Matthew Magnani

Los Angeles, CA

Matthew Magnani

I'm currently at SpaceX on the Starship Avionics team, and investing in early-stage healthcare startups at Opal Ventures.

Previously was at NASA where I focused on projecting ESSP mission risk and supported product and growth at Utopia Labs which was acquired by Coinbase. Prior to that, I jumped around between research and startups.

My mission in life is to build a better future for humanity.

I'm based in LA and like to read, play poker, and tinker with new projects. Reach out if you want to chat, you can usually find me on Twitter.

Work

  • Opal Ventures
    Opal Ventures Investor

    Venture capital firm investing in early-stage healthtech startups

    Supported deals such as Superpower, ShiftRX, Weave, and WellTheory

  • SpaceX
    SpaceX Starship Avionics SC

    Creating a multi-planetary humanity

    Building the machine that builds the machine (as Elon puts it)

    Pro dumpster diver for niobium sheets

  • NASA
    NASA Pathways Data Engineer

    Forecasted Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) mission risk and contracted launch applications

    While I enjoyed my time here, I wanted a faster environment

  • Utopia Labs
    Utopia Labs (Acquired) Product & Growth

    Building a global stablecoin-powered future

    Drove strategic expansion efforts into LATAM and scaled the team to 10+ employees

  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical School Research Intern

    Richard Cummings Laboratory

    Conducted research on IgA Nephropathy

Projects

Project 1

Cookbook app feature on NBC, WUSA, and ABC and a tour around Capitol Hill

project report project presentation

Project 2

Automated CPR device in collaboration with Sheikh Zayed Institute

project report

Project 3

Varroa mite detector in collaboration with Dr. Samuel Ramsey

Project 4

Smart Mirror

Project 4

VEX robotics competition winning 3rd place

Investments

Company Name Stage Invested Co-investors Current Status Affiliation
Superpower Pre-Seed Susa Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, and more Pre-Seed Opal Ventures
WellTheory Seed+ Accel, Lux Capital, and more Seed+ Opal Ventures
ShiftRX Pre-Seed Work-Bench, Inflect Capital, and more Seed Opal Ventures
Weave Pre-Seed Ground Up Ventures, Pareto, and more Seed Opal Ventures
Science Machine Pre-Seed Exor and more Pre-Seed Opal Ventures
Stealth AI Hardware Seed TBD Seed Angel

*Disclaimer: At Opal, I've had the support of others, so for none of those do I really deserve full credit.

Writings