Experienced investor, board member and partner to executive teams. Matt spent 8 years as a partner at the Najafi Companies, a large single-family office. As a partner, he led or was deeply involved in over a dozen acquisitions representing over $100mm of equity value, over $1B in annual sales and multiple highly successful exits. Additionally, as the founder and managing partner of B2, Matt has led numerous investments, supporting world-class founders.Matt’s experience as an investor and board member spans nearly all industries, including consumer goods, distribution, media, oil and gas, manufacturing, travel, B2B service, healthcare services, event ticketing, food kiosks, direct lending, and more. Matt works closely with executive teams to support strategy, finance, M&A and operations. Philosophically, Matt believes that his role as an investor and partner is to find, support and empower management teams. Management’s job is to evaluate options and make decisions that take care of employees who take care of customers, which will create substantial value over the long term. When working with Matt, you will hear a constant refrain from him: focus, focus, focus. There are a million great ideas, opportunities to chase or people to work with. My job is to help you determine your top priorities so you can put your head down and execute on those top priorities, knowing that you say no to the distractions.Select Investments and/or Board Experience:-Kanopy (video streaming platform)-Bodybuilding.com (fitness ecommerce platform)-Beach House Group (consumer products brand studio) -Pattern Beauty (Tracy Ellis Ross hair care brand) -Beis (Shay Mitchell travel accessories brand) -Moon (Kendall Jenner, Odell Beckham Jr. oral care brand) -Florence by Mills (Millie Bobby Brown color cosmetics brand) -Marlowe (Ryan Garcia men's care brand)-Etech (environmental remediation)-OMI Group (power sports design to production)-As One Insurance Group (population health)-StubHub International (secondary ticketing platform)-Classic Vacations (travel wholesaler)-Hai (spa-like shower experience)-The Outset (Scarlett Johansson's skincare brand)-Just Baked (high quality hot food kiosk)-STX Entertainment (leading independent film studio)