Torchlight Consulting
Founder, Managing Partner
Torchlight Consulting empowers the founders behind some of today’s most exciting young companies, by providing them with the resources needed to reach new heights of success.
Matthew Lerner
Founder, Startup Advisor, Investor
Founder, Startup Advisor, Investor
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Experience
SuperAngel.Fund
Investments & Platform
SuperAngel.Fund is an early stage fund, investing primarily in Consumer, PropTech & Future of Work ventures. Launched in early 2021, the fund and its syndicate platform... more have already placed investments in 50+ industry leading ventures.
Starta Ventures
Advisor
Advisor
Beam Coffee
Advisor
Makomi
Founder, CEO, Advisor
Makomi is the short-term rental manager for vacationers, business travelers, and investors. Renting your home can be difficult and time-consuming. We save you time while making... more you money so you can focus on the adventure ahead. Providing services in 11 cities across 3 countries.
MetroButler
Founder, CEO
NYC-based Airbnb management service. One of the earliest entrants to the space that pioneered first generation builds for short term property management software, pricing... more tools, and distributed teams for cleaning and maintenance.
Gift Connect (fka AllStar Deals)
Founder, Director of Operations
Powering large premium supply-side platforms by generating industry leading advertisement engagement at scale. Backed by Hubert Burda Media and working alongside blue chip... more brands such as Under Armour, Zappos, Papa John's, and Svedka.
Annual revenue grown from $0 at inception to over $40m. Product inventory grown from $10k to over $100m in just 3 years.
Annual revenue grown from $0 at inception to over $40m. Product inventory grown from $10k to over $100m in just 3 years.
Fleishman-Hillard
Account Executive
Global PR & digital marketing agency focused on crisis communications, brand marketing and paid & organic social media to maintain a positive image.
Exit
Eatblue.com
Founder, CEO
Digital menu guide and online ordering system for students at the University of Michigan and residents of Ann Arbor.
Facilitated millions of dollars in food sales... more to over 500+ restaurants before exiting through a lucrative sale, to what would become Groupon.
Facilitated millions of dollars in food sales... more to over 500+ restaurants before exiting through a lucrative sale, to what would become Groupon.
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About
Achievements
I sold my position in my 1st business, Eatblue (which I founded in 2005), in 2009 at the age of 22.
My next entrepreneurial endeavor, Gift Connect, has worked with some of the biggest brands (ex: Under Armour, Zappos, Svedka, Papa John's, et al) and media agencies in the world, has closed over $7M in funding through Series B financing, and built gifting inventory portfolio to more than $100M. Following GiftConnect, I became deeply involved in short-term property rental management. After launching ventures MetroButler and Makomi in 11 cities across 3 countries, our team and companies were featured in The New Yorker, TechCrunch, New York Business Journal, AlleyWatch, Fortune, Inc.com, and Curbed.
Most recently, my time is dedicated fully towards coaching, advising, mentoring, and investing in early stage companies. I have a particular fondness for Pre Series-A ventures that are CPG, PropTech, Hospitality, Food & Bev and Software focussed.
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