Investing Profile

Ilya Sukhar

VCFounderInvestorFormer CEO
Entrepreneur & General Partner at Matrix
ilya.sukhar.comSan Francisco, California
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Cornell University Network
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Y Combinator Network
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Current Investing Position
Matrix General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
49
Current Fund Size
$800M

Ilya Sukhar is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ilya Sukhar's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Lemon Slice
SeedDec 2025$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Y Combinator)
Flock Safety
Series FMar 2025$280M
Series EFeb 2022$150M
Series DJul 2021$150M
Series CNov 2020$45M
Series BMar 2020$16M
Series ANov 2018$10M
Series AAug 2018$10M
$660M
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Matthew Bellamy (Helium-3 Ventures), Everett Randle (Kleiner Perkins), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Matt Bellamy
Speckle
Series AOct 2024$13M
$20M
Co-investors: Patric Hellermann (Foundamental)
Double
SeedMay 2024$3M
$27M
Co-investors: Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures), Luke Skertich (FJ Labs), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Willy Braun (exe), Stephen Schmalhofer (Teamworthy Ventures), Phil Nadel (Forefront Venture Partners), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Sid Krommenhoek (Album VC), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Dan Teran (Gutter Capital), Mathilde Collin, William Hockey, Michael Birch, Tim Lenardo, Roger Dickey, Jawed Karim, Rand Hindi, Matt Turk
Parabola
Series BJun 2023$24M
Series AAug 2020$8M
SeedMay 2018$2M
$34M
Co-investors: Sean Dempsey (Merus Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Blake Bartlett (Openview Venture Partners), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Jon Brelig, Elad Gil, Mike Hennessey, Saran Chari, Immad Akhund, Melissa Tan, Cristina Cordova, Zack Kanter
Reflect
SeedJan 2023$1M
SeedFeb 2016$3M
$8M
Co-investors: Eddie Thai (Ascend Vietnam Ventures), Rebecca Woodcock (Yamaha Motor Ventures), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), William (Bill) Bryant (Threshold Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Roxanne Varza, Thibaud Elziere, Derrick Li, Ryan Chan, Alex Payne, Dharmesh Shah, Austin Walters
Chameleon
Series ASep 2022$13M
$15M
Co-investors: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR)
Mashgin
Series BMay 2022$63M
Series ANov 2017$8M
$74M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Seth Berman (Susa Ventures), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Louis Beryl
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Ilya Sukhar's Experience

General Partner Matrix Partners2016 - Present
Part-time partner Y Combinator2014 - 2016
Head of Developer Products Facebook2013 - 2016
Co-founder & CEO Parse (acquired by Facebook)2011 - 2016
Founding Team, Product Etacts (acquired by Salesforce)2010 - 2011
Sr. Software Engineer Ooyala (acquired by Telstra)2008 - 2010

Ilya Sukhar's Education

Cornell University M.Eng. Computer Science
Cornell University B.S. Computer Science, Operations Research and Information Engineering
The Harker School