# Matt Haughey

> Matt Haughey is a seed investor backing Audio, Video and Events. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Matt Haughey is a seed investor focused on Audio and Video. Matt Haughey - Founder @ MetaFilter

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Events | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Crowdfunding | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lanyrd | Lanyrd is a developer of a social conference directory platform. It provides a portal to find and search professional conferences for users, build up a speaker portfolio of talks they have given, and catch up on what happened at conferences they missed, providing users with event data. | $1.4M | Seed | Sep 06, 2011 | https://lanyrd.com |
| Kickstarter | Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding platform and community that enables artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators to raise funds for various community projects focused on movies, music, art, theater, games, comics, technology, fashion, food, design, and photography. Individuals who back these projects are offered tangiblerewards and one-of-a-kind experiences in exchange for their pledges. Kickstarter applies a 5% fee on the total amount of the funds raised and their payments processor applies an additional 3–5% fee. | $10M |  | Mar 17, 2011 | https://www.kickstarter.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lowercase Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercase-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PROfounders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/profounders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Haughey invest in?

Matt Haughey invests primarily in Audio, Video and Events startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Matt Haughey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Haughey closed in Sep 2011. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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