Startup The Ripple Effect We are proud to announce that Matter Ventures has made a fifth non-accelerator investment, in Ripple [http://ripple.co].co! The city-focused news platform powered by local journalists and storytellers has raised $4M in funding to tackle hyperlocal news discovery through a combination of location technology and a contributor community.
Media What IS media, anyway? What is media? At Matter [http://matter.vc] we ask ourselves this question a lot. Entrepreneurs ask us this question a lot. It’s led to fascinating discussions with our partners and mentors. It’s the question that comes up time and time again at the talks we give about
Startup The next chapter in The History Project’s story The History Project [https://www.thehistoryproject.com/], the Matter Four startup that creates rich digital narratives through interactive timelines, has just added another prestigious investor to its list: The Associated Press. AP joins The New York Times and Matter Ventures [http://matter.vc] in backing the Oakland-based company’s $2M
Leadership Feedback is a gift. Top highlight I come from a world where there’s almost no time for reflection. In the hurly-burly of the TV news cycle [http://rebeccabowring.org/portfolio], barreling from one breaking news event to the next, there’s rarely the opportunity to really dissect “how it went.” Sometimes we’d
Media When 2 become 6. Top highlight It’s a well-kept secret that, until very recently, Matter has been the work of just two full-time individuals, punching well above their weight. For most of last year, Corey and Lara were running so fast and relentlessly that they didn’t even have time to interview candidates
Startup 7 minutes on 2 coasts. Matter’s Managing Partner, Corey Ford, kicks off Demo Day SF.Even if we do say so ourselves, Matter Five’s Demo Day in San Francisco was a roaring success. After a week of intense rehearsals, our teams delivered confident and compelling pitches. Live demo after live demo went off
Media Once upon a time. Storyteller is the coolest job title I’ve ever held. It means I officially tell stories for a living, and that’s a great privilege. Stories are why I became a journalist more than 7 years ago, inspired by the BBC World Service, Kate Adie, and the adventures of Lois
Startup Sprinting for the finish line. Top highlight Much like life, entrepreneurship has often been described as “a marathon, not a sprint [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kylewong/2014/11/12/startups-are-a-marathon-not-a-sprint-run-at-your-own-pace/] .” But no one said a marathon can’t be made up of sprints — those short, sharp bursts of energy that bring you closer to
Media Taking stock, and a look ahead. It’s the end of a jam-packed year at Matter, a year that will see twelve companies complete two twenty-week accelerator programs back-to-back. That pace is pretty mind-boggling to me, Matter’s greenhorn storyteller, newly onboarded. Since I joined ten days ago, I’ve learned a stack about what this
