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Investor profile

Matt Thoms

Co-Founder & General Partner, Baukunst

About

Matt co-founded and operated four tech startups before becoming a venture investor, giving him hands-on operating experience that most VCs lack. He combines mechanical engineering degrees from Tufts and MIT with nine years as a first-round lead investor at Allied Minds and Bolt, focusing on technically complex companies that blend software, hardware, and physical infrastructure. Matt co-founded and operated four tech startups before becoming a venture investor, giving him hands-on operating experience that most VCs lack. He combines mechanical engineering degrees from Tufts and MIT with nine years as a first-round lead investor at Allied Minds and Bolt, focusing on technically complex companies that blend software, hardware, and physical infrastructure.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Deeptech
Hardware
Climate
SaaS
CPG / D2C
AI

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $3M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Europe