# Matthieu Hafemeister

> Matthieu Hafemeister is the co-founder and CEO of Concourse, a New York startup building AI agents for corporate finance teams. A former fintech partner at Andreessen Horowitz and head of growth at Jeeves, he started Concourse in 2023 with Ted Michaels and raised a $12M Series A led by Standard Capital in early 2026, bringing total funding to about $27M.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Concourse
- **Organizations:** Concourse, Y Combinator (W24 alum), formerly Jeeves, formerly Andreessen Horowitz
- **From:** Paris, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, Claremont McKenna College
- **Known for:** Raised approximately $27M in total funding for Concourse across seed and Series A rounds., Helped scale Jeeves past $100M ARR as Head of Growth., Signed enterprise customers including Palo Alto Networks, Front, Tecovas, and Lightmatter for Concourse.

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz on the Corporate Development team, working on late-stage investments.
- **2019** — Moved to fintech investing at a16z.
- **2021** — Became Partner - Fintech Investing at Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2021** — Joined Jeeves as Head of Growth, helping scale the corporate spend platform past $100M ARR.
- **2023** — Co-founded Concourse with Ted Michaels.
- **2024** — Concourse went through Y Combinator and launched publicly as an AI Analyst for corporate finance teams.
- **2026** — Concourse closed a $12M Series A led by Standard Capital, with a16z, CRV, Y Combinator, SV Angel and Ritual Capital participating.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $27M in total funding for Concourse across seed and Series A rounds.
- Helped scale Jeeves past $100M ARR as Head of Growth.
- Signed enterprise customers including Palo Alto Networks, Front, Tecovas, and Lightmatter for Concourse.
- Recruited Series A checks from operating CFOs at OpenAI, Vercel, Cursor, Carta, 1Password, and Brex.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Concourse announced a $12M Series A led by Standard Capital, bringing total funding to about $27M.
- **2024-10** — Concourse publicly launched as an AI Analyst for corporate finance teams.

## Links

- Website: https://concourse.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthafemeister/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/matt_haf

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Last updated: 2026-07-09