Dr Matt Spence
Head of Venture Capital, Investment Bank
Barclays
Matt Spence is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Venture Capital Banking at Barclays, where he also leads the firm’s Defense and Dual-Use Technology Investment Banking team. In this role, he advises innovative companies on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and capital raises.
Prior to joining Barclays, Matt was a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Before transitioning to the private sector, he spent seven years in senior national security positions within the U.S. government. His roles included serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Senior Advisor to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter during his confirmation and transition, and holding senior positions at the National Security Council at the White House.
He lives in Sausalito with his wife Audrey, son, and three dogs.
Matt has also been a lecturer at Stanford, Yale, Oxford, and Arizona State University. He holds a doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and both a B.A. and M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.
AGF Finance Summit: Sovereign capital & the global space economy: The race for space finance
Hall 4 – AGN Theatre; As sovereign capital increasingly becomes an instrument of geo financial statecraft, the global space economy is entering a new era shaped by strategic investment, geopolitical alignment, and evolving regulatory influence. This
