MATTHEW BYATT
Managing Partner
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
Matthew is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Acuity and leads the Acuity Advisors’ Deep Tech practice.
Matthew has held senior leadership and corporate finance positions with some of the UK’s most successful and influential technology and consultancy companies. Roles with ARM, McKinsey and Cadence have given Matthew an exceptional insight into a number of the UK’s eminent start-ups.
Matthew has considerable experience across a broad range of technology sectors throughout the UK, US and Asia, ranging from nanotechnology, semiconductor and cleantech to digital media and internet businesses. It’s experience that has given him a robust and well-developed international network. Having also run and successfully exited his own business, Matthew has a deep understanding of the financial and emotional aspects of this demanding process, bringing a unique and authoritative perspective to each business sale.
One of Matthew’s strengths is understanding complex technical value propositions, one of the benefits of training as an electronic engineer. He gets to the heart of what drives a company’s value and communicates this persuasively to potential buyers and investors. Matthew understands a buyer’s motivation intuitively and delivers a compelling rationale for why a business sale should be of strategic interest. His insight consistently yields higher deal values and results in great successes for his clients.
“Matthew and the Acuity team are true semiconductor experts who brought vitality and professionalism to every stage of our transaction. Their knowledge of the sector and their ability to advise us on a highly nuanced and effective process was instrumental in exiting Codeplay to Intel. I would be more than happy to recommend Acuity for any mid-market semiconductor exit.”
JIM NICHOLAS
Chairman, Codeplay
AFTER WORK
Matthew is married with three children but still finds time to fly (he has a private pilot’s licence), sail and run.
