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Aperture Capital Advisors

C-suite strategic, operational and deal advisory services for the companies shaping culture all across the world.

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M&A Advisory & DiligenceStrategic PlanningNew Market ExpansionProduct Development & GTMBusiness Operations
Content Investing (Film, TV, Digital)MusicGamingCreator EconomyLive Events & TicketingAI & Ad Tech

Mission

Every decision has a right field of view.

Aperture Capital Advisors works alongside CEOs, founders, boards and investors across media & entertainment and technology.

Some questions call for the widest possible frame: where audiences, platforms and capital are moving next. Others need a more narrow lens: on the economics of a single deal, launch or slate. We set the aperture to the question, then bring the answer into sharp focus.

Wide enough to see the market, focused enough to get the deal right.

Services

Set the aperture to the question.

Three kinds of engagement, one lens. Select a setting to see how the frame changes.

ƒ/1.4 · Wide open

The operator behind the advice

A five-tool GM who can be dropped into any part of a business and make an immediate impact.

Strategic Leadership

Turns 30,000-foot visions into clearly defined workstreams and long-term roadmaps.

Product & Commercialization

Hands-on across the product lifecycle, from PRDs to pilots to global go-to-market.

Cross-Functional Influence

Track record of earned leadership trust across product, engineering, finance, marketing and sales teams.

Global Team Management

Built and led cross-functional, multi-market teams across the US, Europe and Asia.

Data Analytics

Deep familiarity with complicated data and quantitative analysis to anchor business cases.

Bio

Matt Fischer-Colbrie

Founder & Partner

A media and technology leader with 20 years across the entertainment value chain.

Digital Media & Platforms
More than a decade at YouTube leading growth efforts, including the launches of YouTube TV, YouTube Originals and YouTube Premium as well as the incubation of new ads businesses across Kids & Family, Music and Gaming verticals.
Scaled Ad Tech
AI-powered product innovation and global go-to-market leadership for some of YouTube's key ad formats.
Film & TV
Film & TV financing & distribution at Gold House Studios – backing Didi (2024), Lucky Lu (2025) and Rock Springs (2026), production at DreamWorks Animation, theatrical exhibition running Stanford Flicks.
Macro M&E Strategy
Management consultant at Bain & Company and corporate strategist at Disney and YouTube, focused on M&A, new business adjacencies and operations across film, television, music, gaming, theme parks & resorts and family entertainment.
Creator Economy
Creator monetization and ecosystem health, seen from the platform side and as a working creator building a DJ career.

MBA, Harvard Business School
BA, Economics, Stanford University

Off the clock: DJ · House · Melodic Techno · Trance
Listen on SoundCloud ↗

Credits

  • YouTube
  • Gold House
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Bain & Company
  • Lehman Brothers
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Harvard Business School
  • Stanford University

Contact

Let's talk.

Emailmatt@aperturecapital.io
Phone(408) 781-0272
LinkedInMatt Fischer-Colbrie

San Francisco, California