Montage Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm actively investing in financial services (real estate, insurance, banking, investing), consumer products and consumer healthcare start-ups.

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

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 programRETech Mentor @ NAR REach and Moderne Ventures

Onerent is a technology-enabled residential leasing and property management service for property owners and renters. We handle the entire lifecycle of a rental property from marketing, to move-in, maintenance, and beyond.Witness the future of renting at www.onerent.co

Technology investor focused on finding disruptive companies looking to shake up the consumers side of FinTech and Logistics. As well as companies looking to modernize traditional offline industries. Current portfolio includes: SoFi, LendingHome, Aspiration, Motif, Fundrise, Backlot Cars, Blueboard, OneRent, Fiscal Note, Plum Lending, Shiftgig, Stocktwits, Talech, Invest.com, GogoVan and TruckerPath.I also oversaw our US innovation lab, Appsurdity, which is dedicated to creating mobile apps that unleash connections, communication, and creativity in a way that turns the status quo upside-down. We are inspired by the innovative, the unusual and the absurd, to find solutions to common problems that have been accepted for too long. Our goal is to make people say, "Why hasn't it always been this way?" Be sure to check out our newest product, Chime.me

Advise a variety of companies on emerging trends in the technology, media, financial services, marketing, payments, education, social and mobile spaces.

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 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.

In his role as the Head of Marketing at Chegg.com, the #1 in textbook rentals, Matthew oversaw all marketing efforts for the company and was tasked with building awareness for the textbook rental marketplace as well as growing Chegg to be the dominant player. In just 12 short months, Matthew grew Chegg's customer base by 10 fold and was on the executive team that raised over $112 million in funding.

As the Director of Product Management at Ask.com, Matthew oversaw Ask Mobile, Ask News, Ask Kids, Ask Deals and new search opportunities for Ask.

Matthew was responsible for redefining the social networking landscape and growing the MOLI brand into the next passion brand in online networking. In his role at MOLI, Matthew oversaw the company’s marketing, business development, product development, PR, advertising and community development activities.Achievements:- A leader in the creation, development, and launch of an early stage online social media company through the Alpha, Beta, and Public launch phases. - Spearheaded product, marketing and business development for the website and led cross-functional teams to drive the company from alpha and beta through production ready website phases. - Accelerated registered member base from zero to over 1,000,000 and generated 25 million unique monthly visitors from 225 countries/territories by creating and implementing strategic marketing and business development programs.- Raised $56.1M through three rounds of private funding by meeting with key VCs, Investment Bankers and Private Investors.

As the Senior Manager of Advertising & Media at E-TRADE Financial, a New York-based online brokerage firm, Matthew managed global advertising, branding, sponsorships and media efforts. At E*TRADE, Matthew earned several prestigious awards for his work, including a Clio, Effie and Stevie Award. Matthew was also elected to E*TRADE's President's Club.Achievements:- Increased brand awareness by over 90%, grew new accounts, and increased deposit assets by a minimum of 15-20% each year through successfully creating six years of advertising campaigns that focused on competitively positioning the brand in the marketplace. - Implemented and directed 11+ agencies that were strategic partners to the E*TRADE FINANCIAL brand. Launched multimedia advertising through online, offline, promotional, media, and marketing communications. - Revamped E*TRADE’s retail merchandising in its customer branch network, which included signage, promotions, branding, video display merchandising, sales collateral and display fixtures.- Member of the acquisition team that evaluated major acquisitions and implemented them into the E*TRADE structure, including Brown Company, Harris Direct, and LoansDirect.- Reaped $13M savings per year by successfully bringing media buying capabilities in-house.- Awarded the position to direct the 2002 Super Bowl Half-Time sponsorship, Sports Team sponsorships, and the Rolling Stones sponsorship. All sponsorships generated positive ROI.- Attained ROI of 2.62 (based on revenue from new accounts, new trades, and new assets) by leading the Rolling Stones sponsorship.