Managing Director
Prelude Ventures
Matt Eggers, โ96, is a seasoned business leader, investor and advisor with 20 years of experience delivering results. Matt began his career in biotech with the company Genentech, before transitioning to climate tech with companies like Sunrun, Bloom Energy, and Tesla, where he held leadership roles in operations, sales, product, finance, and marketing. At Sunrun, he led operations and product management as Sunrun grew from 30 employees and 2,000 installations to 1,200 employees and 55,000 installations and raised $300M in equity capital. He transitioned to investing at Breakthrough Energy Ventures where he led investments in grid, aerospace, buildings, and SaaS software companies, before joining Prelude Ventures as Managing Director in 2023.
Matt loves working with founders to help them build enduring, iconic, and profitable companies that will drive massive improvement in human civilization and for all life on Earth. Matt has a B.S. in molecular biology from Duke University, and an MBA from Stanford. Besides the EDGE Advisory Board, he serves on the board of The Institute for Market Transformation and Ecology Project International.