Matthew Killi, PhD

Startups | Dessa (acquired by Square/Block) | Physicist & Machine learning | McKinsey Alum

๐Ÿ“ Canada๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 2 investments๐Ÿ“… 5 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Nov 2021
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Advisor and Investor
Nov 2021
Pluto is the finance workflow automation & spend management platform of choice for SMEs of all sizes in UAE. Pluto combines the power of getting access to instant issuance unlimited corporate cards with cashback, petty cash & invoice management & employee per diem management all within one platform. No more chasing for receipts, manually approving invoices on long e-mail threads or sharing one corporate card with several people. Plutos platform brings control back to complex finance and accounting business processes and creates a streamlined approach to controlling your companys spending. The best part? One-click sync all of your Pluto transactions to all major ERPs including Oracle Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Xero, Zoho & more.
Board Member | Aspiring Power User
Jan 2021
Automatic Exercise Detection & Rep Counting - Enabled Using AI and your Apple Watch.
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2021
Advisor and Investor
Nov 2021
Pluto is the finance workflow automation & spend management platform of choice for SMEs of all sizes in UAE. Pluto combines the power of getting access to instant issuance unlimited corporate cards with cashback, petty cash & invoice management & employee per diem management all within one platform. No more chasing for receipts, manually approving invoices on long e-mail threads or sharing one corporate card with several people. Plutos platform brings control back to complex finance and accounting business processes and creates a streamlined approach to controlling your companys spending. The best part? One-click sync all of your Pluto transactions to all major ERPs including Oracle Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Xero, Zoho & more.
Board Member | Aspiring Power User
Jan 2021
Automatic Exercise Detection & Rep Counting - Enabled Using AI and your Apple Watch.
2011
Guest Research Scientist
Jan 2011
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was founded in 1909 as a result of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of India, and the Maharaja of Mysore. In 1886, Jamsetji Tata conceived of a university of science that would work for the benefit of India, and in 1898 created an endowment for establishing such an institution. The Government of India then took up the effort, and, in consultation with scientists in England and in India, decided to locate the Institute in Bengaluru, where the Maharaja of Mysore, Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, donated 372 acres of land. The Institute was formally vested in 1909, the foundation stone was laid in 1911, and the first batch of students started their studies in the same year. Over the last century, IISc has become the premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education in India. Beginning with 2 departments and 21 students in 1911, today IISc has 39 departments, units, or centres, 3500 students, and about 500 academic and scientific staff, supported by 600 administrative personnel. About 2200 students are in various PhD programs, almost 900 are enrolled for various Masters degrees, whereas about 400 are registered in the newly established, research oriented, four-year Bachelor of Science (Research) programme. In recent years, the Institute has vigorously promoted interdisciplinary research. New centres such as the CiSTUP, the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems and a new Centre for Brain Research (funded by a large private endowment) are expected to conduct translational research in their respective areas, in order to better connect with industry and society. With the recent construction of modern buildings, acquisition of new research facilities, and induction of a large number of new faculty members, the Institute can look forward to an era of high productivity, increasing impact, and rising prominence in the world.