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Websitema.tt
Blogma.tt
Twitter@photomatt
BirthplaceHouston, Texas
Birthdate1/11/84

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Matt Mullenweg, ma.tt/about

Matt Mullenweg

Matt is an entrepreneur living in San Francisco, California. He is the founding developer of the popular open-source blogging software WordPress. After leaving CNET, he has devoted the majority of his time to developing a number of open source projects and is a frequent speaker at conferences, such as Canada’s Northern Voice and the WordCamp events organized around WordPress software. In late 2005, he founded Automattic, the business behind WordPress.com and Akismet. Mullenweg attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he studied jazz saxophone.

A Houston native, Matt also serves as an adviser to Sphere and WeGame.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Munchery 1/12Seed3
Tracks.by 12/11Seed15
Getaround 9/11Seed$3.4M7
Milk 4/11Angel$1.5M25
Hipmunk 10/10Seed$1M8
BranchOut 9/10Series A$6M16
SendGrid 4/10Series A$5M10
Typekit 6/09Venture Round7
GroupCard 6/09Seed3
DailyBurn 5/09Seed$525k4
Foodzie 12/08Seed$1M23
RescueTime 9/08Series A$900k6

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    The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
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  3. Car Rental Marketplace Getaround Gets Around $3.4 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. Milk Completes $1.5 Million Angel Round, Packed with Valley Names (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Travel Site Hipmunk Raises $1M Seed Funding (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  6. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. SendGrid Raises $5 Million, Sends A Bajillion E-mails (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Small Batch Inc. Announces Typekit Funding (blog.typekit.com) [edit]
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  10. Feel The DailyBurn: Gyminee Gets A New Name, Raises $525K (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. Foodzie Raises $1 Million For Its Specialty Food Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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