Treet closed $10 million Series A

We’re excited to announce that we’ve led the Series A in Treet, the platform that enables brands to easily enable powerful resale programs. This round underscores our enthusiasm for startups building data and software driven solutions that foster growth and sustainability in retail. First Round Capital, Bling Capital, and Techstars, who have been part of Treet’s journey from the beginning, also participated in this round.

Natty Zola
3/7/2024
Swiftly Acquires BYBE, Powering the Future of Alcohol Promotions in Retail

Swiftly, a leading provider of innovative technology tools and solutions, today announced its acquisition of the alcohol promotions platform, BYBE. This strategic move combines BYBE’s domain expertise in the alcohol category—including its well-established connections with suppliers, retailers and regulators with Swiftly's current Alcohol Cashback solution. The acquisition will help Swiftly scale its Alcohol Cashback solution and reach more consumers with adult beverage offers and rebates.

“The acquisition of BYBE not only expands but also complements Swiftly’s award-winning Alcohol Cashback solution. Like Swiftly, the BYBE team is committed to driving transformative change in the retail industry, providing us with profound expertise in compliance and a stellar reputation for excellence in execution,” said Henry Kim, Co-Founder and CEO at Swiftly. “The integration of our companies forms a powerful alliance, unlocking new opportunities for retailers and alcohol suppliers. With our combined platforms, customers and partners now have access to an extensive array of tools and solutions, specifically crafted to enhance operational efficiency, elevate customer satisfaction, and fuel overall growth.”

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Ryan Broshar
3/7/2024
Colorado's Thriving Tech Ecosystem

The recent news of discontinuing the original Techstars Boulder accelerator location and Foundry planning to stop making new investments after its current fund has rippled through the Colorado tech community.

While the changes happening with these key players may evoke a sense of nostalgia and sadness, it's important to acknowledge their immense contributions to shaping Colorado’s tech landscape during their 15+ years in our ecosystem and highlight the strength of our startup environment.

Our thoughts on the state of Colorado's Tech Ecosystem and why it's in a great spot.

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Natty Zola
2/26/2024
Our very own Natty Zola was named one of the “30 Most Successful Early Stage Investors” in the world

Business Insider recognized Natty as one of the "30 most successful early-stage startup investors in the world." We are honored to be recognized globally.

Shannon Shroyer
1/31/2024
Our Investment in Keel Technologies

We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund III has completed an investment in Keel Technologies. Keel helps the healthcare workforce achieve its fullest potential through professional development coaching and upskilling.

Natty Zola
11/16/2023
ALLCITY raises $9.4M Series A led by Mosaic Ventures and Andre Iguodala

ALLCITY recently announced their $9.4M Series A led by Mosaic and Andre Iguodala. We're bringing on fantastic experience, connections and network to many athletes and teams to help in our vision of making it more fun to be a sports fan. Congrats to Brandon, Ryan and the ALLCITY team! We're grateful to be a part of your journey. You can read our intiial investment memo here or the fundraise announcement below.

Natty Zola
11/14/2023
Our investment in Freeplay

We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund III has completed an investment in Freeplay. Freeplay helps product teams ship better products with LLMs, by giving people the power to prototype faster, test with confidence, and optimize features for customers.

Natty Zola
11/1/2023
Warmly raises $11M Series A

Warmly announced an $11 million Series A to keep building on their idea of providing warm leads for sales departments by pushing data about people who are in active buy mode on a website as the time to connect to sales prospects is highly influential in closing a deal. We're excited to welcome Felicis to the team as the lead investors in this round. Congrats to the whole Warmly team!

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Natty Zola
10/20/2023
5 Questions with Matchstick Ventures from NVNGIA

NVNGIA, one of our key partners out of Wisconsin, recently published an interview with Natty, Ryan and Shannon.

Ryan Broshar
10/17/2023
Our investment in PreFix

We are excited to announce that Matchstick Ventures Fund III has completed an investment in PreFix. PreFix is a data-driven operating system that puts home maintenance on autopilot.

Natty Zola
10/13/2023
Matchstick Campfire Fall 2023 hosted in Boulder this week

This week we hosted our Matchstick Campfire (founder retreat) in Boulder! We spent an inspiring and connecting 36 hours with our incredible founders. We covered topics to identify areas of improvemens within the company without increasing costs, leadership styles and how to get the most out of our teams, and board member dynamics. Of course we had a great time outside in the beautiful Colorado fall weather and meals where our founders built bonds with each other.

Shannon Shroyer
10/3/2023
Launching PitchColorado.com to help connect founders and investors in Colorado

We're very excited to announce a project to make it easier for startups in Colorado to connect with investors, PitchColorado.com. Startups can now submit a single pitch and reach 15 amazing local investors. Our hope is this platform increases access to capital for startups, and access to great founders for investors. We plan to expand this project to more investors and more geographies. A big shout out to Mat Vogels, a Matchstick founder and currently with Julian Capital for leading this project with us.

Natty Zola
9/22/2023
Optera announces $12M Series A

Environmental, social and governance technology startup Optera released that it has closed on a $12 million Series A round led by Next Frontier Capital to grow its enterprise-focused ESG and carbon management platform. Congratulations to the Optera team!

Natty Zola
9/13/2023
Leading the "VC Day" activities at the 2023 Denver Startup Week

We're looking forward to Denver Startup Week September 18-22 this year! We're helping organize and lead the "VC Day" activities to help startups succeed at raising capital. We've put together a huge meet and greet for investors and startups along side six panel sessions. Check out the schedule of events available now.

Natty Zola
8/28/2023
Fulcrum Announces $18M Series A2 Round of Funding

Congratulations to Fulcrum on the announcement of their Series A2 round of funding!

Ryan Broshar
8/24/2023