# Matthew Kaness

> Matthew Kaness is a seed investor in San Francisco Bay Area backing Software and E-Commerce. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkaness/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mattkaness?lang=en
- Website: https://x.com/mattkaness?lang=en

Matthew Kaness is a seed investor in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and E-Commerce. Matthew Kaness

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 15% |
| Water | 1 | 8% |
| Beauty | 1 | 8% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maker Wine | Maker is a wine marketplace featuring premium wines in innovative formats, so you can bring it and drink it anywhere. Maker Wine was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Marin, California. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| CodeBoxx Technology | With a rhythmic, personalized approach based on merit and collaboration, we have the firm belief that we can realize the true potential of an entire group of individuals from all walks of life, and help them to start a brand new chapter of their careers. Participants will use many various technologies -- from those powering efficient and productiveteam work, to the use of artificial intelligence in solving complex problems. Participants will also learn how to understand and navigate the vast universe of applications and web services at our disposal created to simplify and modernize our complex world.CodeBoxx, via its original program, will give you the skills and resources necessary to become a developer on the technology scene. You get to decide the context in which you want to evolve, be it entrepreneur, employee at one of the partners of our circle or at our internal digital workshop or as a freelance worker. | $2M | Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| Interlace Ventures | Interlace Ventures is an early stage fund investing in founders reimagining commerce. We invest at pre-seed and seed. |  |  | May 01, 2021 |  |
| Italic | Italic is building the modern "everything store." We empower consumers to shop quality goods straight from the same manufacturers as top brands but at 50-80% lower prices. For manufacturers, we provide the tools, distribution, and technology necessary to access a global customer base to build a completely new revenue stream. | $37M | Series B | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| CodeBoxx Technology | With a rhythmic, personalized approach based on merit and collaboration, we have the firm belief that we can realize the true potential of an entire group of individuals from all walks of life, and help them to start a brand new chapter of their careers. Participants will use many various technologies -- from those powering efficient and productiveteam work, to the use of artificial intelligence in solving complex problems. Participants will also learn how to understand and navigate the vast universe of applications and web services at our disposal created to simplify and modernize our complex world.CodeBoxx, via its original program, will give you the skills and resources necessary to become a developer on the technology scene. You get to decide the context in which you want to evolve, be it entrepreneur, employee at one of the partners of our circle or at our internal digital workshop or as a freelance worker. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| NEWNESS | Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 26, 2021 |  |
| Maker Wine | Maker is a wine marketplace featuring premium wines in innovative formats, so you can bring it and drink it anywhere. Maker Wine was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Marin, California. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2020 |  |
| NEWNESS | Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2020 |  |
| Outside | Pocket Outdoor Media brands influence and engage more athletes than any other through a combined print, online, and social audience of millions of runners, cyclists, triathletes, and swimmers. It features bike racing media brand triathlete and Women’s Running focusing on resource for women runners; |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| Outside | Pocket Outdoor Media brands influence and engage more athletes than any other through a combined print, online, and social audience of millions of runners, cyclists, triathletes, and swimmers. It features bike racing media brand triathlete and Women’s Running focusing on resource for women runners; |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Context Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/context-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cowboy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowboy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dream Machine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-machine-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyphen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyphen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Kaness invest in?

Matthew Kaness invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Matthew Kaness's check size?

Matthew Kaness typically joins rounds of $2M–$3.5M 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 Matthew Kaness participates in.

### When did Matthew Kaness last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Kaness closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 13 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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