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Matt Hawes invests or supports investments through ex/ante's published strategy: Back agentic technologies that preserve human agency and rights in a digital world, spanning privacy, security, identity, civil society and resilient infrastructure.
Technical founders building privacy-preserving, secure and agency-enhancing products at the intersection of technology, policy and civil society.
No formal pass list is public. Products that weaken user agency, privacy or resilience appear contrary to the firm's stated mission.
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Matt Hawes focuses on early-stage company building from product inception through operational scale. He previously led AI investing at 645 Ventures, supporting technical product development at companies including Agency and Cube.dev. Earlier, he worked on infrastructure technology and enterprise software at Bain and Insight Partners. He holds a Harvard BA in psychology and computer science and is a chapter lead for BLCK VC.