Matt is a managing partner at Dallas Venture Partners.  He was formerly a Senior Associate at Trailblazer Capital.  At Trailblazer, he managed the firm’s deal flow process and was an instrumental part of the sale of Spawn Labs to GameStop in February of 2011.  Matt is a member of the State Bar of Texas, a former President and current Board Member of DFW TeXchange, and a board member of Yvolver, Inc and AgSolver, Inc. Matt received both his law and business degrees from Southern Methodist University with a concentration in Finance. While in graduate school, Matt founded a digital music company where he was successful in both raising capital for his company and attracting local talent.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colgate University.