Investors & Partners at FirstMark

Dez Fleming

Investor, FirstMark

Dez Fleming is an Investor at FirstMark, where she focuses on investments across artificial intelligence, fintech, enterprise software, consumer technology, biotech, cybersecurity, climate tech, developer tools, robotics, and SaaS. As part of FirstMark's investment team, Fleming evaluates early-stage opportunities across a diverse range of technology sectors. Her broad sector coverage reflects FirstMark's approach to backing founders building category-defining companies regardless of industry vertical, with particular attention to how emerging technologies create new market opportunities.

Matt Turck

Partner, FirstMark

Matt Turck is a Partner at FirstMark, a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on identifying and supporting transformative companies. With deep expertise across enterprise, consumer, artificial intelligence, and fintech sectors, Turck has established himself as a savvy investor with an exceptional track record of backing category-defining businesses. His investment portfolio includes some of the most successful and influential companies of the past decade, including Shopify, Airbnb, Discord, Carta, Ro, and Cockroach Labs. Turck's investment thesis centers on identifying founders and teams solving significant market problems with innovative technology solutions. His experience spans multiple successful exits and high-growth scaling stories, giving him valuable insights into the dynamics of building and scaling ventures across diverse industries. At FirstMark, he continues to focus on early-stage opportunities where technology and business model innovation create substantial c

Rick Heitzmann

Founder and Partner, FirstMark

Rick Heitzmann is a former entrepreneur who founded First Advantage before becoming a venture capital investor, giving him firsthand founder and public-company experience that he uses to guide entrepreneurs. He's known for his consumer and marketplace focus with early investments in Pinterest and Airbnb, and regularly appears on financial TV to discuss how tech and IPO markets affect private companies.