Pat Matthews

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About Pat Matthews

Hi, I'm Pat. I'm an entrepreneur turned investor. I've spent my entire career starting, scaling, and investing in startups. I started Active Capital because I love investing in ambitious founders and doing my best to help them reach their potential. I've been working in enterprise software and cloud infrastructure for 20+ years, and I believe the future is brighter than ever. If you're a pre-seed company building the future of enterprise software, we'd love to connect. I welcome warm intros and cold emails! Here is my quick bio: Co-founder & CEO at Webmail.us - Dropped out of Virginia Tech to start a company - Launched a dot-com, then pivoted to enterprise software - Built one of first large-scale business-class email providers - Grew the company to $10M in ARR and 60 employees - Acquired by Rackspace for $50M — 100x the capital raised Senior Vice President at Rackspace - Spent six years leading cloud, SaaS, and M&A - Scaled business unit to $400M in revenue & Rackers - Led the acquisition of five cloud infra startups - Helped drive Rackspace’s transition into SaaS & cloud Founder & CEO at Active Capital - Started Active Capital, a founder-led pre-seed venture firm - Investing in enterprise software and cloud infrastructure -$100M+ AUM across a series of $25M-ish funds - Backing ambitious, technical founders - Investing often in underdog cities across America