MATT SACKS
Matt is the Co-Managing Partner of Lightbank. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Luminary Media, a Lightbank portfolio company. Luminary is a subscription podcast network with original shows from creators like Dave Chappelle, Lena Dunham, and Russell Brand. Previously, Matt was a technology investor at NEA, where he invested in over 40 early through growth stage technology businesses and worked with the Lightbank team on investments such as Tempus, Benchprep, and Catalytic, as well as NEA’s investments in Lightbank’s prior investment funds.
Prior to that, he was a member of the Technology, Media, and Telecom investment banking team at Goldman Sachs. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Matt interned at First Round Capital and helped to launch Splash.fm, a social network for music sharing and discovery. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a BA in History.