# Matt Monahan

> Matt Monahan is a seed investor at The Most Famous Artist (Los Angeles) backing iOS and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Most Famous Artist](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-most-famous-artist)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gomattymo
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gomattymo
- Website: http://medium.com/@gomattymo

Matt Monahan is a seed investor at The Most Famous Artist in Los Angeles focused on iOS and SaaS. Matt is a Stanford University graduate, investor,entrepreneur, and artist.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $80k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mattermark | Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups.Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to dealsourcing and due diligence.The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups. | $6.5M | Series A | Dec 16, 2014 |  |
| Glimpse | Glimpse is a new way to meet people through Instagram. They use the data behind your photos to make compelling introductions to people you should know. Glimpse combs your photo history to match you with like-minded people who share similar interests, around you. | $80K | Seed | Feb 04, 2014 |  |
| Mattermark | Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups.Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to dealsourcing and due diligence.The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups. | $400K | Seed | Jul 01, 2013 |  |
| Referly | Referly is an Online Referral System for Your Social Network. Referly tracks the links you share, and rewards you for your friends’ actions. When you share your favorite products and services, you build a reputation as the “go-to guru” for the things you love, and get rewards for generating purchases. | $1M | Seed | Oct 15, 2012 |  |
| Mattermark | Mattermark is a data platform for venture capital companies to quantify signals of growing and potentially lucrative start-ups.Mattermark offers deal intelligence to the world's leading dealmakers - venture capital, private equity, corporate development, sales, and marketing professionals looking to take a data-driven approach to dealsourcing and due diligence.The company was launched in 2012 as a data platform for VCs with hopes of becoming the go-to software for firms to use when quantifying signals of growing and potentially lucrative startups. | $1M | Seed | Oct 15, 2012 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACME Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acme-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Outlander Fund I Archimedes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arena-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FG Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fg-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Marc Bell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-bell-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sherpa Healthcare Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sherpa-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Most Famous Artist

VC Fund

The Most Famous Artist is community website for making and selling art.

1 contacts available at The Most Famous Artist.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Monahan | Janitor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-monahan |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Monahan invest in?

Matt Monahan invests primarily in iOS, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Monahan's check size?

Matt Monahan typically joins rounds of $80k–$1M 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 Monahan participates in.

### When did Matt Monahan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Monahan closed in Dec 2014. Shizune tracks 5 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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