LOU MATA


FOUNDER - OPERATOR - INVESTOR

BUILDING YODO, A CPG BRAND ROOTED IN COSTA RICA’S BLUE ZONE. PREVIOUSLY COFOUNDED MAINFRAME. I WRITE MAZU, A NEWSLETTER ON SYSTEMS THINKING AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. ANGEL INVESTOR. CONSULTANT TO EARLY STAGE COMPANIES THROUGH RIN. 

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SELECTED WORKTYPEYR
10
COBOT
TECH
2025
9
YODO
CPG
2025
8
MAINFRAME
TECH
2024
7
THIRDWALL
TECH
2023
6
VARIOUS
ARCH
ETC

SELECTED WORK 2023–2026 · UPDATED MAY 2026
© LOU MATA 2026 · ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 
SELECTED INVESTMENTS 2019-2026Thesis-driven from the start. I look for founders with unusual clarity, categories with structural tailwinds, and products that change how people or institutions operate. I invest earliest — where the relationship between founder and market is still being written.

Portfolio includes Anthropic, Perplexity, Ramp, Anduril, Open, Mercury, Extropic, and Intro. Advised on the sale of Diagram to Figma.
ANGEL INVESTOR · EARLY STAGEAI · FINTECH · CONSUMER · INFRASTRUCTURE