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Matthew Blode

Two startups. Two exits. Forbes 30 Under 30.
AI team at Linktree

About

I built VenueSafe during COVID from idea to acquisition by me&u (formerly Mr Yum) in 6 months. Stayed two years, helped scale me&u to 15M+ users, and supported 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 Fingertip was acquired by Linktree.

My specialty is going zero to one.

Ishipcodedailyandlovebuildingteamsthatsolvehardproblemsatscale.Full-stackdevelopment,AIimplementation,andproductleadershiparemycorestrengths.

Experience

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

Linktree

AI Team

Building bookings, payments, forms, and business tools used by millions of Linktree creators.

Fingertip

Co-founder & CTO

Co-founded Fingertip with Olly Hoffman, Gabby Leibovich, and Hezi Leibovich to help small businesses run more of their business online.

me&u

Senior Software Engineer

Joined me&u (formerly Mr Yum) after the VenueSafe acquisition and helped scale the platform to 15M+ users globally.

VenueSafe

Co-founder & CTO

Built a COVID contact tracing platform for Australian venues and hospitality businesses.

Light Creative

Front-end Web Developer

Built React frontends for enterprise clients across e-commerce and corporate platforms.

S. Group

Web Developer

Built websites and web applications for corporate clients across marketing and internal tools.

Community & Advisory

Startmate

Accelerator Mentor

Mentoring startups in Australia's leading accelerator and supporting the next generation of founders.

OpenAI

Codex Ambassador

Supporting local developer communities through community sessions, feedback, and hands-on learnings.

Airtree

Explorer

Part of Airtree's operator community connecting experienced builders with early-stage founders.

VCMC

Co-founder

Co-founded the Vibe Coding Micro Community with Luca Bonelli and Ryan Hendler to bring AI-native builders together.

Let's connect

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

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