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Matthew King

Managing Partner at Vanquish Venture Partners

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

Overview 

Matthew King, Founder and Managing Partner at Vanquish Venture Partners, has overseen investments of over $200M in companies like Bugatti Rimac, Liquid Death, Terran Biosciences, MoonPay, and others. With a background in enterprise sales and venture capital, he has successfully navigated the realms of entrepreneurship, private equity, and mergers & acquisitions, focusing on sectors like Wellness & Fitness, Travel, Food and Beverage, and DeepTech.

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

    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

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