# Matus Maar

> Matus Maar is a seed investor at Talis Capital backing Software. See 21 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Talis Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talis-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 52%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matusmaar
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/matusmaar

Matus Maar is a seed investor at Talis Capital in London focused on Software and E-Commerce. Matus is both an experienced entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Pirate Studios - the world's largest chain of music rehearsal studios, fully autonomous and live streaming equipped, he has also been involved since inception with Threads - the pioneering chat-based ecommerce platform. As an investorhe has led or closed over 50 private equity and venture capital deals. Matus enjoys early stage investing, working closely with the entrepreneurs. Matus represents (or did in past) Talis on various boards for companies such as Onfido, iwoca, Pirate Studios, Threads, Import.io, eporta, Narrativ, Price f(x) and others.Matus is passionate about world changing technology companies and spending time with entrepreneurs who are building them. Matus loves travelling and experiencing different cultures, he has lived in six countries and speaks five languages.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| SaaS | 2 | 10% |
| FinTech | 2 | 10% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 24% |
| Series B | 5 | 24% |
| Series A | 4 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 33% |
| United States | 3 | 14% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | 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. | $8.7M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 | https://www.rubilaboratories.com/ |
| Plum Guide | Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality. There are 15,000,000+ vacation homes listed online. The choice is overwhelming. The standard is dispiriting. So we created the Plum Guide Award. Our mission is to find and award the best homes out there with our trusted quality mark. | $13.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 07, 2021 | https://www.plumguide.com |
| Daydaycook | DayDayCook was founded in December, 2012. They are Hong Kong’s largest cooking multimedia platform and have community with monthly users totaly more than 400,000. Today, as more and more users aspire to a higher quality of life, food safety, and health, DayDayCook has become a platform for original recipes and cooking advice, helping their users tomaintain a healthy lifestyle.DayDayCook inspires a young generation to cook and enjoy both traditional and modern Asian recipes through a variety of distribution channels including digital and traditional publishing with high quality and easy-to-follow recipes.DayDayCook has millions of monthly viewers over its broad reach including website, mobile apps, videos, and books. With a strong and dedicated fan base including over 275,000 Facebook fans, DayDayCook also brings goods to the consumer through its e-commerce store 'The DayDayCook Shop' | $20M | Series B | Aug 18, 2020 | http://www.daydaycook.com |
| Onfido, an Entrust company | Onfido digitally proves a user’s real identity using AI technology, by verifying their photo ID and comparing it to their facial biometrics. It means users and businesses can verify their online identities anywhere and anytime, without compromising on experience, inclusion, privacy or security. Onfido powers over 1,500 fintech, banking, andmarketplace clients globally—helping them onboard more users while reducing risk. Identity underpins all transactions, and over the coming years, access to everything will be based on every user's ability to easily and securely prove their legal identity. This will change how we think of access—everything from opening a bank account to self-checking-in to a hotel, and ultimately voting. | $100M | Series D | Apr 15, 2020 | http://www.onfido.com |
| IOTICS | We are changing how the world uses and shares data. Enabling secure, trusted data interactions for everything and everyone, in real-time, at scale. The challenge facing industries is one of access to, and security of, data. The problem isn't that the data doesn't exist it's that we can't securely access it where we need itwhen we need. System integrations, centralisation and point to point solutions are costly, duplicate date, and increase risk of failure.The solution is a secure ecosystem of data interactions, filtering what matters at source and channelling it to where it's needed. Data is not duplicated. Re-architecting is avoided as new sources/consumers added Secure data interactions minimise time to market, reduce costs and mitigate risk. Delivering value within a quarter.Our solution IOTICSpace, is cloud-hosted software, in which data becomes Findable Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. Secure-by-design IOTICS creates a data mesh of sources and consumers of data using Digital Twins, virtual versions of anything (assets, data, algorithms). Delivering scalable building blocks for your data strategy, without locking you in to architectural choices. | $8.3M | Series A | Nov 28, 2019 | https://iotics.com |
| Pricefx | Pricefx provides full suite price management solutions that are fast to implement, easy to use, and flexibly adapt to business needs. It offers a complete pricing platform with modules for price analysis, quoting (CPQ), list price management, rebate management, promotion management, and price optimization. The platform can be integrated seamlesslyinto the CRM solutions as well as connect with ERP, POS, and other systems.Christian Tratz, Marcin Cichon, and Martin Wricke founded Pricefx in 2011. It has its headquarters in Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn, Germany with major operations in Chicago, Brisbane, Prague, and Ostrava | $25.4M | Series B | Nov 26, 2019 | http://www.pricefx.com/ |
| Kimai | Kimai is a London-based startup that offers fine jewelry made using lab-grown diamonds and recycled gold. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 19, 2019 | https://kimai.co/ |
| Kimai | Kimai is a London-based startup that offers fine jewelry made using lab-grown diamonds and recycled gold. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 19, 2019 | https://kimai.co/ |
| Plum Guide | Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality. There are 15,000,000+ vacation homes listed online. The choice is overwhelming. The standard is dispiriting. So we created the Plum Guide Award. Our mission is to find and award the best homes out there with our trusted quality mark. | $19.8M | Series B | Mar 20, 2019 | https://www.plumguide.com |
| Pricefx | Pricefx provides full suite price management solutions that are fast to implement, easy to use, and flexibly adapt to business needs. It offers a complete pricing platform with modules for price analysis, quoting (CPQ), list price management, rebate management, promotion management, and price optimization. The platform can be integrated seamlesslyinto the CRM solutions as well as connect with ERP, POS, and other systems.Christian Tratz, Marcin Cichon, and Martin Wricke founded Pricefx in 2011. It has its headquarters in Pfaffenhofen an der Glonn, Germany with major operations in Chicago, Brisbane, Prague, and Ostrava | $28.5M | Series B | Dec 19, 2018 | http://www.pricefx.com/ |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bain & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-co) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Yttrium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digitalpartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Talis Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Talis Capital is an investment firm that supports and invests in early-stage technology companies. It strategically in early-stage technology companies with global potential. Talis has invested over $600 million worth of transactions since 2009 and the portfolio includes Darktrace, Onfido, iwoca, Pirate Studios, Luminance, Threads, Ynsect and Oh MyGreen. Focused on building long-term partnerships, Talis leverages its network to give some of the world’s most innovative startups the opportunity to thrive. For more, see www.taliscapital.com.

5 contacts available at Talis Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beatrice Aliprandi | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beatrice-aliprandi |
| Bob Finch | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-finch |
| Cecilia Manduca | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cecilia-manduca |
| Emily Wood | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-wood-97f3 |
| Kirill Tasilov | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirill-tasilov |

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## FAQ

### What does Matus Maar invest in?

Matus Maar invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Matus Maar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matus Maar closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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