Matt Cheng

Founding Partner · Cherubic Ventures

Check $50K–$500K

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Consumer

SaaS

Healthtech

Quick profile

Investment thesis

Bridges Asian and US ecosystems. Known for being the first institutional investor before a product exists. Current fund focused on AI that unlocks human capability.

Communication style

Founder first, intuitive, backs conviction and character. Asks about the person as much as the plan.

Red flags

No conviction in the founder's own story

Waiting for validation before building

Regional thinking with no global path

No clear reason this founder wins

Product with no soul

Signature questions

1.What made you drop everything for this?

2.Why will this work globally and not just in one market?

3.What does this unlock for a human being that was not possible before?

4.If I am your first cheque, what do you do in the first ninety days?

5.What are you willing to be wrong about?

Fund facts

Calm

Flexport

Hims & Hers

91APP

Pinkoi

Hahow

How to win Matt Cheng

AI prep brief from persona data + real pitch history · first section free

What convinces them

•Founder conviction so deep it is visible before you show a single metric. He backs people before products exist.

•A global path from day one. Asia and US as one market, not a home market plus an afterthought.

•AI that expands what a human can do, not AI that replaces or merely automates.

•A clear answer to why you specifically win. Character and insight, not credentials.

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