# Matthew Saunders

> Matthew Saunders is a seed investor at RFI (Toronto) backing Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [RFI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryerson-futures-startup-accelerator)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsaunders1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/matt_hsaunders
- Website: https://x.com/matt_hsaunders

Matthew Saunders is a seed investor at RFI in Toronto focused on Financial Services. Matt Saunders is President at Ryerson Futures. He manages a seed stage investment fund and multiple acceleration programs for early-stage technology companies, as well as the Innovation for Hire consulting practice for corporate clients. He has more than 18 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive with companies in the technology andservice sectors.In Ryerson, Matt oversees operations in Canada, (Ryerson Futures, Zone Startups Sports + Media in Toronto, and Zone Startups Calgary in Alberta), as well as Zone Startups India in Mumbai.Matt has a bachelor of science in business administration and MBA from Northeastern University.

## Investment focus

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fundiin | Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale. | $5M | Series A | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Fundiin | Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| Fundiin | Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Fundiin | Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1982 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1982-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JIF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-asia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trihill Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trihill-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ThinkZone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thinkzone-419a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Xffirmers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xffirmers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About RFI

VC Fund

Pre Seed Stage fund (formerly Ryerson Futures)

3 contacts available at RFI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Saunders | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-saunders |
| Alan Lysne | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-lysne |
| Jam Michael McDonald | Marketing and Communications Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-michael-mcdonald |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Saunders invest in?

Matthew Saunders invests primarily in Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Vietnam. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matthew Saunders last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Saunders closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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