Corey Ford

I’m proud of the impact we’ve made at Matter, the team we’ve built, and the people that we have transformed. But now it’s time for me to explore.

Matter Ventures is about to open our garage door to our seventh accelerator class. You have an opportunity to join them on this journey.

With four new hires, the Matter team is ready to deepen our impact right when it is needed most.

The New York Times joins Matter, Google News Lab supports our space, and we welcome 12 new media startups into our community.

We pulled it off in record time. In just 13 weeks, Matter expanded to New York City, built out a new space on Union Square, and launched our first bi-coastal accelerator class on June 13. We selected 6 NYC-based startups and 6 SF-based startups for our intense 20-week accelerator program

We’re expanding Matter to NYC…and bringing SF with us.

The four key criteria any Matter applicants must meet.

With a bigger Matter team and simpler application process, the dates are now set for the next Matter class. Are you in?

Today I am proud to announce that Lara Ortiz-Luis has been promoted to Associate at Matter.

One definition of an entrepreneur is that an entrepreneur acts on opportunity without regard to resources they currently control. Well, I have an opportunity for you to act on — We are hiring at Matter. We are looking for a Storyteller to join our team to capture our stories, synthesize our

We are looking for an Associate to join our team and help us expand our efforts to source, select, and support entrepreneurs building the future of media through our start-up accelerator and seed fund.

One definition of an entrepreneur is that an entrepreneur acts on opportunity without regard to resources they currently control. Well, I have an opportunity for you to act on — We are hiring at Matter. We are looking for an Office Manager to join our team and help us continue to

Today, I’m excited to announce our first technology partner — Google.

Today, at Demo Day, I’m excited to reveal our first three non-accelerator seed investments — Parlio, This, and NewsWhip.

If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve heard all about scalability. But there’s how you think about scalability before you meet Max Ventilla. And then there’s how you think about scalability after you meet Max Ventilla.

Applications for Matter Five are now open!

It’s like that first dollar bill that you see posted on the wall of your local store. Today, Matter had its first exit. Almost two years to the day that our first entrepreneurs walked through our garage door to start the first class of Matter, one of them just

Meet the six that Matter.

I am thrilled to announce that Matter is partnering with four new media organizations as we expand our ecosystem to support entrepreneurs and intraprenuers building the future of media that matters.

Today, I’d like to introduce you to our new collection on Medium called A Matter-Driven Narrative and kick it off by reflecting on the first two years of Matter.