Matt Robinson
Founder of GoCardless
Matt Robinson
Founder of GoCardless
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Angel Investor
2019 - Current
Angel investor in great founders @ Acin, Causaly, Cleo, Codat, Duffel, Fonoa, Griffin, Heroes, Hopin, Human Loop, Incident, Infogrid, Jumbo, Lightdash, Lokalise, Net Purpose, Otta, Pento, Permutive, Pomelo, Resolve, Rossum, SoRare, Sylvera, Unitary, V7 Labs, Wagestream, Wayve.ai, Yapily and Zoe, and many more.
Founder
2016
Co-founder of Nested and Even. Backed by some of the world's leading investors including Balderton Capital, Northzone and Passion Capital.
Founder & Board member
2010
Founded GoCardless and built it into a world leading recurring payment company. Built a product and team from scratch which now collects >$10b per yr on behalf of >50k business worldwide. Backed by some of the world's leading investors including Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, GV, Notion Capital, Passion Capital and YCombinator.
Business Analyst
2008 - 2010
Given consistently outstanding reviews throughout my tenure and rated as one of the top performers in my intake, receiving an open offer to return. Developed strong client, analytical, problem-solving and management skills.
CEO
2003 - 2005
Whilst at school I built a company which created jobs for local students by training and supplying waiters and bar staff to corporate and private events. Despite it being a side-project we quickly grew to an annual turnover of c.£30,000 at a 33% profit margin.
Education
BA
2005 - 2008