Matthew Shackelford

Principal at Touchdown Ventures

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Overview

Matthew Shackelford is currently a Principal at Touchdown Ventures in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, specializing in investing in companies at various stages and sectors such as IoT, Cloud Infrastructure, AI, and FinTech. With a background in business and public policy from Harvard and engineering from Princeton, he has held roles at prestigious institutions like Goldman Sachs and Core Innovation Capital, showcasing a diverse skill set in areas like social media, research, user experience, and data analysis.

Work Experience

Cerity Partners Ventures

Senior Principal
2024 - Current
Provides Venture Capital as a Service to corporations, family offices, and other institutions as part of the Cerity Partners platform
Principal at Touchdown Ventures
2023 - 2024
Senior Associate at Touchdown Ventures
2021 - 2023

Core Innovation Capital

Investor
2020 - 2021

Core Innovation Capital is a venture capital firm investing in companies committed to empowering small businesses.

corevc.com

Harness Wealth

MBA Summer Associate
2019 - 2019

Harness Wealth provides the next generation of builders confidence in their best financial future.

Raised $36,000,000.00 from Jackson Square Ventures, Ori Allon, Marc Benioff, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Three Fish Capital, GingerBread Capital, Ori Allon, Activant Capital, AlleyCorp and Jackson Square Ventures.

harnesswealth.com