Matthew Blode

Two startups. Two exits. Forbes 30 Under 30.
Co-Head of LinkApps at Linktree

About

I built VenueSafe during COVID from idea to acquisition by me&u in 6 months. Stayed two years, scaled to 15M+ users, and helped the US expansion in Austin, TX.

Then I co-founded Fingertip with Olly Hoffman and the founders of Catch and Menulog. We scaled to tens of thousands of small businesses globally before a successful exit to Linktree.

My specialty is going zero to one.

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Experience

My journey building products that scale to millions of users and helping businesses grow.

2025 - Present

Linktree

Co-head of LinkApps

Building the integrated tools ecosystem where creators run their entire business - from bookings to payments to forms - all in one place.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

2023 - 2025

Fingertip (Acquired by Linktree)

Co-founder & CTO

Building an AI-powered platform with Olly Hoffman, Gabby and Hezi Leibovich (Catch, Menulog founders) that helps SMBs across 100+ countries run their entire business. Leading engineering and product development for website creation, bookings, payments and invoicing.

2022 - 2023

me&u (previously Mr Yum)

Senior software engineer

Built and maintained features for 15M+ users globally following the VenueSafe acquisition. Moved to Austin, Texas to lead engineering for the US market expansion.

2020 - 2021

VenueSafe (Acquired by me&u)

Co-founder & CTO

Built a COVID contact tracing platform that served over 1M Australians during the pandemic. Went from idea to acquisition by me&u in just six months.

2019 - 2020

Light Creative

Front-end web developer

Developed web applications for enterprise clients using React and modern JavaScript. Focused on building fast, scalable interfaces that could handle high traffic loads.

2016 - 2019

S. Group

Web developer

Delivered web solutions for corporate clients whilst working closely with marketing and development teams. Gained strong foundations in full-stack development and managing multiple concurrent projects.

Community & Advisory

Startmate

Accelerator Mentor

Mentoring a startup in the Summer '26 cohort of Australia's leading startup accelerator.

OpenAI

Codex Ambassador

Supporting local developer communities through community sessions, sharing learnings and feedback.

Airtree

Explorer

Part of Australia and New Zealand's program cultivating the next generation of angel investors.

VCMC

Co-founder

Co-founded the Vibe Coding Micro Community with Luca Bonelli and Ryan Hendler. A group of builders shipping with AI.

Let's connect

Whether you're building something new or just want to swap stories, let's have a chat.

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