Travel-brand-as-a-service | $4.7M / Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Breakaway Music Festival is a performing arts company of pop, dance, and hip-hop music festival series. Breakaway Music Festival hosts college students and young professionals annually, touring college campuses across the US, and activating a small army of college student ambassadors. Founded by Adam Lynn in 2016 and is located in Columbus,Ohio. | Series A / Jun 14, 2023 | ||
| Nifty League is a web-focused game studio that decentralizes game development. It intends to build a studio for production and player engagement in order to encourage other independent developers to collaborate with them to create a decentralized future. | $5M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| ResQ is the all-in-one app to request, track and pay for your restaurant's repair and maintenance needs. | $39M / Series A / Oct 12, 2021 | ||
| Grow Credit helps consumers with no credit or thin credit files establish or build credit for free using their existing subscription accounts, including Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify, and many more. Grow is also the first platform to allow consumers to build credit with their cell phone bills. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in SantaMonica, California. | $6.3M / Seed / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| Healthe is a developer of circadian and biological lighting products intended to help regulate the body's circadian clock. For over 20 years its scientists have been adapting technology from NASA and the ISS to engineer products that use the natural power of the sun to sustain, protect and optimize indoor environments. The company wasfounded in 2018 and is based in Melbourne, Florida. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 28, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About RSE Ventures
RSE is a private investment firm made up of builders, innovators, partners and founders who focus on companies across sports and entertainment, media and marketing, food and lifestyle, and technology. By combining a deep understanding of a founder’s mission with the strategic resources of its network, RSE elevates businesses at inflectionpoints. Capabilities range from real estate strategy execution to marketing campaign development, and everything in between, while the RSE family includes the Miami Dolphins, International Champions Cup, VaynerMedia, SkOUT Secure Intelligence, Momofuku, Milk Bar and &pizza.
RSE Ventures Contacts
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Caroline Sizer
Vice President
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Cathy Gao
Director, Cyber Strategy
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John Berberich
Managing Director, F&B Concepts
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Matt Higgins
CEO and Co-Founder
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Nick Perkins
Senior Vice President
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FAQ
What does Matt Higgins invest in?
Matt Higgins invests primarily in Food and Beverage, E-Commerce and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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.
What is Matt Higgins's check size?
Matt Higgins typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$10M at Seed and $617k–$25M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Matt Higgins participates in.
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When did Matt Higgins last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Matt Higgins closed in Jul 2026. 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.
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