# Matthew Hayes

> Matthew Hayes is a seed investor at PJC (Boston) backing Travel, Fashion and Cosmetics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PJC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pjc)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlhayes/

Matthew Hayes is a seed investor at PJC in Boston focused on Travel and Fashion. Matthew Hayes is the General Partner at PJC, an Investor and Board Observer at Eden Health, and an Investor at Lively, Lattice, and TrueNorth. He attended Columbia Business School and the University of Rhode Island.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cohora | Cohora is a platform for customer engagement and activation. By stepping up sales and marketing initiatives, carrying out product development, and providing support to its initial clients in the travel, fashion, and cosmetics industries, it leverages the money to quicken its growth. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Grapevine | Grapevine is a collaborative giving platform where people give with people. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ground Squirrel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ground-squirrel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Notation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notation-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Overton Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overton-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Social Good Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-good-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ulu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulu-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PJC

VC Fund · Boston, United States

PJC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in, supporting, and building relationships with entrepreneurs who are creating the future. The firm has invested in over 100 companies across North America including notable companies like Expensify, Nest, BlockFi, GetWell Network and Nexamp. PJC was founded in 2001 and is based inBoston, Massachusetts.

5 contacts available at PJC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Martirano | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-martirano |
| Matthew Hayes | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-hayes |
| Alok Deshpande | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alok-deshpande-2 |
| Arun Saigal | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-saigal |
| Gaurav Bhogale | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaurav-bhogale-5850 |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Hayes invest in?

Matthew Hayes invests primarily in Travel, Fashion and Cosmetics 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 Hayes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Hayes closed in Sep 2024. 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?

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