Matchstick Ventures

Helping Startups #Strike. Run by partners @rbroshar and @nattyz.

[Fletcher Richman @fletchrichman]

Today we're officially launching @typedotcom, the shared space for your team's best AI work.

Teams need a central place to build apps, skills and automations together. Not swarms of agents.

Our ambition with Type is to be the last piece of software your team will ever need.

To build this, we've raised $4m from @LererHippeau, @haystackvc, @MatchstickVC, and angels from Slack, Github, and Ramp.

So what does Type do?
→ share work from Claude chats into a collaborative space
→ switch harness or model any time
→ manage integrations with granular permissions
→ a central place to deploy apps and automations together
→ build a self-learning company brain
→ use your existing Claude or ChatGPT subscription

Companies like @rayconglobal, @Intelligems and @trueclassictees are already running tens of thousands of successful agent jobs that forecast revenue, manage inventory, answer support tickets, and a lot more.

We're blown away every day at the custom tools and automations our customers are building.

What's something you haven't yet been able to solve or automate in your business? Tell us in the comments and we'll respond by building it for you in Type!

[Daniel McKinnon @danielmckinn0n]

@wack700 @spacexai @grok @AnthropicAI @deepseek_ai These are short reads. The dataset was constructed such that long reads would not have helped, but there are certainly cases for which this isn't true.

More evals probing that coming soon!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Grok

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Looking to stay plugged into the Colorado and Minnesota startup ecosystems? Check out our monthly Substacks, packed with community-driven news, events, and opportunities you won't want to miss.

CO: https://t.co/A8UNSAusL8
MN: https://t.co/QWAE1ut7tH

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Amazing accomplishment by the Great Sky team!! https://t.co/yID1rJOSQj

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

57% of enterprises traced a wrong AI answer to missing business context — Credible bets portable, open-source semantic code beats proprietary metadata https://t.co/jIsDSGwRfD via @VentureBeat

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Green Project Technologies announced the acquisition of Optera, a Matchstick Fund II company, today! https://t.co/BD6oGKXM9m

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Apax Digital Funds Invest in Inspectorio to Further Accelerate Growth at Leading AI-powered Supply Chain Quality and Risk Management Platform - https://t.co/ezBWDDVy9l

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

We are hiring our first Investment Analyst! The role will be responsible for sourcing, researching, and building relationships with the ambitious founders we back between the coasts.

https://t.co/4ypeXFMh7y

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

https://t.co/oVRJZyi9IT

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Big news: Nicole Glaros @nglaros has joined Matchstick Ventures as a Venture Partner! 🚀

Nicole was arguably employee #1 at @Techstar, a unicorn-backer, startup founder, Fed board member (!), and longtime mentor to our team.

Now we’re building together. Let’s go!

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Congrats to @AirspaceLink for the @nytimes write up on building in Detroit! https://t.co/x32SUyyPgf

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

We had a great time cohosting Ignite & Connect at @tcstartupweek yesterday! Shout out to the best cohosts @M25vc & Bread and Butter Ventures! A huge thank you to our sponsors SVB, @TriNet and @WeWork!

[NattyZ🔥 @NattyZ]

The legend @reidhoffman kicking off #DenAISummit this morning.

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

We are excited for tomorrow! Come check out these amazing sessions with @NattyZ at @DENStartupWeek!

[NattyZ🔥 @NattyZ]

Come to these incredible sessions @DENStartupWeek tomorrow (9/18)! The founder talent on stage is A+ 🚀

2-3pm: How to Raise Seed Capital - https://t.co/MDMcZif8GF

3-4pm: How to Raise Growth Capital - https://t.co/fUKFHT57oB

4-5pm: Reverse Pitch: Get to Know The VCs Investing in Colorado Startups - https://t.co/HAbtwEmAap

5-6pm: Founder and VC mixer - https://t.co/rmcoTPhJrF

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

ALLCITY Network is changing sports media.

They just raised a $12 million Series B and are already doing eight figures in annual revenue.

Full disclosure: I own equity in ALLCITY (because I think it will be massive).

Here's why 👇

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Super exciting @zeddotdev

[Zed @zeddotdev]

Introducing Zed AI, in collaboration with @anthropicAI.

Zed AI brings LLMs directly into your editor with an extensible, text-centric approach.

We're also piloting @anthropicAI's new Fast Edit mode for Claude 3.5 Sonnet with a small set of Zed users.

https://t.co/ViaKDNMAEH

[NattyZ🔥 @NattyZ]

We have Denver Startup Week coming 9/18-9/20!

I'm helping host some great content for founders on 9/18. Full list 👇

2-3pm: How to Raise Seed Capital - https://t.co/MDMcZif8GF

3-4pm: How to Raise Growth Capital - https://t.co/fUKFHT57oB

4-5pm: Reverse Pitch: Get to Know The VCs Investing in Colorado Startups - https://t.co/HAbtwEmAap

5-6pm: Founder and VC mixer - https://t.co/rmcoTPhJrF

5-7pm: AI Builders Meetup - https://t.co/BhcCO8ojXF

Full DSW schedule - https://t.co/UEstbqk5C8

[Matchstick Ventures @MatchstickVC]

Exciting to see our core cities thriving in the Midwest!

[Midwest Startups @MidwestStartups]

The moment you've been waiting for… Our #2024BestofMidwest Startup City Rankings are here! 🏆 Midwest cities continue to shine, even in a challenging year for venture funding. Curious where your city ranks? Let's dive in! 🧵⬇️

[NattyZ🔥 @NattyZ]

Excited to share a significant milestone for @weames and the https://t.co/eQirhQKdAw team.

In just four years they’ve become one of the leading innovators in end-of-life, serving thousands of families across the US.

Congrats team!