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Matthew Cowan and the case of the unused computer
The Breezeworks co-founder saw a business tool hiding inside the phones service professionals already owned. Now a general partner at N47, Matthew Cowan keeps returning to the work technology has passed by.
Igor Shvartsman
Igor Shvartsman is a technology executive associated with Breezeworks, the San Francisco company behind mobile and desktop software that helps independent service professionals - plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, appliance techs and similar trades - run scheduling, dispatch, invoicing and payments from a phone. Breezeworks launched as 'Breeze' on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF in 2013 and went on to raise roughly $7 million, including a $5 million Series A led by Obvious Ventures with backing from technology figures such as Marc Benioff, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel. Shvartsman is listed as chief executive of the company in current business records.