Matthew Balsei

I enjoy spending time with family and friends, world-changing technologies, investing, and beautiful business models.

More on my background:

• Grew up 50% in Michigan and 50% in Shanghai, China (where I graduated high school)
• Graduated from University of Michigan Ross School of Business as an undercover Ohio State fan
• Started my career in tech banking at Goldman Sachs, completing over $150B of M&A and IPO transaction volume
• 4 years of tech investing at TPG; founding member of a small task force focused on global AI investment themes
• Now working on letting people turn dreams into games with natural language

Core principles:

• Journey before destination
• Everyone can benefit a little by rooting for the underdogs
• Nice guys finish first, not last (assuming you work hard)
• The perfect ratio of optimism and being a devil's advocate unlocks tremendous value
• Great things happen when you just do things

I do personal investing on the side. You can email me at matthew.balsei@gmail.com.