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Investor profile

Mat Vogels

Black Flag, Harpoon Ventures

About

Mat Vogels is a designer-founder-investor who actively builds and ships multiple products while investing (including VC Sheet, Pineapple List, and Pitch Colorado), positioning him as an operator-investor with hands-on product experience rather than a former founder who moved on from building. He focuses on creating infrastructure tools that benefit the entire startup ecosystem and brings deep design expertise to help founders craft clear, conversion-focused narratives for their products and pitches. Mat Vogels is a designer-founder-investor who actively builds and ships multiple products while investing (including VC Sheet, Pineapple List, and Pitch Colorado), positioning him as an operator-investor with hands-on product experience rather than a former founder who moved on from building. He focuses on creating infrastructure tools that benefit the entire startup ecosystem and brings deep design expertise to help founders craft clear, conversion-focused narratives for their products and pitches.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Defense
Deeptech
Hardware
AI
Cybersecurity
Enterprise

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes