Investing Profile

Ilya Sukhar

VCFounderInvestorFormer CEO
General Partner at Matrix
ilya.sukhar.comSan Francisco, California
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Cornell University Network
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Cornell University Network
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Y Combinator Network
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Current Investing Position
Matrix General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
52
Current Fund Size
$800M

Ilya Sukhar is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ilya Sukhar's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Flock Safety
Series IApr 2026$200M
Series HMar 2025$280M
Series EFeb 2022$150M
Series DJul 2021$150M
Series CNov 2020$45M
Series BMar 2020$16M
Series ANov 2018$10M
Series AAug 2018$10M
$860M
Co-investors: Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners)
Lemon Slice
SeedDec 2025$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces)
Speckle
Series AOct 2024$13M
$13M
Double
SeedMay 2024$3M
$21M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Phil Nadel (Forefront Venture Partners), Matt Turk (DeepChecks), Sid Krommenhoek (Peak Venture Capital (Peak Ventures)), Michael Birch
Parabola
Series BJun 2023$24M
Series AAug 2020$8M
SeedMay 2018$2M
$34M
Co-investors: Sean Dempsey (Merus Capital), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Elad Gil (Think Colorado)
Reflect
SeedJan 2023$1M
SeedFeb 2016$3M
$4M
Co-investors: Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), William (Bill) Bryant (Threshold Ventures), Austin Walters, Dharmesh Shah
Chameleon
Series ASep 2022$13M
$15M
Co-investors: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph)
Mashgin
Series BMay 2022$63M
Series ANov 2017$8M
$74M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital)
Ilya Sukhar's Media (1)

Announcing Matrix XII

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Ilya Sukhar's Experience

Board Director August Health2022 - Present
Board Director Chameleon2022 - Present
Board Director Flock Safety2018 - Present
Board Director Fivetran2018 - Present
General Partner Matrix2017 - Present
Board Director Mashgin2017 - Present
Board Director Parabola2017 - Present
Sr. Software Engineer OoyalaPresent
Co-founder & CEO Parse (Acquired by Facebook, Inc.)Present
Part-time Partner Y CombinatorPresent
Board Director HashboardPresent
Board Director GuildedPresent
Board Director Open Listings (YC W15)Present
Founding Team, Product Etacts Inc.Present
Sr. Software Engineer Dalet FlexPresent
Co-founder & CEO ParsePresent
Partner Y Combinator2014 - 2016
Developer Products Facebook2013 - 2016
Co-founder & CEO Parse (acquired by Facebook)2011 - 2016
Founding Team, Product Etacts (acquired by Salesforce)2010 - 2011
Sr. Software Engineer Ooyala (acquired by Telstra)2008 - 2010

Ilya Sukhar's Education

Cornell University B.S. Computer Science, Operations Research and Information Engineering
The Harker School
Cornell University B.S. Computer Science & Operations Research
Cornell University M.Eng. Computer Science