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Matthew Blode

Case studies

Two companies I co-founded and built as CTO, both from an empty repo to an acquisition. VenueSafe was acquired by me&u six months after the idea. Fingertip reached 100+ countries before Linktree bought it in 2025.

Building an AI-powered SMB platform into a Linktree exit

Co-founder & CTO · 2023-2025 · Linktree

Fingertip reached tens of thousands of small businesses across 100+ countries before Linktree acquired it in 2025.

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Shipping a COVID contact-tracing product from zero to acquisition

Co-founder & CTO · 2020-2021 · me&u / Mr Yum

Built during the 2020 lockdowns, VenueSafe served more than 1M Australians and was acquired by me&u six months in.

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