# Matthew Haber

> Matthew Haber is the co-founder and CEO of Cofactr, a New York-based platform that automates procurement and logistics for electronics hardware teams in aerospace, defense, medtech and robotics. A theater-designer-turned-engineer, he built tours for Coachella acts and escape rooms before co-founding an experiential R&D firm (BeSide) that sold to agency MAS in 2018. He launched Cofactr in the Y Combinator W22 batch; in December 2024 the company raised a $17.2M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $28.8M.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Cofactr
- **Organizations:** Cofactr, BeSide, MAS, Imaginary Media, Y Combinator (W22)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BFA, Stage / Theater Design, Boston University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Cofactr, used by aerospace, defense, medtech and robotics manufacturers, Raised $17.2M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures (Dec 2024); ~$28.8M total funding, Graduate of Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Worked as a media and projection designer for Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring theater; collaborated with Dave Chappelle, Third Eye Blind and David Byrne; projection mapping for art restoration in Nepal. Founded Imaginary Media.
- **2010s** — Co-founded BeSide, an experiential technology and R&D studio building interactive projects for Google, Samsung, Cadillac, Visa and Armani, plus show-control systems for escape rooms and themed entertainment.
- **2018** — BeSide acquired by agency MAS; Haber became VP of Technology / VP Interactive Production, advising CrowdStrike, Zendesk and Postmates and running an R&D lab building ML-powered devices and AR.
- **2021-2022** — Co-founded Cofactr with Phillip Gulley; joined Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch.
- **2024-12** — Cofactr raised a $17.2M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to about $28.8M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Cofactr, used by aerospace, defense, medtech and robotics manufacturers
- Raised $17.2M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures (Dec 2024); ~$28.8M total funding
- Graduate of Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch
- Co-founded BeSide and exited via private-equity-backed acquisition to MAS in 2018
- Built experiential and R&D work for Google, Samsung, Cadillac, Visa and Armani

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Cofactr closed a $17.2M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures to scale go-to-market and expand supply chain risk and process tools.
- **2025-02** — Haber posted that 'Cofactr is evolving,' signaling product and positioning expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.matthewhaber.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-haber-374903184/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cofactrtweets

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Last updated: 2026-06-03