GV - M.G. Siegler

M.G. Siegler is a general partner at GV, primarily focusing on early-stage consumer investments. Companies he has backed include Anchor (acquired by Spotify), CTRL-Labs (acquired by Meta), Matter, Slack, Stripe, theSkimm, and Universe. His investment interests include new consumer services and products that enable the future of work and collaboration. Deeply involved in the startup space since 2005, first as a web developer and then as a journalist, M.G. brings a reporter’s sensibility to his roles as an investor and startup advisor. “I started my career writing about consumer technology, trying to understand the velocity of products that grew to massive popularity and scale,” he says. “Now, when I work with portfolio companies, I’m interested in exploring the market dynamics and product decisions that help services take off.” M.G. credits his journalism background with a key quality he looks for today in founders: the ability to communicate well. “It’s an overlooked skill because a go

M.G. Siegler is a general partner at GV, primarily focusing on early-stage consumer investments. Companies he has backed include Anchor (acquired by Spotify), CTRL-Labs (acquired by Meta), Matter, Slack, Stripe, theSkimm, and Universe. His investment interests include new consumer services and products that enable the future of work and collaboration. Deeply involved in the startup space since 2005, first as a web developer and then as a journalist, M.G. brings a reporter’s sensibility to his roles as an investor and startup advisor. “I started my career writing about consumer technology, tryi