# Matthew Scott

> Matthew Scott is a seed investor at Silicon Valley Bank backing Software and Health Care. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silicon Valley Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-bank)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcscott/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MatthewCScott
- Website: https://x.com/MatthewCScott

Matthew Scott is a seed investor at Silicon Valley Bank in New York focused on Software and Health Care. Matthew Scott has 3 current jobs including Founding and Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures, Managing Partner at BaseCamp Ventures, and Founding Managing Partner at Basecamp Fund. Additionally, Matthew Scott has had 6 past jobs including VC & Incubation at Nike. He attended NYU Stern School of Business and Tulane University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| Health Care | 5 | 33% |
| Internet | 3 | 20% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Medical | 2 | 13% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 80% |
| Egypt | 1 | 7% |
| Mexico | 1 | 7% |
| Denmark | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kolors | Kolors is a technological platform that focuses on providing intelligent intercity mobility of bus transportation in the region. |  | Seed | Oct 13, 2023 |  |
| Impulse Space | Impulse Space develops spacecraft and propulsion systems that provide transportation and mobility services for payloads operating in space. The company focuses on moving, deploying, and hosting payloads across a range of orbital destinations, including low Earth orbit, geostationary orbit, and other deep-space trajectories. Its vehicle portfolioincludes Mira, a spacecraft designed for payload hosting, deployment, and orbital maneuvers, and Helios, a transfer vehicle intended to transport larger payloads between orbits. Impulse Space designs, manufactures, and tests much of its hardware in-house, covering spacecraft systems, propulsion components, and mission integration. The company supports commercial, civil, and government missions by providing in-space transportation and logistics capabilities after launch. | $45M | Series A | Jul 24, 2023 |  |
| Pharmacy Marts | Pharmacy Marts is an online platform that enables pharmacists to get their daily prescriptions and medications from a variety of suppliers. Pharmacy Marts was founded in 2021 and is located in Cairo, Egypt. |  | Seed | May 11, 2023 |  |
| MainStreet | MainStreet identifies and claims government incentives, tax credits, deductions, and stimulus funds for startups and SMBs. The company’s platform scans payroll and accounting systems to match federal, state, and local tax credits, in addition to managing legal workflows, to help clients save money and time. MainStreet charges a flat 20% success feeupon incentive disbursement. MainStreet is backed by leading investors SignalFire, Gradient Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, SV Angel, Moxxie Ventures, Weekend Fund, and Shrug Capital, among others. Daniel Griffin, Doug Ludlow, and Dan Lindquist founded MainStreet in 2019 in San Jose, California. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 15, 2020 |  |
| Takeoffs.io | Takeoffs. Automated Takeoff & Estimates. | $100K | Seed | May 11, 2020 |  |
| Kindest | Kindest is the first ever, fully-automated fundraising platform for non-profits. Kindest is an internet company that is enabling non-profit organizations to fundraise for FREE. The tip-based model eliminates all friction for onboarding."Kindest is one of the fastest-growing startups in my entire portfolio." -Charles Hudson, PrecursorVentures | $650K | Pre-Seed | Apr 13, 2020 |  |
| Arrive | Arrive powers the last mile of mobility through smart parking solutions. It offers the only seamless mobility experience that predicts and recommends the best parking solution for any journey. Arrive powers smart parking and other connected mobility services through apps, websites, voice platforms, and in-dash integrations to hundreds of clientsincluding smart cities, automakers, fleets, venues, navigation and voice platforms, as well as to its own ParkWhiz and BestParking consumer brands. | $150K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Confirm | Confirm is an engineering company that delivers automation and validation solutions for pharma, & medical device manufacturing industries. | $150K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 21, 2020 |  |
| Confirm | Confirm is the creator of a hiring and performance management platform that reflects each employee's impact and influence. The company's platform employs tried-and-true quantitative methodologies to assess candidate quality, compare candidates to others in the industry, and uncover people, projects, talents, and credentials, allowingbusinesses to hire the right person for the right job and attain their maximum potential. | $3M | Seed | Feb 21, 2020 |  |
| Raise.dev | Raise is an information technology company that specializes in providing paid training and mentorship to software developers with an emphasis on production applications, team collaboration, and industry practices. It focuses on website development. | $3M | Seed | Jan 29, 2020 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arabangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arba Seed Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arba-seed-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Silicon Valley Bank

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Silicon Valley Bank works with technology, life science, cleantech, venture capital, private equity, and premium wine businesses. SVB provides industry knowledge and connections, financing, treasury management, corporate investment, and international banking services to its clients worldwide through 27 U.S. offices and seven internationaloperations. Banking innovative companies and exclusive wineries, Silicon Valley Bank’s diverse financial services, knowledge, global network, and world-class service increase its clients’ probability of success. Forbes Magazine ranks SVB among America’s Best Banks, and Fortune Magazine named SVB one of the Best Companies to Work For in 2012.

5 contacts available at Silicon Valley Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis Grunt | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-grunt |
| Keith Cox | Head of Sponsor and Leveraged Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-cox-4 |
| Laura Scott | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-scott-b21d |
| Nicole Hawkey | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-hawkey |
| Alex McCracken | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-mccracken |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Scott invest in?

Matthew Scott invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Matthew Scott last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Scott closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 15 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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