# Matt Salzberg

> Matt Salzberg is a seed investor at The Ambr Group (New York) backing Farming and mHealth. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Ambr Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suma-brands)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/msalzberg
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mattsalz
- Website: https://x.com/mattsalz
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/msalzberg

Matt Salzberg is a seed investor at The Ambr Group in New York focused on Farming and mHealth. Matt Salzberg is the Chief Executive Officer of The Ambr Group. He previously worked at Blue Apron as a Founder and Chairman. Matt Salzberg attended Harvard University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.6M–$7.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 1 | 20% |
| mHealth | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Shopping | 1 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unlimited | Unlimited specializes in democratizing alternatives through return replication technology. It employs machine learning to create solutions that mimic alternative investment index returns. | $8M | Series A | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Prefer | Prefer is a referral network for independent professionals to grow their businesses. |  | Series A | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Bowery Farming | Bowery is the modern farming company growing the purest produce imaginable. It is on a mission to grow food for a better future by revolutionizing agriculture. By combining the benefits of the best local farms with advances made possible by technology, their indoor farms create the ideal conditions to grow post-organic produce you can feel goodabout eating.BoweryOS, its proprietary software system, uses vision systems, automation technology, and machine learning to monitor plants and all the variables that drive their growth 24/7. Because they control the entire process from seed to store, Bowery farms use zero pesticides, 95% less water, and are 100+ times more productive on the same footprint of land than traditional agriculture. Its produce is currently available at select Whole Foods and Foragers stores in the Tristate area and featured on the menus of Tom Colicchio’s New York restaurants Craft and Fowler & Wells. | $7.5M | Seed | Feb 24, 2017 |  |
| SkyMD | SkyMD is committed to building experiences for doctors to provide quality care to their patients anytime, anywhere. The platform accepts all major types of medical insurance and includes a national prescription medicine network to all US pharmacies. The company's secure, HIPAA compliant platform enables dermatologists to provide ongoingquality care and treatment to their patients virtually. SkyMD was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $800K | Convertible Note | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| HelloShopper | HelloShopper (formerly known as Scratch) is an e-commerce service that helps consumers give great gifts (to someone else or to treat themselves!). Unless you know exactly what you’re looking for, finding a great product online can be a challenge. We believe you shouldn’t have to settle for whatever shows up on the first page of search results, sowe’re building a service that makes giving great gifts, from unique brands, as easy as sending a text message.Featured as Apple’s top ‘Best New App’ in February 2016, our chat-based mobile and web app connects customers with a network of gift shoppers, on-demand, from any device. We supercharge our shoppers with the extensive data we’ve accumulated through thousands of customer interactions, which helps us send on-target recommendations quickly, every time.Customers simply tell us who they are shopping for and answer a couple questions about their interests. Within a few hours, our shoppers send them great recommendations from unique brands. It’s completely free and customers can buy right from us with confidence, since every purchase is backed by our best price guarantee. Founded in August 2014, we've raised $3.6M so far from top-tier VCs Bessemer Venture Partners, NextView Ventures, Red Swan and Aspiration Growth. Our team includes alums from TripAdvisor, Microsoft, Wayfair, RunKeeper, CustomMade and Karmaloop. | $3.6M | Seed | Jul 14, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AGO Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspiration-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Homebrew](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/homebrew-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [#Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Ambr Group

VC Fund · Minneapolis, United States

​The Ambr Group is an e-commerce platform that acquires and operates consumer product brands, primarily focusing on Amazon and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels. ​The Ambr Group integrates acquired brands into its operations, aiming to scale them through product development and omnichannel expansion.

4 contacts available at The Ambr Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Savage | Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-savage-b49a |
| Danielle David Parks | Co-Founder, Former Interim Head of People; Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-david-parks |
| Jon Dussel | Strategic M&A | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-dussel |
| Matt Salzberg | Chairman & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-salzberg |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Salzberg invest in?

Matt Salzberg invests primarily in Farming, mHealth and Internet 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 Salzberg's check size?

Matt Salzberg typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$7.5M 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 Salzberg participates in.

### When did Matt Salzberg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Salzberg closed in May 2023. 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?

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