Matthew King
Managing Partner at Vanquish Venture Partners
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2017 - Current
Investing in founders determined to win. Representative investments include: - Rimac Group - Bugatti - Anduril - Figure Robotics - MoonPay - K2 Space - Terran Biosciences - Liquid Death - Oakmond - Aircapture - KarmaCheck - Lit Protocol - Digibuild www.vanquishvp.com
Investor
2022
Bugatti develops and manufactures the world's fastest and most sought after hypercars including the Bugatti Tourbillon, Bolide, Mistral, Chiron, and other iconic models. Investor via Rimac Group's control equity position. www.bugatti.com
Investor
2022
Rimac Group (bka Bugatti Rimac) is a diversified technology, automotive, and energy company. Rimac Technology develops electric battery and drivetrain systems and components used by Koenigsegg, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Hyundai, Kia, and others. Bugatti Rimac develops and manufactures the world's fastest and most sought after hypercars including the Bugatti Tourbillon, Bolide, Mistral, Chiron, and other iconic models. Rimac Automobili develops and manufactures the fastest accelerating and most technologically advanced all-electric hypercars in the world including the Nevera and Nevera R. Rimac Energy develops utility-scale battery storage solutions (megapacks) for electricity providers. www.rimac-group.com www.bugatti.com www.rimac-energy.com
Investor
2024
Figure Robotics is an AI robotics company that is building a multi-purpose humanoid form robot.
Raised $854,000,000.00 from Quantum Angels, Bossa Invest, ARK Venture Fund, Aliya Capital Partners, Evolution VC Partners, Bold Capital Partners, NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions, Boscolo Intervest and Amazon.com.incs Ltd.
Investor
2024
Investor
2021
MoonPay is on a mission to onboard over 1 billion users into the crypto economy by 2030. MoonPay develops the best fiat-to-crypto payments infrastructure enabling any platform to become crypto native. www.moonpay.com
MoonPay is a financial technology company that builds payments infrastructure for crypto.
Raised $650,677,600.00 from northstar.vc and Atacama Ventures.
Investor
2022
Liquid Death makes death metal themed canned water and is one of the fastest growing brands ever. www.liquiddeath.com
Liquid Death is a non-alcoholic beverage brand that is focused on health and sustainability.
Raised $267,600,000.00 from Deandre Hopkins, Neal Brennan, TO Ventures, SuRo Capital, Derrick Green, Live Nation Entertainment, Gasima Global Asset Management, LLC, Josh Brolin, Science and Gray’s Creek Capital Partners.
Investor and Advisor
2024
Oakmond is building the world's leading longevity-focused ultra-luxury hospitality brand. Partnered with Mount Sinai Hospital, Oakmond will open its first hotel, private residences, and in-house medical longevity clinic in Marbella in 2026 with additional locations to be announced. www.oakmond.com
Investor and Advisor
2020
KarmaCheck is automating background checks using AI, helping companies create a frictionless employee onboarding experience. www.karmacheck.com
KarmaCheck is a software company that provides a streamlined API platform that offers background screening services for candidate placement.
Raised $64,200,000.00 from GC1 Ventures, AAF Management Ltd., Alumni Ventures, PruVen Capital, Velvet Sea Ventures, Parameter Ventures and NextView Ventures.
Investor and Advisor
2020
Aircapture is building the most scalable distributed direct air capture technology developed to date. www.aircapture.com
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
2004 - 2009
MBA
2013 - 2015