# Matthew Lent

> Matthew Lent is a seed investor backing Hardware, SaaS and Charity. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Matthew Lent is a seed investor focused on Hardware and SaaS. Matthew Lent

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$3.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Charity | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Naya Health | Naya Health reinvents nutrition for both babies and families with ingenious products and game-changing insights.Naya Health Co., is a seed stage company developing digital, consumer-focused health products that will revolutionize the well-being and lifestyle of mothers and babies. The company's initial product is a first-of- kind, radicallyimproved breast pump for nursing moms. Naya Health helps modern mothers reach their breastfeeding goals by offering products that integrate into a mom’s busy life. | $3.9M | Seed | Apr 25, 2016 |  |
| Process Street | Process Street is a SaaS platform that lets non-technical teams create powerful, no code workflows. It provides an easy way to document, track, automate, and optimize human-centric processes. Process Street was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 18, 2016 |  |
| Aperia Technologies | Aperia Technologies provides automatic tire inflation devices that help improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. It offers Halo Tire Inflator, a ring-shaped device that utilizes a wheel's rotational motion to pump air and maintain optimal tire pressure. Aperia Technologies was incorporated in 2010 and is based in SanFrancisco, California. | $3.1M |  | Feb 16, 2016 |  |
| Aperia Technologies | Aperia Technologies provides automatic tire inflation devices that help improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. It offers Halo Tire Inflator, a ring-shaped device that utilizes a wheel's rotational motion to pump air and maintain optimal tire pressure. Aperia Technologies was incorporated in 2010 and is based in SanFrancisco, California. | $3.1M | Debt Financing | Feb 16, 2016 |  |
| TruckLabs | TruckLabs is a trucking technology company with a mission to transform the industry through combining a first-hand understanding of trucking with technology. With more than one hundred million miles driven, we are hardware engineers, software developers and data scientists who are serious about trucking. | $1M | Convertible Note | Feb 01, 2016 |  |
| Omaze | Omaze provides an online fundraising platform. It gives everyone a chance to win once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like a trip to SpaceX's Singularity University headquarters, or a hang-out session with the cast of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. | $9M | Series A | Jul 15, 2015 |  |
| Aperia Technologies | Aperia Technologies provides automatic tire inflation devices that help improve the safety and efficiency of commercial vehicles. It offers Halo Tire Inflator, a ring-shaped device that utilizes a wheel's rotational motion to pump air and maintain optimal tire pressure. Aperia Technologies was incorporated in 2010 and is based in SanFrancisco, California. | $6.5M |  | Jul 03, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Astia Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astia-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Augment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augment-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bojiang Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bojiang-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Lent invest in?

Matthew Lent invests primarily in Hardware, SaaS and Charity startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Lent's check size?

Matthew Lent typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$3.9M 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 Lent participates in.

### When did Matthew Lent last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Lent closed in Apr 2016. Shizune tracks 7 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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