Overview

What they do
Matter is a startup accelerator and venture capital firm that supports and invests in early-stage media entrepreneurs building ventures aimed at making society more informed, connected, and empowered. It runs a five-month accelerator program in a co-working environment, providing community, mentorship, and access to industry organizations and investors. Matter operates from a base in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood and maintains an additional office in New York City’s Union Square. Its community-focused model emphasizes close-knit engagement with industry-leading mentors and investors to help startups develop their companies.
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What they look for
Matter focuses on investing in and accelerating early-stage media startups that aim to make society more informed, connected, and empowered, primarily through its five-month accelerator program based in San Francisco and New York City.
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Stage
Seed, Pre-seed, Series B+, Series A
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Sectors
Healthcare, Fintech, AI
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Based
San Francisco, US
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Sources

2026-08-26matter.vcApplying to Matter Nine? Here’s how we evaluate our accelerator investments.
2026-08-26matter.vcJill Koziol, Co-Founder and CEO of Motherly [https://www.mother.ly/] (and Matter Five…

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The 13 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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