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Matt Carbonara

Managing Director, Citi Ventures at Citi

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Matt Carbonara is the Managing Director at Citi Ventures, focusing on venture capital investments in various sectors including AutoTech, MarketingTech, and Cybersecurity. He has successfully invested in companies like Lexion (Series B) and Harness (Series D), showcasing his expertise in identifying and nurturing successful startups in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in product management and entrepreneurship, Matt has leveraged his skills to build strategic partnerships and drive business development initiatives, leading to notable investments in innovative companies like Nylas (Series C) and Kustomer (Series C).

Work Experience 

  • Working on the next adventure

    2025 - Current

  • Angel Investor

    2025

    Stealth mode companies: W...; I...

  • Investor

    2024

  • Seed Investor

    2024

Island is a cybersecurity company that develops an enterprise browser to enhance security and productivity within corporate environments.

Raised $560,000,000.00 from Coatue, Citi Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2024

  • Investor

    2024

Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform that offers foundation concepts and infrastructure to write software codes.

Raised $626,000,000.00 from eBay Ventures, PremjiInvest, Motier Ventures, Schroders Capital, BAM Elevate, Inovia Capital, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, HSBC Ventures and Adams Street Partners.

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2024

Lakera is a real-time GenAI security company that utilizes AI to protect enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities.

Raised $30,000,000.00 from redalpine, Atomico, Dropbox Ventures, Citi Ventures and Youcef Es-skouri.

  • Investor

    2024

Endor Labs is a software supply chain security company that improves application security and manages open-source software dependencies.

Raised $95,000,000.00 from Citi Ventures.

  • Investor

    2024

Traceable is an API security company that helps to mitigate risks and optimize the value derived from their APIs for customers.

Raised $110,000,000.00 from Unusual Ventures, IVP, Sorenson Capital, Citi Ventures and Geodesic Capital.

  • VC Champion

    2024

    Mentor

All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.

  • Investor & Board Observer

    2023

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