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.

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
Threshold Health Pre-Seed TBD 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