Founder & CIO at Venture Science, Pioneering the Quantitative Approach to Venture Capital

San Francisco, CA, USA
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Matt Oguz Biography

Matt Oguz is one of the few investors who built venture capital into a science. As founder of Silicon Valley's Venture Science, he pioneered the application of decision theory, Bayesian inference, and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to early-stage investing — bringing engineering rigor to a field historically defined by intuition and pattern-matching.

Over more than a decade, Venture Science has backed 85+ companies and produced 15 unicorns. Oguz's investments span the defining technology cycles of the era: fintech (Circle, Ripple), consumer technology (Lyft, 23andMe, Lemonade), AI infrastructure (Lightmatter), quantum computing (PsiQuantum), space (Axiom Space, Privateer), and AI-driven healthcare (Paige, HeartFlow).

Today, Oguz leads Strata Fund, Venture Science's flagship hybrid evergreen vehicle, which combines venture capital with IPO allocations and public equities across the AI and quantum computing economy. He is also the architect of Helix, Venture Science's proprietary AI platform — eight integrated systems that automate public-market regime detection, deal sourcing, and private company due diligence. Oguz is one of a small handful of investors actively building the AI infrastructure he invests in.

A TechCrunch columnist and on-air commentator for CNBC and Bloomberg, Oguz is known for translating complex technical and financial concepts into clear, accessible narratives — equally comfortable on a main-stage keynote, an investor panel, or a televised segment. He holds a degree in civil engineering from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, completed graduate coursework at the University of Oxford, and earned an MBA in decision theory from the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/29/2026.

Matt Oguz Speaking Topics

  • The Quantitative Future of Venture Capital — Decision Science Meets Deal-Making

  • Quantum Computing's Commercialization Decade: Where the Money Goes Next

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Matt Oguz Videos

Matt Oguz - "Bloomberg Technology.”

Matt Oguz - "Bloomberg Technology.”

Matt Oguz, founding partner of Venture Science and a Circle investor, explains why he thinks the IPO came at the right time.

Matt Oguz - Venture Science Podcast

Matt Oguz - Venture Science Podcast

Quantum computing is no longer five years away. In this episode of Signals from Strata, Matt Oguz, CIO at Venture Science, breaks down how quantum is...

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Matt Oguz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Quantitative Future of Venture Capital — Decision Science Meets Deal-Making, Quantum Computing's Commercialization Decade: Where the Money Goes Next, AI Infrastructure and the Picks-and-Shovels of the Next Trillion-Dollar Cycle, Bridging Public and Private Markets: The Hybrid Investment Model and Longevity, Space, and the Frontier Technology Stack. The estimated speaking fee range to book Matt Oguz for your event is available upon request. Matt Oguz generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Christina Shim, Nicolas Cary, Nicole Yeary, Sanjay Chopra and Maia Brenner. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Matt Oguz for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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