Matthew Alfieri

Background

About Matthew Alfieri

Matt Alfieri joined Centana in 2017 and is one of its Partners. He currently serves on the Board of Benepass, Eventus Systems, Gradient AI, SpyCloud, Vividly, and serves as a Board Observer at Plooto, Sayari Labs, and Zesty.ai. He previously served as a Board Observer at Beacon (acquired by Clearwater Analytics). Matthew was recognized four years in a row as one of GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and was named one of Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Wall Street (2019).Prior to Centana, Matthew spent nine years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as a Vice President with the Principal Strategic Investments (PSI) team working in London and New York. During his time with PSI, Matthew gained experience investing in financial technology and enterprise software companies. He led eight investments and served on the Boards of six of the companies; his investments included Barefoot Networks (acquired by Intel), Vapor IO, Unbound Tech (acquired by Coinbase), Aquilon Energy Services and The New York Shipping Exchange. Prior to PSI, Matthew was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, working within the debt and equity financing teams based in New York. He received a BA in Business Administration in the Financial Analyst Honors Program from the University at Albany.