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Matt Waraich

Director-level Venture Capital Investor specializing in frontier tech and AI

Draper Goren BlockchainUniversity of British ColumbiaSan Francisco, CA7 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Venture investing/sourcing professional who runs a high-volume, systematized founder outreach motion across warm intros, accelerators, social outbound, and databases (PitchBook/Crunchbase), targeting ~50 personalized founder touchpoints weekly. Uses AI workflows to build targeted lists and monitor company updates, and has converted highly contextual outbound into qualified diligence opportunities (e.g., industrial automation/frontline productivity). Values long-term founder relationships pre-raise through consistent value-add and is motivated by growth toward a partner track.

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Key Strengths

  • Systematic, multi-channel founder sourcing with ~50 new founder touchpoints per week
  • Highly contextual outbound that converts to fast founder responses and calls
  • Ability to identify and develop thematic sourcing theses (e.g., industrial automation/frontline productivity)
  • Relationship nurturing pre-raise via value-add touchpoints (market insights, intros to customers/hires)
  • Structured first-call discovery using clear evaluation signals (problem/why now, customer behavior, founder edge)
  • Sets crisp next steps and diligence asks (metrics, product walkthrough, customer references)
  • Strong pipeline hygiene and partner communication using Affinity CRM and concise weekly updates

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Experience

HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONSDraper Goren Blockchain · Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
SENIOR ASSOCIATE (Associate)Cortado Ventures · Apr 2023 – Jul 2025
BOARD MEMBEROx
BOARD MEMBERArray
MENTORgener8tor · Apr 2023 – Jul 2025
MENTORTechstars · May 2023 – Jul 2025
FOUNDERTreno Technologies · Sep 2020 – Jan 2023
HEAD OF PRODUCTBC Parks Foundation · Oct 2021 – Nov 2022
CO-FOUNDER & CEODigital Beehive · Feb 2019 – Feb 2021
STARTUP INCUBEESFU Coast Capital Venture Connection · Aug 2019 – Mar 2020
ADVISORVANTA Black Water · Feb 2026 – Present
MEMBERNational Venture Capital Association · Mar 2023 – Present
ADVISORThe Verge · Aug 2023 – Jul 2025

Education

University of British Columbiabachelor, Political Science & Economics
University of International Business and EconomicsEconomics
RED Academybootcamp, Computer Science

Skills

Business DevelopmentProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentSEOAutomationComputer VisionVenture CapitalEarly-Stage InvestingDeal SourcingDeal ExecutionDue DiligenceMarket AnalysisMarket MappingFinancial Analysis

Languages

English

Memberships

  • National Venture Capital Association

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Matt WaraichDirector-level Venture Capital Investor specializing in frontier tech and AI