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    Matchstick Ventures

    Boulder, Colorado, United StatesFounded 2013

    Matchstick Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that primarily invests in pre-seed and seed-stage software companies with ties to the North and Rockies regions of the United States. Their strategy emphasizes a "founder-first" approach, supporting diverse and "underdog" founders by building deep, trusting relationships and seeking out promising companies regardless of their geographic location within their focus regions.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.3M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    21

    Fund Size

    $90M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    RB

    Ryan Broshar

    Founder & Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    21 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Two Boxes logoTwo BoxesSeed$3.2MApr 2026
    Mentium logoMentiumSeed$3.2MOct 2025
    Pageport logoPageportSeed$3.3MAug 2025
    Two Boxes logoTwo BoxesSeries A$5.3MSep 2024
    Liminal logoLiminalSeed$5MJun 2024
    Freeplay logoFreeplaySeed$3.3MNov 2023
    Zed logoZedSeries A$10MMar 2023
    Soona logoSoonaSeries B$35MJan 2022
    CometChat logoCometChatSeries A$10MDec 2021
    Airspace Link logoAirspace LinkSeries A$10MMay 2021
    Upsie logoUpsieSeries A$18.2MMay 2021
    Warmly logoWarmlySeed$2.1MAug 2020
    Spekit logoSpekitSeed$2.5MOct 2019
    LLandlineSeed$3.9MSep 2019
    Onward logoOnwardSeed$1.5MJul 2019
    Upsie logoUpsieSeed$5MMay 2019
    Pana logoPanaSeries A$10MApr 2019
    OOrdermarkSeries A$9.5MSep 2018
    Learn to Live logoLearn to LiveSeed$1MJan 2016
    IInspectorioSeries B$50M
    Silkline logoSilklineSeed$4M

    Top Co-Investors

    Techstars4 shared
    M252 shared
    Peterson Ventures2 shared
    Flexport1 shared
    Bonfire1 shared
    NFX1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    Scribble Ventures1 shared
    20VC1 shared
    Signal Peak Ventures1 shared
    Fin Capital1 shared
    High Alpha1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026