General Partners

Team in depth.

Output's decision makers and partners to our founders.

Matt Robinson

Managing Partner & Founder · Palo Alto

From the early internet to the AI revolution, Matt's diverse career has spanned corporate leadership, startups, and venture capital.

Matt is a Managing Partner & Founder of Output Capital, investing in and supporting early-stage founders automating our critical industries. He was the Founder of Heroic Ventures, a first-money and seed-stage fund built around deeply technical founders. Over the past decade, Matt has backed 100+ startups, with numerous IPOs, M&A exits, and existing portfolio unicorns.

Matt has two college-age sons, lives in Palo Alto with his wife, and spends his free time skiing and fly fishing.

Experience

  • Managing Partner & Founder

    Output Capital

    2026 — Present

  • Founder

    Heroic Ventures

    2016

  • CEO

    Attributor (acq. by NASDAQ: DMRC)

    Prior

  • Vice President & Associate General Counsel

    NASDAQ: YHOO

    Prior

Mike Silverstein

Managing Partner & Founder · Los Angeles

Long-time early-stage investor and board partner to founders building industrial intelligence.

Mike is a Managing Partner & Founder of Output Capital, focused on industrial automation, robotics, and the software layer that drives output in critical industries.

From equity research at Goldman Sachs to company building and venture capital, Mike's career has centered on understanding what drives businesses and helping them grow. Before cofounding Output, he served as Managing Partner of Soundproof Ventures, founded Liquidnet's Private Shares Group and led strategy and corporate development at Zero Point Zero. He brings more than two decades of experience spanning public and private markets, corporate strategy and entrepreneurship.

Mike has two teenage sons, lives in Los Angeles with his wife, and they spend their free time schlepping to their boys games.

Experience

  • Managing Partner & Founder

    Output Capital

    2026 — Present

  • Managing Partner & Founder

    Soundproof Ventures

    2019

  • EVP

    Zero Point Zero

    Prior

  • Founder & CEO

    Liquidnet Private Shares Group

    Prior