# Matthew Claxton

> Matthew Claxton is a seed investor at Plug and Play backing Textiles and CleanTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-claxton-vc/#experience

Matthew Claxton is a seed investor at Plug and Play in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Textiles and CleanTech. Matthew Claxton is the Principal and Global Director Of Sustainability at Plug and Play Tech Center.Matthew Claxton attended Stanford Center for Professional Development .

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Textiles | 1 | 50% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rubi Laboratories | Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that manufacture carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry. Its technology offers a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the threads that help clients produce viscose that is carbon-negative, water-chemical, land-neutral, traceable, and biodegradable. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Rubi Laboratories | Rubi Laboratories develops biocatalyst solutions that manufacture carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry. Its technology offers a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the threads that help clients produce viscose that is carbon-negative, water-chemical, land-neutral, traceable, and biodegradable. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Axial VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axial-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CapitalX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Darco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darco-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Incite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incite-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Plug and Play

VC Fund · Sunnyvale, United States

Plug and Play is a seed and early-stage investor focused on great teams leading emerging growth companies. Plug and Play runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, that acts as a platform for major corporations and high quality startups to connect and collaborate.Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Playparticipates in Seed, Angel and Series A funding where they often co-invest with their strategic partners. Through years of experience and as part of their network, Plug and Play has put together a world-class network of serial entrepreneurs, strategic investors, and industry leaders who actively assist the firm with its successful and growing investment portfolio.SEED ROUND. Plug and Play participates in seed round investing through a program called Startup Camp. Startup Camp is a 10-week program based in Silicon Valley for top-notch entrepreneurs to work intensively on building out their business model. Select startups will refine their business models and prototypes with help from a combination of structured workshops, speaker series and mentorship sessions, as well as active coaching from their investment team. At the culmination of Startup Camp, founders will have crystalized their business plans and pitched their company to the venture capital community at EXPO Demo Day."ANGEL ROUND Plug and Play makes angel round investments throughout the year, sourced from their monthly Plug and Play Angels (PAPA) sessions. They are partnered with local angel investors in Silicon Valley who participate in PAPA to find the most promising startups and best new technologies.SERIES A. Series A typical Series A round is in the range of $2 million to $10 million, and is intended to provide operating capital for the company for six months to two years. This round capitalizes the company as it develops its products, performs initial marketing and branding, acquires talent, and conducts other early-stage business operations. It is in this stage that Plug and Play will co-invest with over 180 venture capital partners.Plug and Play has helped grow market leaders such as PayPal, Danger, Google, DropBox, LendingClub, Zoosk, SoundHound, CreditSesame, Skytree, and has over 400 more early-stage startups in its portfolio.

5 contacts available at Plug and Play.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chen Zhao | Managing Partner, China | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chen-zhao |
| Gyehyon Andrea Jo | Crossborder IR program builder and mentor \| Global Top Tier Metropolitans <>US onboarding | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gyehyon-andrea-jo |
| Matthew Claxton | Global Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-claxton-81d2 |
| Oscar Gutierrez | Business Relationship Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oscar-gutierrez |
| Roja Amrollah | Director, Investment Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roja-amrollah |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Claxton invest in?

Matthew Claxton invests primarily in Textiles, CleanTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Claxton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Claxton closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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