Bio

Matt Sachse is a founder and Managing Partner at AQ Technology Partners. Matt has spent his entire career representing technology companies in strategic transactions all over the world and brings more than 17 years of experience to the firm. Matt has successfully structured and closed over 85 transactions in his career and his recent work includes completed transactions in areas such as payments, real estate software, network virtualization, financial software, business intelligence/analytics, machine learning, and vertical SaaS (e.g. automotive, bill payment/presentment). Prior to founding AQ, Matt co-led the technology investment banking practice at Pagemill Partners, where over 11+ years he helped grow the practice into the leading mid-market strategic advisory platform to high growth and emerging technology companies. While at Pagemill, Matt completed transactions across a variety of technology sectors spanning both software (e.g., enterprise/vertical applications, wireless, infrastructure, embedded) and hardware (e.g., A/V and audio systems, communications, networking). Matt holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and while completing his degree at Stanford, Matt played professional baseball in the Seattle Mariners organization for seven years. In addition, Matt has been recognized previously by M&A Advisor as one of 40 rising stars in the field under the age of 40 ("40 under 40").