Ryan Broshar is a General Partner of Matchstick Ventures, based in Minneapolis, MN, and founded the firm in 2015. He is named as an Executive Officer and Manager of the General Partner of Matchstick Ventures Fund IV, L.P. in the fund's SEC Form D filed 12 July 2024. Portfolio-company Form D filings name him as a Director of Frate Inc. (filed 27 September 2024) and of Base HQ, Inc. (filed 1 June 2021), and he also appears as a related person in Form D filings by Upsie Technology, Inc. and BoomBoom Prints, Inc. He wrote Matchstick's May 2026 post announcing its investment in Entravia. No education could be sourced for him from an acceptable source.
Previous Experience
Founder, Matchstick Ventures (2015 to present)
Notable Investments
EntraviaFrateBase
Board Seats
Frate Inc. - Director, named in the company's Form D filed 27 September 2024 with the SEC; Frate is listed on Matchstick's own portfolio page.
Career Timeline
2015
Founds Matchstick Ventures; his own post states "When I founded Matchstick Ventures in 2015 the intent was to "help startups strike in the North.""
2018
Announces on 26 July 2018 that Natty Zola is joining Matchstick Ventures as a partner.
2021
Named as a Director of Base HQ, Inc. in that company's Form D filed 1 June 2021.
2024
Named as an Executive Officer and Manager of the General Partner of Matchstick Ventures Fund IV, L.P. in the fund's Form D filed 12 July 2024.
2024
Named as a Director of Frate Inc. in that company's Form D filed 27 September 2024.
2026
Author of Matchstick's 29 May 2026 post announcing the firm's Fund IV investment in Entravia.