Matthew King

$1.5B+ Invested in Bugatti Rimac, Anduril, Figure Robotics, Liquid Death, MoonPay, Terran Biosciences and Others @ VANQUISH Venture Partners

📍 Los Angeles, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor and Advisor
Oct 2024
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 · 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​. Oakmond—a beacon of transformative health and vitality. We believe in uplifting individuals on a journey towards a lifetime of fulfilment, centred around Life, Time, and Health.​ We are driven by scientific rigour and an unwavering commitment to impeccable care. Our foundation is anchored by a world-renowned scientific advisory board and an exceptional in-house medical team, ensuring that every aspect of our approach is grounded in cutting-edge research and supported by state-of-the-art technology.​ We are committed to empowering individuals with the resources, expertise, and guidance to make informed choices and embrace holistic well-being. We envision to rewrite the narrative of health and lead a movement towards a brighter and healthier future.​ Welcome to Oakmond. Together, lets inspire and pioneer a life of purpose & self-rediscovery. Because life is meant to be lived, time is meant to be cherished, and health is the foundation upon which it all rests.​
Investor
Jan 2024
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
Investor
Jan 2024
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the worlds first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in San Jose, CA.
Investor
Oct 2022
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Investor
Jun 2022
BUGATTI has been at the pinnacle of the automotive industry for over 110 years, creating the world’s most powerful and luxurious automobiles from its home in Molsheim, France. Every car crafted since the company was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909 is praised for its comfort, drivability, design, technology and reliability, desired by automotive connoisseurs from around the world. In the 1920s, the French brand became known for its racing victories with flagship models, such as the Type 13, Type 35 and their derivatives. Parallel to those successes, the brand’s portfolio broadened under the influence of Ettore Bugatti’s eldest son Jean - an exceptionally gifted designer - to elegant touring cars. His most distinguished coach-built bodyworks were the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57 SC Atlantic, some of the most valuable classic cars in the world. In the post Ettore and Jean Bugatti era, the 1980s especially stood out with the EB110. Premiering in 1991, it employed several innovations that set benchmarks for sports car performance, including a quad-turbocharged engine, carbon fiber monocoque and advanced four-wheel-drive system. With the introduction of the VEYRON 16.4 in 2005, BUGATTI created an entirely new segment: the hyper sports car, becoming the first production model to break through 1,000 PS and 400 km/h. In 2016, the CHIRON once again redefined speed and usability. Built around an evolution of the VEYRONs 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 the Super Sport version of the CHIRON with 1,600 PS became the first vehicle from a production manufacturer to break the 300mph barrier. Today, BUGATTI is part of the BUGATTI Rimac Group and well underway with the development of the next-generation of BUGATTI hyper sports cars, true to Ettore Bugatti’s motto "If comparable, it is no longer BUGATTI," while simultaneously expanding BUGATTI’s excellence into the non-automotive sector with luxury lifestyle products and cooperations.
Investor
Jun 2022
Meet the leading hypercar company that joins forces of two high-performance automotive and technology trailblazers: Bugatti Automobiles and Rimac Automobili. Rimac’s distinctive agility, technical expertise and relentless innovation in the EV sphere, along with Bugatti’s 110-year heritage of design and engineering some of the world’s most iconic hypercars, are now combined in a new company. The new company sees two automotive powerhouses generate an exciting new movement in the automotive and technology industries, originally initiated and strongly supported by the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG. Mate Rimac’s leadership and strategic direction that has seen Rimac become an industry frontrunner means he is exceptionally placed to lead the new company as Chief Executive Officer. As CEO of Rimac Group, he will run both Bugatti Rimac and the new division, Rimac Technology. Bugatti Rimac’s global headquarters is situated at Rimac’s current base on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia, but in time will transition to the recently announced €200M, 200.000m2 Rimac Campus, also serving as the home of Rimac Technology. Rimac Automobili and Bugatti each continue to operate as separate brands and manufacturers, retaining their individual production facilities in Zagreb and Molsheim respectively as well as the distribution channels.
Investor
Nov 2021
MoonPay simplifies access to buy, sell and trade crypto using everyday payment methods like cards, Apple Pay, PayPal and Venmo, while also providing simple tools to send, receive and manage stablecoins. Whether you are new to digital money or a company exploring new ways to use it, MoonPay provides the trusted infrastructure to onboard users into the blockchain-based financial ecosystem safely and seamlessly. With 30 million customers and powering the infrastructure for nearly 500 companies across the decentralized economy, MoonPay is a key driver behind mainstream crypto adoption. It is fully licensed in the U.S. and regulated in the UK, EU, Canada and Australia—and has been certified for its enterprise-grade security. MoonPay is changing payments.
Investor
Mar 2021
Mission-driven, MobileCoin aims to create a world where you can pay anyone, anywhere instantly and securely. MobileCoin leverages blockchain, a ledger with encryption to protect user data, best-in-class mobile implementation, and oblivious computing technology to make security a top priority where customers have control of their funds and their data. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, CA. For more information, please visit mobilecoin.com.
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2020
Protego Trust is a financial institution with the power to securely and efficiently serve the digital asset needs of institutional investors. Protego is a new kind of regulated bank designed and built specifically for institutionally-minded clients seeking opportunities for entry, growth or expansion within the world of digital assets. As a regulated, experienced banking partner with scalable and secure multi-asset capabilities, Protego can help financial institutions and current market participants thrive in current and future markets. Our charter will enable Protego to offer clients comprehensive digital asset services including custody, trading, lending and issuance – all within one vertically integrated partner. Protego has been designed and built by an unrivaled team of accomplished financial industry veterans, early innovators in digital assets including crypto, tech visionaries, security specialists and compliance advocates. We are launching in 2023, and invite you to connect with us for Protego news, updates and career opportunities.
Investor and Advisor
Aug 2020
KarmaCheck is reimagining background checks and credentialing by bringing truth to the internet. Our solution leverages powerful APIs, AI capabilities, and seamless integrations to optimize the entire screening process. With a mobile-first experience and rapid responses from our in-house experts, you can count on real-time, accurate, and compliant results. Our customers build trust with their candidates quickly, enabling faster placements at a lower cost. Follow us for the latest innovations in screening technology and insights on hiring compliance and workforce trends. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘺, 𝘊𝘰-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯, 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.
Investor
Aug 2020
Climax is creating the future of food with its deep plant intelligence, a proprietary machine learning approach to creating foods by unlocking smarter paths from plants to products, creating a new generation of plant-based foods that will out-compete animal-based predecessors on taste, nutrition, environmental impact and cost.
Investor and Advisor
Aug 2020
Aircapture is creating a circular commercial carbon economy utilizing novel Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Our modular, on-site DAC machines capture CO2 from the atmosphere and make it immediate available for our customers production processes. The result is a cheaper, cleaner and greener supply of CO2. Previously, commercially available CO2 was produced and distributed only in ways that generate large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, result in product impurities and include the often-substantial friction costs from transportation. For every tonne of delivered CO2, we estimate two or more tonnes of CO2 are emitted into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming and creating significant supply chain emissions, the cost of which are likely to materially increase. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone is not enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. Atmospheric carbon dioxide removal addresses legacy emissions and drives the development of critical, sustainable carbon-negative infrastructure. By utilizing atmospheric CO2, we can actually turn back the hands of time – reversing much of the damage that has already been done – while enabling our customers to economically build new carbon-to-value industries and alleviate energy poverty on a global scale. Our mission is to use Direct Air Capture (DAC) to help achieve these goals. DAC can be sited practically anywhere. There are no natural or technical limits to its scale, the quantity of carbon dioxide it removes is verifiable and it is cost-effective today.
Investor and Advisor (Acquired by Wundr Company)
Mar 2019
Investor and Advisor
Jun 2018
Trulieve completed the acquisition of Harvest Health and Recreation - October 1, 2021. Trulieve is an industry-leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S. operating in 11 states, with leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. Read more: https://investors.trulieve.com/news-releases/news-release-details/trulieve-completes-acquisition-harvest-health-recreation-inc 

Harvest, Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. is a vertically integrated cannabis company. Through organic license wins, service agreements, and targeted acquisitions, Harvest has assembled an operational footprint with cultivation, manufacturing and retail locations spanning multiple states in the U.S. Harvests mission is to improve lives through the goodness of cannabis. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. For more information, please visit Trulieve.com.
Investor and Advisor (Acquired by Glass House Group)
Apr 2018
F/ELD is the premier ultra-premium cannabis brand. Based in Los Angeles, F/ELD is world renowned for producing the most sought after cannabis products. F/ELD has been winning awards since its inception and continues to grow its connotation as a connoisseur brand through recent wins including: - Spannabis 2018 (world's largest cannabis cup): 1st Place, Masters of Rosin (Zkittlez) - Chalice 2018: Best Overall Concentrate and Best Sativa Concentrate (Forbidden Fruit) - High Times Cannabis Cup Amsterdam 2018: Best Hash (Gelato 41)
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2024
Investor and Advisor
Oct 2024
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 · 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​. Oakmond—a beacon of transformative health and vitality. We believe in uplifting individuals on a journey towards a lifetime of fulfilment, centred around Life, Time, and Health.​ We are driven by scientific rigour and an unwavering commitment to impeccable care. Our foundation is anchored by a world-renowned scientific advisory board and an exceptional in-house medical team, ensuring that every aspect of our approach is grounded in cutting-edge research and supported by state-of-the-art technology.​ We are committed to empowering individuals with the resources, expertise, and guidance to make informed choices and embrace holistic well-being. We envision to rewrite the narrative of health and lead a movement towards a brighter and healthier future.​ Welcome to Oakmond. Together, lets inspire and pioneer a life of purpose & self-rediscovery. Because life is meant to be lived, time is meant to be cherished, and health is the foundation upon which it all rests.​
Investor
Jan 2024
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
Investor
Jan 2024
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the worlds first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in San Jose, CA.
2022
Investor
Oct 2022
As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water, iced tea, better-for-you energy, and more. A portion of Liquid Death’s proceeds goes to nonprofits who are helping fight plastic pollution and further our death to plastic bottles sustainability mission.
Investor
Jun 2022
BUGATTI has been at the pinnacle of the automotive industry for over 110 years, creating the world’s most powerful and luxurious automobiles from its home in Molsheim, France. Every car crafted since the company was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909 is praised for its comfort, drivability, design, technology and reliability, desired by automotive connoisseurs from around the world. In the 1920s, the French brand became known for its racing victories with flagship models, such as the Type 13, Type 35 and their derivatives. Parallel to those successes, the brand’s portfolio broadened under the influence of Ettore Bugatti’s eldest son Jean - an exceptionally gifted designer - to elegant touring cars. His most distinguished coach-built bodyworks were the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57 SC Atlantic, some of the most valuable classic cars in the world. In the post Ettore and Jean Bugatti era, the 1980s especially stood out with the EB110. Premiering in 1991, it employed several innovations that set benchmarks for sports car performance, including a quad-turbocharged engine, carbon fiber monocoque and advanced four-wheel-drive system. With the introduction of the VEYRON 16.4 in 2005, BUGATTI created an entirely new segment: the hyper sports car, becoming the first production model to break through 1,000 PS and 400 km/h. In 2016, the CHIRON once again redefined speed and usability. Built around an evolution of the VEYRONs 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 the Super Sport version of the CHIRON with 1,600 PS became the first vehicle from a production manufacturer to break the 300mph barrier. Today, BUGATTI is part of the BUGATTI Rimac Group and well underway with the development of the next-generation of BUGATTI hyper sports cars, true to Ettore Bugatti’s motto "If comparable, it is no longer BUGATTI," while simultaneously expanding BUGATTI’s excellence into the non-automotive sector with luxury lifestyle products and cooperations.
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