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Matt Turck
Matt Turck is a Managing Director at FirstMark Capital, where he focuses on investments in early-stage enterprise and consumer startups. His career in venture capital began after co-founding TripleHop Technologies, an enterprise search software startup that was acquired by Oracle. Following this, he served as a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the investment and incubation arm of Bloomberg LP, which he helped establish.
At FirstMark Capital, Turck emphasizes a "low volume, high conviction" investment strategy, meaning the firm makes fewer investments but commits deeply to their success. He values clarity of thought in pitches and seeks founders who demonstrate a profound understanding of the problems they are solving. His expertise lies primarily in software, data, machine learning, and infrastructure, and he has a keen interest in supporting entrepreneurs through post-investment efforts.1235
Turck has been with FirstMark since 2013 and has contributed to the firm's reputation for fostering strong relationships with portfolio companies, providing them with resources and support to thrive in competitive markets.134
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