# Matt Kalish

> Matt Kalish is a seed investor in Boston backing Gaming, Web3 and Retail. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-kalish-529ab33
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mattkalish
- Website: https://x.com/mattkalish
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthew.kalish

Matt Kalish is a seed investor in Boston focused on Gaming and Web3. Matt Kalish is the founder and CRO of DraftKings, a knowledge-based daily fantasy sports website.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 50% |
| Web3 | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Wholesale | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Kenya | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FaZe Media | FaZe Media intends to return creative control to the personalities that created the brand in the first place. | $11M | Angel | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Nifty League | 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 |  |
| Playtertainment | Playtertainment provides combination of classic arcade games and mobile technology and offers real live-streaming games with real prizes, enabling gamers to play live games directly from their phone. | $5M | Series A | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Powered by People | Powered by People is a mobile-first, distributed manufacturing system offering online tools, financing solutions, and a B2B marketplace to the small and mid-sized enterprises in the creative manufacturing and handmade sector. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3SE Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3se-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Astralis Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astralis-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avocado Guild](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avocado-dao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avocado Guild](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avocado-guild) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EVOS Esports](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evos-esports) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Kalish invest in?

Matt Kalish invests primarily in Gaming, Web3 and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Kalish's check size?

Matt Kalish typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Matt Kalish participates in.

### When did Matt Kalish last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Kalish closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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