Matt Golden

As a Partner in the BlackBerry Partners Fund, Matt Golden is responsible for investments in companies focused on breakthrough innovations in the mobile and smartphone ecosystem. With his extensive operational, investing and legal experience, Matt plays an integral role in supporting the overall growth of investment companies.

Prior to joining BlackBerry Partners Fund, Matt was a founding member of Tira Wireless, a mobile content deployment technology and services provider. During his time there as SVP Sales, Business and Corporate Development, Tira became a recognized industry leader, consistently delivering strong year over year revenue growth and receiving multiple awards.

Matt came to Tira from Brightspark Ventures LP, one of Canada's leading early stage venture capital firms. As Director of New Ventures, he applied his entrepreneurial skills to building financial networks, raising capital, striking alliances and forming partnerships for the Brightspark group of companies.

Prior to Brightspark, Matt practiced law at Oslers, one of Canada's premier law firms specializing in business technology, general corporate, financial services and mergers and acquisitions.

Matt is a frequent speaker at mobile and venture capital events, where he shares his expertise on mobile applications, content deployment, distribution and business development. He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa's LLB/MBA program.

matt.golden@blackberrypartnersfund.com