Matthew Murphy

General Partner

2018 - Current

Montage Ventures is a thesis-based early-stage venture capital firm actively investing in financial services (real estate, insurance, banking, investing), commerce and healthcare start-ups at the Pre-Seed through Series A investment rounds. View our active themes: https://www.montageventures.com/themes - Affiniti Finance (financial operating system for small businesses and associations) - AnthologyAI (first-party data wallet) - Augmenta (AI-powered building design platform for MEP components) - AxyonAI (AI-based risk management platform for asset managers) - Carefull (financial protection platform) - Clarity Finance (integrated payment solution for F&B retailers) - DashAI (AI-drive auto finance platform for dealerships) - Equi (alternative asset manager) - Feals (wellness platform focused on sleep, anxiety and pain) - Fermat Commerce (contextual commerce attribution platform) - Haus (home equity release platform) - HighArc (home design and customization platform for builders) - Insights (wealth management platform for LATAM) - Instacoach (coaching talent marketplace leveraging college athletes) - KeywayAI (AI real estate platform for real estate developers) - Nomad Global (challenger bank for the mass affluent in LATAM) - Paceline (AI-driven underwriting platform for insurance) - Provide (Acquired by Fifth Third Bank - financial operating system for practitioners) - Pylon (programmatic mortgage infrastructure) - Tensec (global B2B cross-border financial services platform) - Treehouse (AI-enabled distribution for electrification) - Upswing Health (digital MSK platform) - Vint (alternative asset platform for QSBS) - Vouch (digital B2B insurance platform) - Welcome Homes (AI-powered home design platform for builders) - Wellpay (payments company for the medical industry) - Yuca (digital property manager for LATAM)

Board Trustee

2024

Managing Partner

2014

Boutique Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Winery located in St Helena: www.unwrittenwines.com

Strategic Advisor

2014

Advisor and Mentor

2011

Advise founders and executives on marketing, growth, operating plans, product vision and financing. Advising stealth companies through Series B, including Twenty20, InList, AfterCollege, Dot Dot Dash, MyCrowd, College Battle, JoyRun, Hello.is, TechMate, Slow Dance, Pocket Guard and more... FinTech Mentor @ Yodlee's FinTech incubator and Plug and Play's FinTech program RETech Mentor @ NAR REach and Moderne Ventures

Board Member (Acquired by Prospect Hill)

2018 - 2021

Global Vice President of Renren & Co-Founder of Chime Technologies

2012 - 2018

Venture Investments: - SoFi (finance company offering lending and wealth management services) - IPO - Fiscal Note (AI predictive analytics platform) - IPO - Talech (payments platform) - Acquired by US Bank - Motif (thematic investment platform) - Acquired by Schwab - Backlot Cars (used car auction platform) - Acquired by Openlane - CreditShop (credit card platform) - Acquired by Varde Partners - Poplar Homes (property management platform) - Acquired by Evernest - Shiftgig (on-demand hospitality platform) - Acquired by Headway & LGC - Kiavi (platform for investment property loans) - Aspiration (banking and investment platform) - Fundrise (alternative investment platform) - Stocktwits (financial communications platform) - GogoX (app-based platform providing delivery service in Asia) Oversaw US Innovation Lab, Appsurdity, which operated TruckerPath (software platform for the trucking industry), Sindeo (modern mortgage platform) and incubated Chime / Lofty (leading CRM in the real estate industry).

Chief Marketing Officer & Founding Team (Acquired by LifeLock)

2010 - 2012

Lemon offers a powerful mobile money management tool that lets its users keep a secure backup copy of the items in their wallet. In addition, Lemon offers receipt organization and spending management tools that let anyone digitize paper receipts and store them alongside e-receipts in a secure personal financial vault for easy access anytime. Lemon users can keep track of both personal and business-related purchases, reduce paper clutter, analyze spending habits and save money. Lemon is the #1 Finance App in iTunes (July 2012)

General Manager

2010 - 2012

General Manager of Palo Alto, Calif.- based Bling Nation®, a provider of mobile technology services. The company connects businesses and consumers through a unique mobile platform that leverages NFC to make mobile payments, earn rewards/loyalty and connect the best of social media to the in-store shopping experience. In this role, Matt led the company’s outreach to consumers, financial institutions and businesses throughout the United States.

Chief Marketing Officer (IPO)

2009 - 2010

Oversaw all marketing efforts for the company and was tasked with building awareness for the textbook rental marketplace and growing Chegg to be the dominant player. In twelve months, Matthew grew Chegg's customer base by 10 fold and was on the executive team that raised over $112 million in funding.