Matthew Eisner
San Francisco ยท est. 1987

I’m an operator-investor. Right now I’m Head of Growth at Zerg AI, building an AI-native productivity stack with Idan Beck. I founded Vang Advisory in 2017 and Vang Capital in 2019 — a consultancy and a pre-seed fund that have run in parallel with most of my operating work.

Matthew Eisner

Now

2026 — present

Zerg AI

Head of Growth

The Zstack is a set of AI-native microproducts — project boards, calendars, mail, payments — designed for AI agents and the humans who direct them. Founded with Idan Beck.

2017 — present

Vang Advisory & Vang Capital

Founder · Managing Director / Partner

An advisory practice (60+ clients, 6 continents) and its sister pre-seed fund (30+ companies, ~50% est. annual return on Fund I). Several advisory clients have become Vang Capital portfolio companies.

vangadvisory.com · vang.capital

Where I’ve operated

  1. 2023—25 Dinari · Head of Product & Growth 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. Partnerships with Arbitrum, Chainlink, CoinGecko, Metamask, Moonpay.
  2. 2022—23 Samba TV · Senior PM, Consumer Strategy, development, and GTM for consumer + blockchain products. Partnerships: AWS, Disney, Coinbase, Sony, Consensys.
  3. 2020—22 NTT DATA UK · Analytics Lead, R+D / New Ventures Led DD on 8 strategic 7-figure investments. SME on metaverse, blockchain, web3, data, and AdTech for British Open and Vodafone.
  4. 2020—21 Algorand Europe Accelerator · Program Director 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. 2015—17 Startupbootcamp Global · Global Head of Marketing & Data 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. 2014—15 Touch Surgery · Growth Lead 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 for nine figures (2020).
  7. 2014—15 Hackster.io · Community Manager First hire. Built marketing, growth, analytics from zero; 0→50k developer community. Acquired by Avnet (2016).

Where I’ve allocated

I’ve been investing in parallel with operating since 2017. Vang Capital has made 30+ pre-seed and seed investments — among them Cledara, Knack, Brydg, RELAYTO/, Yummy, Securitize, Folks Finance, Doordeck, Sovrin/cheqd, MyTechTree, VuPulse, Coinfirm. I’ve also run programs and fund operations for Algorand Europe (cohort raised $50m+), NTT DATA New Ventures (DD on 8 strategic deals), Bridge Angel Investors (Head of DD), Qatar SportsTech (fund + program setup), Oasis ROSE Metamind Labs, and TitanBlock. The thread across all of it: pre-seed bets on data-centric companies, frequently with crypto/web3 angles.

In print

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.

Reach

Best for advisory and board conversations, network introductions, founder coaching, crypto/web3 strategy, and growth ops at early-stage. Email [email protected]. Also: LinkedIn, Twitter, Scholar.