Matt Sornson
General Partner

Matt is a Co-Founder of Clearbit, the data API company that changed the way marketers access and use marketing data. As CMO then CEO, he helped scale Clearbit to $40+ million ARR, thousands of enterprise customers, and 500K+ users.
Today, he runs Earl Grey Capital, a seed fund that focuses on API-first companies. Backing technical founders building the next Stripe, Twilio, Plaid, or Clearbit.
Off laptop, Matt loves to spend time on the open water. Sailing is his passion, and he can often be found competing in regattas or cruising around the world.
He loves fast APIs, slow coffees, and a steady breeze at sea. Excited to talk all things early-stage, developer tools, growth strategy, and fundraising.

Matt Sornson
General Partner


Matt is a Co-Founder of Clearbit, the data API company that changed the way marketers access and use marketing data. As CMO then CEO, he helped scale Clearbit to $40+ million ARR, thousands of enterprise customers, and 500K+ users.
Today, he runs Earl Grey Capital, a seed fund that focuses on API-first companies. Backing technical founders building the next Stripe, Twilio, Plaid, or Clearbit.
Off laptop, Matt loves to spend time on the open water. Sailing is his passion, and he can often be found competing in regattas or cruising around the world.
He loves fast APIs, slow coffees, and a steady breeze at sea. Excited to talk all things early-stage, developer tools, growth strategy, and fundraising.
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