Matthew Eisner

M.E. · Operator + investor · San Francisco / Detroit / London

Head of Growth at Zerg AI, building an AI-native productivity stack. In parallel I run Vang Advisory (85+ engagements, 6 continents) and Vang Capital (32 portfolio companies, ~50% est. annual return).

Twelve years of growth, product, and program design. Three continents. One operator.

Matthew Eisner
San Francisco · 2025

Right now

At Zerg AI (since 2026) I lead growth across the Zstack — a set of AI-native microproducts (project boards, calendars, mail, payments) designed for AI agents and the humans who direct them. A return engagement with a founder I’ve worked with for 13 years — same person, third company together.

At Vang (since 2017 / 2019) I keep the advisory and the fund running on the side. Most engagements last 4–12 weeks; investments are pre-seed and seed in data-centric companies (Cledara, Knack, Brydg, RELAYTO/, Yummy, Safara, StartEngine, cheqd, MyTechTree, VuPulse, Awabah, +20 others).

Built · shipped · sold

  1. 2023–2025 Dinari · Head of Product & Growth · San Francisco First product/commercial hire at SEC-licensed RWA tokenization protocol. Acquired 30 paid B2B API clients (0 → 7-figure ARR). Scaled protocol TVL/AUM $0 → $60m+ at 100%+ MoM. Grew community <500 → 300k+ in <1 year on $0 paid. Partners: Arbitrum, Chainlink, CoinGecko, Metamask, Moonpay.
  2. 2022–2023 Samba TV · Senior PM, Consumer · San Francisco Strategy, development, and GTM for consumer + blockchain products. Partners: AWS, Disney, Coinbase, Sony, Consensys, Reed Smith.
  3. NTT DATA 2020–2022 NTT DATA UK · Analytics Lead, R+D / New Ventures · London Led DD on 8 strategic 7-figure investments. SME on metaverse, blockchain, web3, data, and AdTech for British Open and Vodafone.
  4. 2020–2021 Algorand Europe Accelerator · Program Director · London Designed and ran Algorand’s first European accelerator. Cohort included Securitize and Folks Finance; raised $50m+ in follow-on. ~200 applications, 4-FTE team.
  5. Startupbootcamp 2015–2017 Startupbootcamp Global · Global Head of Marketing & Data · London 20+ marketing staff, 8→20+ programs in 80+ countries. Tripled program applications. Built recruitment data infrastructure underwriting 2,000+ startup investments. MarCom 2017 Gold.
  6. Touch Surgery 2014–2015 Touch Surgery · Growth Lead · London First marketing hire. Grew monthly downloads 15× (8k→130k). #1 Medical App in 40+ countries. Press: BBC, Bloomberg. Partners: J&J, Stanford. Acquired by Medtronic, nine figures (2020).
  7. 2014–2015 Hackster.io · Community Manager · San Francisco First hire. Built marketing, growth, analytics from zero; 0→50k developer community. Acquired by Avnet (2016).
  8. 2013–2014 Incident Technologies · Community / Marketing · San Francisco Consumer hardware (gTar, Opho Keys), I was employee one. First post-grad role and the start of a 13-year working relationship that eventually leads back to Zerg.

32 pre-seed bets

Vang Capital — UK-based pre-seed and seed fund, founded 2019. ~50% est. annual return on Fund I; portfolio raised $100m+ follow-on across the book. Crypto-native operationally since 2018.

Parallel program operations: Algorand Europe Accelerator (Program Director, $50m+ follow-on raised by cohort), NTT DATA New Ventures (DD on 8 strategic 7-figure deals), Bridge Angel Investors (Head of DD), Qatar SportsTech (program + fund setup), Oasis ROSE Metamind Labs, TitanBlock.

Published

Co-author of the Many Labs replication study in the Journal of Open Psychology Data — one of the most-cited replication studies in psychology, with 1,400+ citations. MarCom Gold (2017) for the Startupbootcamp×RELAYTO/ Startup Ecosystem Report.

From people I’ve worked with

“Matthew consistently applies his quantitative skills to rapidly create concise P&Ls… He excels at concisely summarizing critical phases of due diligence and market analysis, and translates analysis into actionable insight and accurate forecasts.”
Mark Masterson Mark Masterson CEO, ITO World · ex-NTT DATA UK
“Masterful coordination of all things marketing execution at Touch Surgery, and an unparalleled insight into the nuances of digital and technical marketing — SEO, mobile, analytics. Built sustainable userbase growth and dramatically improved core KPIs.”
Kim Parkins Kim Parkins Co-Owner, Great Kids Place · ex-Touch Surgery
“His initiatives automated a huge amount of what had previously been manual labor, and enabled us to better understand how both marketing and investment initiatives were performing. Quickly established credibility across the organization.”
Andy Shannon Andy Shannon Operating Partner, VC · ex-Startupbootcamp

Advisory

Outside Zerg I take on a small number of personal advisory engagements per quarter. Approach: a menu of options, pick one or two items per month to lay a solid foundation and tackle the highest-priority opportunities. Pricing: $2,000/day startups, $2,500/day blockchains and funds, $3,000/day corporates. Discount on scopes >10 days. Time/retainer or task/deliverable. Open to performance alignment, advisory equity, or partial cash + equity for early-stage.

Reach

Best for advisory and board conversations, network introductions, founder coaching, crypto/web3 strategy, and growth ops at early-stage.