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Fireside Chat with Matt Pfeil: Building Software Startups

Matt Pfeil

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Top Tier Capital

Thursday, September 25, 2025
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Zoom

 

Biography

Matt Pfeil is currently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Top Tier Capital.  Previously, he was the co-founder of DataStax (acquired by IBM), a cloud database solution and early stage employee at Mailtrust (acquired by Rackspace).  He graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in computer science.  When not spending time with his wife and 2 children in Austin, TX, he enjoys debates on macro economics, options trading, and playing cornhole.