Matt Damman is a partner at Aria Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm, where he helps build and fund companies in the tech and consumer product spaces. He is a lifelong entrepreneur and the owner and inventor of Walkie Chalk®, a patented toy that he took from an idea to over 10,000 retails stores in the U.S. Matt is an alum of The University of Michigan, a diehard fan of the Wolverines and 80s music. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, MI with his wife Shauna and their three energetic children.