Matthew Ohlman

Matthew Ohlman is the Chief Technology Officer and General Partner at Shadow Ventures, an investment firm where he oversees technical strategy and execution. Transitioning from a software engineer to a startup operator and eventually an institutional investor, he brings fifteen years of professional experience developing specialized product solutions for the built environment. In his current executive capacity, Ohlman leads comprehensive technical due diligence for prospective investments and provides strategic engineering guidance to the firm's active portfolio companies. He also manages investor relations, directs internal operations, and develops proprietary software tools to support the fund, which currently backs a minimum of two Israeli technology startups among its broader portfolio. Drawing on his extensive background in software development, Ohlman focuses on identifying transformative technologies and building robust engineering teams that push traditional industry boundaries forward.