About Stan Reiss
Stan joined Matrix in 2000 after many years of engineering education, time spent developing chips at National Semiconductor, and learning how think revenues and profits while with McKinsey’s technology practice.
At Matrix, Stan seeks out entrepreneurs looking to build companies founded upon disruptive technical innovation. His ambition is to utilize his combination of technical and market experience to help founders turn those innovations into thriving, profitable enterprises. Stan has partnered with tech entrepreneurs in a variety of areas, including communications (e.g., Acacia Communications), digital health (e.g., Quanttus, QPID), enterprise software (e.g., Mitro, Hyper9), components (e.g. Qualtre) and materials (Xtalic).
His current interests include enterprise Internet infrastructure (especially security, applications of data and reasoning, and IT effectiveness), robotics, and digital health. He’s also unashamedly excited by any novel idea in an area no one’s thought of yet – after all it’s the innovators, not the VCs, that tend to identify the exciting new directions of technical progress.
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TwitterWe’re Overthinking Seed Round Signaling Effects
There is much hand wringing in the startup ecosystem about various forms of signaling between the seed and A rounds. Conventional wisdom, and advice, abounds: entrepreneurs should never include a venture firm in their seed round because it’ll scare other …
What Your Opportunity Slide is Missing – Make Investors Believe
This article is part of our series “Pitching to Investors” that shares real examples and practical advice from the Matrix General Partners on creating your pitch deck. The intro to the series is here: Five Ways to Nail Your Pitch …
