# Matt Schlicht

> Matt Schlicht is a seed investor at Theory Forge Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Theory Forge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theory-forge-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattschlicht
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MattPRD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mattfs

Matt Schlicht is a seed investor at Theory Forge Ventures in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Matt Schlicht is the CEO of Octane AI. He previously worked at TracksBy Inc. as Co-Founder and CEO.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 80% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clouted | Unlocking infinite scale for creators through digital twins. | $7M | Seed | May 20, 2026 | https://www.cloutkitchen.net/ |
| Mirai | On-device SDK (developer suite) for running highly optimized inference, fine-tuning, and operating LLMs and other deep learning models on the device. We aim to make it easy for developers to choose and route the query to the right model and deploy it to the device in a couple of clicks.Mirai is addressing a significant gap in on-device AIinference and training. Current cloud-based models face high latency, privacy concerns, and reliance on constant connectivity. Developers also struggle with high costs for personalization (e.g., $100M per year for 1M MAU) which is the most crucial pain point now and a core of our GTM. There’s no existing developer-friendly solution for on-device mobile AI, fine-tuning, and management. Our vision involves expanding from a robust SDK to include a developer console for model management, benchmarks, and fine-tuning. | $10M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 | https://trymirai.com/ |
| Feltsense Holdings | Feltsense Holdings develops AI agents that function as fully autonomous startup founders. The company focuses on agents that identify pain points, design solutions, and build digital and physical infrastructure. Its technology aims to create fleets of agentic founders that understand user needs and deliver products and services directly. FeltsenseHoldings targets use cases where automated company creation and operation can accelerate innovation and deployment. | $5.1M | Seed | Feb 04, 2026 | https://feltsense.com |
| Consio | The phone sales platform for commerce. Consio enables merchants to close more sales and engage with their customers profitably on the phone. | $770K | Pre-Seed | Nov 25, 2024 | https://www.consio.ai/ |
| Sauna by Wordware | Wordware allows users to create and host their entire LLM stack for AI application development. It offers tools for building, training, and deploying language models. The platform simplifies the integration of various components necessary for AI solutions. Users can manage their applications and data within a unified environment. | $30M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 | https://www.wordware.ai |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [20SALES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20sales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Pearls VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-pearls) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Day One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/day-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Theory Forge Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Theory Forge Ventures is an operator-led AI pre-seed/seed fund investing in ambitious founders who are changing the world with AI. It is founded by longtime AI entrepreneurs Ben Parr (Octane AI; ex-Mashable/CNET; Sama) and Matt Schlicht (Octane AI; Ustream; YC alum). Theory Forge has invested in over 20 companies since its inception in2024.

2 contacts available at Theory Forge Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Parr | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-parr-c0f5 |
| Matt Schlicht | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-schlicht |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Schlicht invest in?

Matt Schlicht invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

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### When did Matt Schlicht last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Schlicht closed in Feb 2026. 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.

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