Matthew Lombardi

Venture Capital, ONE9. Matthew works in venture at ONE9, Canada’s first and only national security tech investment and innovation platform. We find, fund, and scale the next generation of disruptive security and defence technology companies. He is the co-founder of The Icebreaker, Canada's defence innovation network. Previously, Matthew was a Partner at TELUS Global Ventures (TGV), one of the world’s most active corporate VCs. He led the fund's platform services team, responsible for driving value creation across TGV's global portfolio of direct equity investments. He previously served as Managing Director of OneEleven, a post-seed accelerator in Toronto. He co-founded the COVID emergency marketplace GroceryHero, worked abroad for the United Nations World Food Programme, and in management consulting at Deloitte. Matthew served 4 years as a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. He is an instructor in the Schulich School of Business MBA in Technology Leadership at York University, a board director and Vice-Chair of the Toronto Zoo, and past board director of venture backed companies Flash Forest and Shasta Cloud. Matthew is a frequent contributor to Canadian print media on macroeconomics, global affairs, and public policy. He has been a contributor to the Literary Review of Canada since 2019. He is also an active angel investor, and a mentor with NEXT Canada. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.