About Matt Nichols

Matt is a General Partner at Commerce Ventures. He has been an investor in and operator of early stage technology companies for 15 years. He has has a specific focus on commerce and retail technology. Prior to Commerce Ventures, Matt was the CEO of Gemvara, a disruptive jewelry eCommerce business that was sold to Berkshire Hathaway. Matt also worked as a venture capitalist at Highland Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley Venture Partners where his investments included Bullhorn (Acq’d by Vista Equity Partners), Pixable (Acq’d by SingTel), Avamar (Acq’d by EMC), Tarari (Acq’d by LSI), and Perceptive Software (Acq’d by Lexmark). Matt was a member of Morgan Stanley‘s Technology Corporate Finance team where he was part of the Google IPO team and also spent time in Google’s corporate development group. Matt studied Economics at Pomona College and earned an MBA with high distinction from the Tuck School of Business.