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Articles tagged Matter VC (5)

Christine SchmidtJanuary 17, 2019

“Media is hard”: Corey Ford on why his media venture fund Matter is paused (for now)

“We made a lot of investments over time that we knew were never going to be grand slams, but that we thought could be good sustainable, viable doubles that were actually solving a really important problem in this space.”

Christine SchmidtJune 15, 2017

Matter’s seventh class of media startups has a focus on security and rebuilding trust in media

Matter focused on five areas in selecting its new class: diversity and inclusion, security, emerging technology, trust in media, and going beyond advertising.

Matter launches in NYC with help from Google and New York Times, reveals new startup class

Joseph LichtermanSeptember 30, 2015

Nuzzel, with a new batch of news-savvy investors, wants to bring social curation to publishers

Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams wants his link-discovery app to reach a broader audience — including “people who don’t necessarily know how to use Twitter.”

Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 18, 2015

Media accelerator Matter tries to connect an entrepreneurial ethos to traditional media companies

“At other accelerators it’s: Hit a home run or you’re dead to us. Matter is trying to find this middle ground, being things that are mission-oriented, and something that can actually scale.”