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.

Let's connect

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