# Matt Mullenweg

> Matt Mullenweg is a seed investor at Automattic (Houston) backing Software and Mobile. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Automattic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/automattic)
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattm
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/photomatt
- Website: http://ma.tt
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/matt.mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg is a seed investor at Automattic in Houston focused on Software and Mobile. Matt Mullenweg is the CEO at Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $525k–$6.1M |
| Series A | $3M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 21% |
| Mobile | 12 | 16% |
| Apps | 9 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 12% |
| Internet | 8 | 10% |

129 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 33 | 43% |
| Series A | 13 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 13% |
| Series B | 6 | 8% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 51 | 66% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 12% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samepage | Samepage develops an AI copilot that helps product managers automate workflows and keep teams aligned. | $4.9M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| The Portal | The Portal is a membership-based group that fosters community interaction and wellbeing. | $5M |  | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Scorbit | Scorbit develops a platform for pinball players and pinball machine owners and operators. | $5M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| AppFlowy | AppFlowy provides an open source collaborative work management tool that enables users to create apps that suit offers built on a community-driven toolbox, including templates, plugins, themes, and more. | $6.4M | Seed | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Ampathy | Ampathy is a proprietary technology company that turns users into philanthropists. The company also productizes content for social impact. It has developed the first consumer-facing giving platform that turns corporate ad dollars into philanthropic dollars. Ampathy was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York, United States. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Liquid AI | Building AGI, AI as Service, Generative AI | $5.6M | Seed | May 05, 2023 |  |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| NocoDB | NocoDB is an open-source Airtable alternative that transforms existing databases into a smart spreadsheet. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $10.5M | Seed | Oct 10, 2022 |  |
| Positive Food Co. | Positive Food is a food company. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 12, 2022 |  |
| Holey Grail Donuts | Holey Grail Donuts is a producer of taro donuts fried in coconut oil, hand-harvested, and crafted. Its services also include catering, orders for groups or parties, outdoor seating, takeaway, and walk-in services. |  | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Audrey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lowercase Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercase-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Automattic

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Automattic Inc. is a technology company focused on developing and providing web-based solutions and services. Known for its robust suite of products, Automattic offers WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, Jetpack for site performance and security, and other tools aimed at enhancing web functionality.

5 contacts available at Automattic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Mullenweg | Founder & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-mullenweg |
| Brandon Titus | Mobile Wrangler | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-titus |
| Derek Springer | Code Wrangler | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derek-springer |
| Elio Rivero | Code Wrangler | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elio-rivero |
| Harel Kodesh | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harel-kodesh |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Mullenweg invest in?

Matt Mullenweg invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Matt Mullenweg's check size?

Matt Mullenweg typically joins rounds of $525k–$6.1M at Seed and $3M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Matt Mullenweg participates in.

### When did Matt Mullenweg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Mullenweg closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 77 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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