Matthew Singer

Managing Director | Head of Innovation Capital at BlackRock

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2024
VC🌍 United States
14
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8y
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Apr 2024
Bright Machines is an industry-leading software and robotics company that provides a full-stack automation solution for manufacturing. Bright Machines’ flexible automated assembly specializes in building the AI backbone – AI hardware infrastructure. By leveraging computer vision, machine learning, and software applications, Bright Machines reimagines the way products can be designed and manufactured. With ~160 employees, Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, and has an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. Bright Machines has been previously named “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and one of “America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies” by Forbes.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
HawkEye 360 is equipping defense, intelligence and national security leaders with mission-critical signals intelligence to enable faster, better decision making. By detecting, geolocating, and characterizing radio frequency emissions worldwide, HawkEye 360 delivers trusted domain awareness and early warning indicators to the US Government and allied partners. Our space-based collection, proprietary signal processing, and AI-powered analytics transform knowledge of RF spectrum into a strategic advantage. Proven by operational mission success, HawkEye 360 is redefining how signals intelligence strengthens national and global security. HawkEye 360 was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Board Observer
Oct 2022
Versa, the global leader in unified networking and security, enables organizations to create self-protecting networks that radically simplify and automate their network and security infrastructure. Powered by AI, the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform delivers converged SSE, SD-WAN, and SD-LAN solutions that protect data and defend against cyberthreats while providing a superior digital experience. Thousands of customers globally, with hundreds of thousands of sites and millions of users, trust Versa with their mission-critical networks and security. Versa is privately held and funded by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, and BlackRock. For more information, visit https://www.versa-networks.com and follow Versa on LinkedIn and X (Twitter) @versanetworks.
Board Observer
May 2022
Deep Instinct is the first company to apply deep learning to cybersecurity. Deep learning is inspired by the brain’s ability to learn. Once a brain learns to identify an object, its identification becomes second nature. Similarly, as Deep Instinct’s artificial brain learns to detect any type of cyber threat, its prediction capabilities become instinctive. As a result, zero-day and APT attacks are detected and prevented in real-time with unmatched accuracy. Deep Instinct brings a completely new approach to cybersecurity that is proactive and predictive. Deep Instinct provides comprehensive defense that is designed to protect against the most evasive unknown malware in real-time, across an organization’s endpoints, servers, and mobile devices. Deep learning’s capabilities of identifying malware from any data source results in comprehensive protection on any device, any platform, and operating system.
Board Observer
May 2022
SOURCEs technology provides safe, clean drinking water for industrial, commercial, residential and community applications. Their groundbreaking SOURCE® Hydropanel taps into the endless supply of solar energy and moisture in the air, producing drinking water entirely off-grid in a self-contained system. This revolutionary technology will do for drinking water what solar panels have done for electricity, making water a renewable resource. SOURCE® Hydropanels are currently at work in more than 40 countries across the world. Own your water with SOURCE®. Visit: www.source.co Call: 1-855-796-9283
Board Observer
May 2022
Cap Hill Brands is now Infinite Commerce! We acquire high quality, enduring consumer brands. Cap Hill Brands is a consumer products company that acquires and operates great e-commerce and DTC brands. We were founded by experts in e-commerce marketing, operations, and strategy -- and are backed by venture capitalists specializing in the consumer and e-commerce sectors. We look for long-term businesses with strong competitive advantages. If youre exploring options for selling your business, we are a premier partner with a phenomenal track record of leading brands to new levels of growth online.
early stageManufacturing
Board Observer
May 2022
Aiven is the trusted open source data platform for everyone. Through Aiven, developers can do what they do best: create applications. Meanwhile, Aiven does what we do best: manage cloud data infrastructure. We enable customers to drive business results from open source data technologies that trigger true transformations on a global scale. Aiven provides managed open source data technologies, such as PostgreSQL®, Apache Kafka® and OpenSearch®, on all major clouds. Most recently, Aiven achieved a $3B valuation and has now raised $420M total funding backed by its investors Atomico, Earlybird, Eurazeo, IVP, Lifeline, Salesforce Ventures, and World Innovation Lab. Aiven is headquartered in Helsinki and has hubs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Boston, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. To learn more about Aiven, visit https://aiven.io.
Board Observer
May 2022
JumpCloud® delivers a unified open directory platform that makes it easy to securely manage identities, devices, and access across your organization. With JumpCloud, IT teams and MSPs enable users to work securely from anywhere and manage their Windows, Apple, Linux, and Android devices from a single platform. JumpCloud is IT Simplified.
Board Observer
Jun 2021
In today’s on-demand world, the needs of the market can turn on a dime. Aria gives enterprise companies speed and agility to change with it. Aria’s cloud-based monetization platform removes billing bottlenecks to allow companies to quickly launch and evolve their offerings. Only Aria provides speed and agility at scale, delivers actionable customer insights, and empowers business users with direct control to better monetize their offerings. Innovative companies like Adobe, Audi, Experian, and Philips depend on Aria to accelerate their time to revenue, maximize customer value, and grow their business. Aria is award-winning and top ranked by leading research firms. Headquartered in downtown San Francisco, CA, Aria has field offices throughout the world. To learn more, visit ariasystems.com.
Board Observer
Sep 2019
Convene is a premium hospitality company that designs and operates meeting, event, flexible office, and membership spaces. With a network of 38 locations across nine cities in the U.S. and UK, Convene thoughtfully combines beautiful yet intuitive design, fully-integrated technology services, and a warm and welcoming environment to create a turnkey solution for extraordinary meeting and work experiences. Founded in 2009 with the goal of bringing hospitality and lifestyle into traditional commercial real estate assets, Convene partners with the industry’s top landlords to deliver increased value to their assets and premium experiences to their tenants. The company counts Hudson’s Bay Company, Ares, and RXR Realty among its investors and has been named one of America’s 100 Most Promising Companies by Forbes and a Best Workplace by Inc. magazine, Fortune magazine, and Built In.  Learn more at https://convene.com/  
Board Observer
Jun 2018
Tech-enabled, physician-led clinical documentation partner for hospitals.
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2024
Board Member
Apr 2024
Bright Machines is an industry-leading software and robotics company that provides a full-stack automation solution for manufacturing. Bright Machines’ flexible automated assembly specializes in building the AI backbone – AI hardware infrastructure. By leveraging computer vision, machine learning, and software applications, Bright Machines reimagines the way products can be designed and manufactured. With ~160 employees, Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, and has an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. Bright Machines has been previously named “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and one of “America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies” by Forbes.
2023
Board Observer
Dec 2023
RapidSOS is the leading public safety AI company that unlocks mission-critical intelligence for first responders and security teams – enabling faster, smarter and more accurate emergency response. RapidSOS connects every device, agency, company and community in a network that defends against the unexpected.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
HawkEye 360 is equipping defense, intelligence and national security leaders with mission-critical signals intelligence to enable faster, better decision making. By detecting, geolocating, and characterizing radio frequency emissions worldwide, HawkEye 360 delivers trusted domain awareness and early warning indicators to the US Government and allied partners. Our space-based collection, proprietary signal processing, and AI-powered analytics transform knowledge of RF spectrum into a strategic advantage. Proven by operational mission success, HawkEye 360 is redefining how signals intelligence strengthens national and global security. HawkEye 360 was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
2022
Board Observer
Oct 2022
Versa, the global leader in unified networking and security, enables organizations to create self-protecting networks that radically simplify and automate their network and security infrastructure. Powered by AI, the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform delivers converged SSE, SD-WAN, and SD-LAN solutions that protect data and defend against cyberthreats while providing a superior digital experience. Thousands of customers globally, with hundreds of thousands of sites and millions of users, trust Versa with their mission-critical networks and security. Versa is privately held and funded by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, and BlackRock. For more information, visit https://www.versa-networks.com and follow Versa on LinkedIn and X (Twitter) @versanetworks.
Board Observer
May 2022
Deep Instinct is the first company to apply deep learning to cybersecurity. Deep learning is inspired by the brain’s ability to learn. Once a brain learns to identify an object, its identification becomes second nature. Similarly, as Deep Instinct’s artificial brain learns to detect any type of cyber threat, its prediction capabilities become instinctive. As a result, zero-day and APT attacks are detected and prevented in real-time with unmatched accuracy. Deep Instinct brings a completely new approach to cybersecurity that is proactive and predictive. Deep Instinct provides comprehensive defense that is designed to protect against the most evasive unknown malware in real-time, across an organization’s endpoints, servers, and mobile devices. Deep learning’s capabilities of identifying malware from any data source results in comprehensive protection on any device, any platform, and operating system.
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