Matt manages the firm’s private company investment activity in late-stage growth businesses, overseeing a team investing across technology, consumer, healthcare, and financial services sectors. He works closely with global industry analysts and other global research resources within the firm to identify, lead diligence, pursue and manage investments in late-stage private companies. He has been named to the Forbes’ Midas list of top tech investors for four consecutive years in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.*
Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2016, Matt was a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, where he focused on early-stage investing (2008 – 2016). Before that, he served in product roles at ATI Technologies (2003 – 2006) and as a co-founder of the computer hardware review site Anandtech.com (1999 – 2003).
Matt holds an MBA from Harvard University (2008) and a BA in public policy from Duke University (2003).
*Wellington Management did not pay a fee to be considered. Winners were selected by a data-driven approach, the Midas List is produced from a combination of public data sources and the submissions of hundreds of investment partners across hundreds of firms each year. The most recent award was announced on June 4, 2024, a submission made in January 2023 and is based on 5 years of trailing data. Matt Witheiler was the only winner in the Top Tech Investors category, which was judged based on Forbes’ criteria. The award may not be representative of any one client’s experience. The award is not indicative of Wellington Management’s future performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
