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Matt Surkont ☁

Co-CEO / Founder at BlueSky

📍 City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa🔄 Updated November 2026💼 8 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 South Africa
8
Total investments
4
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

6 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor, Shareholder
Jul 2023
Empowering women to make better, personalised and data-driven decisions to manage and treat chronic health conditions. A company of Pandora Biosciences (pandorabiosciences.com)
Investor, Shareholder
Jul 2023
Were building an AI-driven precision medicine platform harnessing diverse population data, to power genomic discovery and promote better health, for all
Investor, Shareholder
Feb 2020
Coot Club is a unique ‘for-return / for-conservation’ small retreat development in a 464 Ha private nature reserve located 2 hours from Cape Town, between Stanford and Hermanus, on the south bank of the Klein Rivier lagoon and wedged between the lagoon and the Walker Bay Nature Reserve.
early stageHospitality
Partner / Investor
May 2016
Khonology is an African digital services company with the vision of digitizing Africa. Our Services include: Digital Practice: - Application Development - Application Support and Service Management - System Implementation - System Integration - System Quality Assurance/Testing - Digital Strategy and Architecture Data Solutions: - Data Enrichment and Cleaning - Data Analysis and Intelligence - Data Digitisation - Data Integration, Migration and Ingestion - Data Protection (KYC/AML/Regulation and Compliance) - Data Strategy and Architecture Cloud Services - Cloud Assessment Services - Cloud Migration Services - Cloud Optimization Services - Cloud Security Services - Cloud Management Services
Investor, Board Memeber
Oct 2015
We’re BLOOMABLE. We started our journey as SA Florist and this is our story. Bloomable is a made up word. And we like it that way. It’s our name, but it’s also an adjective for everything we’re about. We are committed to the ability to bloom - in the communities we work with, the people we collaborate with and in crafting the best possible experience for our customers. We are South Africa’s online marketplace of gifting. The place people come to to make someone’s day. We give small businesses the ability to thrive by providing a cultivated platform from which to grow through reach and visibility. We identify florists and artisans with bloomability, and invite them to be part of the family. We promise to always provide the lushest blooms and the most beautifully crafted gifts, while always doing what is right and fair by our local communities. We promise to put our hearts into everything that we do. This is entrenched in everything we do. Even our name. Split up into two - BLOOM and ABLE - it clearly celebrates the ability to bloom. And this is something that resonates so deeply with us - the potential to flourish, the promise of growth; and the ability to thrive. The word ‘BLOOM’ keeps us firmly rooted in our history of flowers, but by definition also propels us into a future of growth and expansion. Because to bloom is quite literally to grow. Then there’s ‘ABLE,’ which needs little to no introduction. It says ‘we can.’ And it focuses on ability: Our ability, our florists and artisans’ ability and our customers’ ability to spread joy. It also highlights our ability as a business to identify the bloomability in those we choose to collaborate with. It may never have been a word before, but is it now. We are BLOOMABLE. Want to send happiness? We deliver beautiful handcrafted bouquets & gifts, same-day to anywhere in South Africa. Visit us at www.bloomable.co.za
early stageRetail Florists
Partner / Investor
Jun 2014
Blinkk is a machine learning company that builds self-learning models allowing companies to turn their operating data into a competitive advantage in the arena of customer behaviour prediction and supply chain demand analysis.
Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (8)
Founder (4)
2023
Investor, Shareholder
Jul 2023
Empowering women to make better, personalised and data-driven decisions to manage and treat chronic health conditions. A company of Pandora Biosciences (pandorabiosciences.com)
Investor, Shareholder
Jul 2023
Were building an AI-driven precision medicine platform harnessing diverse population data, to power genomic discovery and promote better health, for all
2020
Investor, Shareholder
Feb 2020
Coot Club is a unique ‘for-return / for-conservation’ small retreat development in a 464 Ha private nature reserve located 2 hours from Cape Town, between Stanford and Hermanus, on the south bank of the Klein Rivier lagoon and wedged between the lagoon and the Walker Bay Nature Reserve.
early stageHospitality
2016
Optim Solutions
Partner / Investor
May 2016
Partner / Investor
May 2016
Khonology is an African digital services company with the vision of digitizing Africa. Our Services include: Digital Practice: - Application Development - Application Support and Service Management - System Implementation - System Integration - System Quality Assurance/Testing - Digital Strategy and Architecture Data Solutions: - Data Enrichment and Cleaning - Data Analysis and Intelligence - Data Digitisation - Data Integration, Migration and Ingestion - Data Protection (KYC/AML/Regulation and Compliance) - Data Strategy and Architecture Cloud Services - Cloud Assessment Services - Cloud Migration Services - Cloud Optimization Services - Cloud Security Services - Cloud Management Services
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