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Matthew Hackett

Entrepreneur, engineer, investor

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Consumer Internet

Locations:

New York, New York

Min Investment:
$5,000.00
Max Investment:
$50,000.00
Target Investment:
$25,000.00

Skills

Executive Search

HTML

Mobile Devices

Scalability

JavaScript

Digital Media

CSS

Linux

User Experience

Mobile Applications

Git

New Media

MySQL

Ruby

Social Media

E-commerce

Start-ups

Education

BA
Vassar College

Investments

Dirt

Total Funding: $1M

Hyper

Total Funding: $7M

Kapwing

Total Funding: $13M

Work Experience

Matt Hackett

2018

Investor
2018
I personally invest in tech-first companies from Seed to Series A, including: Hopin, Headway, Superplastic, Lula, Northstar, Airhouse What I love: ☄️Companies that have an outside shot at changing global culture and/or ⚗️ Product-led companies tackling massive, non-trendy industries

Oda - Live performances at home

2018

Cofounder & Board President
2018
https://oda.co https://www.engadget.com/oda-speakers-seasonal-performances-194024860.html

2018 - 2023

Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Product
2022 - 2023
Investor, Advisor, Embedded Executive
2018 - 2022
2018 - Was the first angel investor in Headway. 2022 - Partnered with CEO and executive team as a full-time "embedded executive" focused on increasing velocity on hiring and go-to-market during a period of extraordinary growth.

2020 - 2023

Investor & Advisor
2020 - 2023
Interim COO
2020 - 2020
Initially a seed investor, I was asked by the founder to join as interim COO to support scaling the team, product, and business during a period of extraordinary growth (Seed -> Series B, 20 -> 250 employees in just six months)

2016 - 2018

General Manager, Beme
2016 - 2018

2014 - 2018

Cofounder & CTO
2014 - 2018
Acquired by CNN (Nov. 2016)

2013 - 2014

Hacker-in-Residence
2013 - 2014

2010 - 2012

VP of Engineering
2010 - 2012

BlackBook Media

2008 - 2010

Lead Architect
2008 - 2010

MixZon, Inc.

2001 - 2007

Software Engineer
2001 - 2007