# Matt Robinson

> Matt Robinson is a seed investor at Heroic Ventures (Menlo Park) backing Sensor and Travel. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Heroic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heroic-ventures)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrobinson/
- Website: http://www.heroicvc.com

Matt Robinson is a Managing Partner and Founder of Heroic Ventures. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor | 1 | 17% |
| Travel | 1 | 17% |
| Parking | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Outdoors | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nikkl | Nikkl gives funding to unicorn workers so they can execute their vested options to buy shares, dramatically lower their taxes, and obtain short-term liquidity. | $5M | Seed | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| HiCounselor | HiCounselor is a career accelerator that provides job seekers and professionals with the coaching and resources they need to land their next job. Its coaches and mentors are industry experts and employees from the most prestigious companies, and they have assisted numerous fellow professionals in achieving their career objectives. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Totum Labs | Totum enables the worldwide tracking and monitoring of billions of assets using their constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites. | $13M | Series A | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| LandTrust | LandTrust is a marketplace where people can list, discover, and book private land for hunting, fishing, and outdoor experiences. LandTrust is the place for getting sportsmen out pursuing their passions on private land. LandTrust also partners with landowners like farmers & ranchers to create new revenue streams from their land's naturalresources, which enables them to be directly compensated for good land management practices & continue to invest in stewarding their land. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 07, 2020 |  |
| Artimus Robotics | Artimus Robotics works towards enabling a new generation of robots and machines that increase productivity and improve quality of life. |  | Seed | Aug 12, 2020 |  |
| ParkiFi | ParkiFi is making parking less of a hassle with their real-time parking occupancy and payment platform. Approximately one out of three cars on the road in downtown Denver is actively looking for a parking spot. Finding that spot takes an average of fifteen minutes of avoidable driving. It was created to take this stress out of people’s lives andreduce the environmental impact of driving.With the ParkiFi app, users simply input an address into the real-time parking map and the app’s parking spot finder directs them to open spaces in garages and lots and automatically allows users to pay for parking via the app at select locations. Metered street parking will be added in 2017. The iOS and Android app launched in downtown Denver in November 2016 and will roll out in other Denver neighborhoods and nationwide in 2017.ParkiFi was recognized as a 2016 “Denver Gazelles” company by the Denver Office of Economic Development. The company has raised $13.5 million in venture capital to-date. To learn more, visit www.parkifi.com and follow ParkiFi on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.It is a Denver-based technology company founded in 2014 by Ryan Sullivan and Rishi Malik in response to a critical insight into downtown traffic. | $7.5M | Series A | Feb 25, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Upslope Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galvanize) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Howard Hughes Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-hughes-4964) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hunt Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunt-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MergeLane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mergelane) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Heroic Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Heroic Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in heroes - the passionate and purposeful entrepreneurs solving real problems in huge markets.

5 contacts available at Heroic Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Robinson | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-robinson-3 |
| Michael Fertik | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-fertik |
| Alex Kirik | EA and HR; EA and HR | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-kirik |
| Claire Zhang | Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-zhang |
| Itai Maron | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itai-maron |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Robinson invest in?

Matt Robinson invests primarily in Sensor, Travel and Parking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Matt Robinson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Robinson closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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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