Matt Anarde

Matt Anarde is a Partner at Manifold based in San Francisco, California, where he leads pre-seed and seed-stage investments across the software and artificial intelligence sectors. Prior to venture capital, he co-founded and led engineering for a developer tools startup and held various technical roles. At Manifold, he helps manage a portfolio of over 50 companies and networks with industry peers at firms like a16z and platforms such as Retool and Supabase. Anarde recently led a 2025 investment in an AI infrastructure startup and spoke on seed investing trends at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. He maintains an active public presence with over 10,000 followers on X, where he published a February 2026 analysis on AI agent economics. His current focus is bridging engineering and investment to support early-stage founders building scalable cloud infrastructure and developer platforms.