Matthew Hackett

Founder of Oda

New York, New York

Overview

Matthew Hackett is a seasoned entrepreneur, engineer, and investor based in New York, New York. He has held key roles such as Cofounder & CTO at Beme, VP of Engineering at Tumblr, and currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Product at Headway, where he also acts as an investor, advisor, and embedded executive. Hackett has made significant investments in companies like Dirt, Hyper, and Kapwing, focusing on sectors including Enterprise and Consumer Internet at various stages from Series A to Pre-seed.

Work Experience

Matt Hackett

Investor
2018 - Current
I personally invest in tech-first companies from Seed to Series A, including: Hopin, Headway, Superplastic, Lula, Northstar, Airhouse What I love: ☄️Companies that have an outside shot at changing global culture and/or ⚗️ Product-led companies tackling massive, non-trendy industries

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Oda - Live performances at home

Cofounder & Board President
2018
https://oda.co https://www.engadget.com/oda-speakers-seasonal-performances-194024860.html

Headway

Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Product
2022 - 2023
Investor, Advisor, Embedded Executive
2018 - 2022
2018 - Was the first angel investor in Headway. 2022 - Partnered with CEO and executive team as a full-time "embedded executive" focused on increasing velocity on hiring and go-to-market during a period of extraordinary growth.

Headway is a mental healthcare system that helps users have access to affordable healthcare.

Raised $325,500,000.00 from Forerunner, Global Founders Capital, Spark Capital, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital.

headway.co

Hopin

Investor & Advisor
2020 - 2023
Interim COO
2020 - 2020
Initially a seed investor, I was asked by the founder to join as interim COO to support scaling the team, product, and business during a period of extraordinary growth (Seed -> Series B, 20 -> 250 employees in just six months)