Matt joined Venrock in 2004. He is based in Venrock’s Palo Alto office and focuses on energy technology investing. Matt led Venrock’s investments in Transonic Combustion, Atieva, Phononic Devices, Nest Labs and FINsix and is a board member of those companies.
From 2000 to 2004, Matt investigated energy-related applications of nanotechnology and became networked among the nascent “clean tech” community. He co-founded two software companies: LiquidMarket, a product search and comparison shopping service that was acquired by NBC Internet in 1999, and Flash Communications, an instant messaging technology that was acquired by Microsoft in 1998. Previously, Matt traded currency derivatives for Banque Paribas in London, Singapore and New York, and practiced international project finance for Sanwa Bank in Tokyo. His prior experience also includes applied superconductivity research at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, real-time signal processing at Mercedes-Benz research and development in Stuttgart, and technology scouting from the then recently independent Czech Republic.
Matt earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Matthew Trevithick Live 
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Huge congratulations Ernie! Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief http://t.co/AAShMejLqn
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"Most people in Washington don't understand what venture capital is", says Kate Mitchell at #venturescape2013 .
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"Not your job to defend your team, but to improve your team". Dick Costolo's key to Twitter's hypergrowth. #venturescape2013
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"Need to spend a lot of attention to make sure engineers have the most compelling work environment in Bay Area". Dick Costolo CEO of Twitter
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"Trust is the essence of organizational behavior." General Powell at #venturescape2013
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"Take care of your troops. Inspire them. Train them. Equip them. When they believe in the purpose, they will follow you." General Powell
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"Follow me" is the essence of leadership. Give followers a purpose. General Powell at #venturescape2013
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IBM will launch Watson as a service soon. #venturescape2013
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"When you sell a company to IBM, you are buying a proven business model", says Ginni Rometty at #venturescape2013 .
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Must reinvent company for higher value. Must make a market. Invest and divest. Become a talent company. CEO of IBM at #venturescape2013
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Cognitive infrastructure will cause new era of enterprise IT. Too complex to program. Must learn by itself. #venturescape2013
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Enterprise mobility will be as important as the web. Hybrid cloud will emerge like telco networks. -CEO of IBM at #venturescape2013
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"Information is a natural resource", says Ginni Rometty CEO of IBM at #venturescape2013
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Tech employment in San Francisco is up 50% since January 2011 to 42,000 jobs -Mayor Lee at #venturescape2013
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"Large investor syndicates constrain original thinking of entrepreneurial CEOs", says Mitch Lowe of @greenstart.
12:15pm May 14th from Matt Trevithick -
Big news for MyEnergy and Nest. This is a powerful combination. http://t.co/GWvAqlAxEs
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Threat of failure forces decision making, which forces focus and clarity. -xaxcl8r demo day
6:59pm May 13th from Matt Trevithick -
At @haxlr8r demo day now.
6:56pm May 13th from Matt Trevithick
