Investments
55Portfolio Exits
23About Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg is an angel investor who generally invests 25-75k in young, emerging companies with a focus on the seed stage, preferably with early customer traction. He prefers companies with an open source orientation. Matt Mullenweg is an angel investor and the founder of Automattic, Wordpress.com and Akismet. He also serves as a mentor to incubation program TechStars. He formerly worked at CNET and is based out of Houston, Texas.
Matt Mullenweg Headquarter Location
Houston, Texas,
United States
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Latest Matt Mullenweg News
Jun 30, 2022
Founded in 2011, Entrepreneur First’s portfolio has grown to more than 500 companies, which together are worth more than $10bn.London-based scale-up investor Entrepreneur First has raised $158m in a Series C funding round, with backing from some of the world’s biggest tech founders.The funding round included participation from Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison.They were joined by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus (who also launched a new VC fund this week), LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield, Nested co-founder and CEO Matt Robinson, and many others.“It feels right that this round of funding comes from the most successful technology founders of today,” Entrepreneur First CEO Matt Clifford said. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated & summarized by a computer program and has not been created by StartupAround.
Matt Mullenweg Investments
55 Investments
Matt Mullenweg has made 55 investments. Their latest investment was in Entrepreneur First as part of their Series C on June 6, 2022.
Matt Mullenweg Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/29/2022 | Series C | Entrepreneur First | $158M | Yes | 17 | |
4/7/2022 | Series A | Nord Security | $100M | Yes | 6 | |
7/6/2021 | Seed VC | Meltano | $4.2M | Yes | 1 | |
6/24/2021 | Series A - II | |||||
3/11/2021 | Seed VC - II |
Date | 6/29/2022 | 4/7/2022 | 7/6/2021 | 6/24/2021 | 3/11/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series C | Series A | Seed VC | Series A - II | Seed VC - II |
Company | Entrepreneur First | Nord Security | Meltano | ||
Amount | $158M | $100M | $4.2M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 17 | 6 | 1 |
Matt Mullenweg Portfolio Exits
23 Portfolio Exits
Matt Mullenweg has 23 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Getaround on May 11, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/11/2022 | Acq - Pending | 3 | |||
1/26/2022 | Acquired | 26 | |||
1/5/2022 | Acq - Fin | 3 | |||
Date | 5/11/2022 | 1/26/2022 | 1/5/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acq - Pending | Acquired | Acq - Fin | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 26 | 3 |
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