Partner
Matthew J. Estes
GENERAL PARTNER, StoryHouse Ventures
- Firm
- StoryHouse Ventures
- Title
- GENERAL PARTNER
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Matthew founded and exited two companies, BabyCare Ltd and Yaolan Ltd., country management for two MNC's, and led two life sciences venture investments at Elite Capital with 200% IRR exits. At Elite Capital, he co-led investments in Sequent Medical (acquired by Terumo for $280M) and Pacific Vascular Technologies (acquired by a multinational medical device company). As a founder and CEO, Matthew built and exited two companies in China: BabyCare Ltd., a nutritional supplements business with a 200,000-person direct sales force that he sold to USANA (NYSE: USNA) in 2010 and continued running, growing the combined entity's market cap from $350M to $2.08B in five years; and Yaolan.com, a parenting media platform with 18M registered users, which he sold to a private equity firm.
Background
- Education
- Matthew graduated from Pomona College in 1988 with a B.A. in Economics.Source (opens in a new tab)
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