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Matt Tengtrakool

Founder

Founder at Givefront

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedGivefront · YC

About

Matt Tengtrakool studied computer science and statistics at Harvard. He previously founded a lending startup serving Nigeria and led two national nonprofit organizations before starting Givefront.

Founder at GivefrontYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Matt went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Givefront's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Matt can intro founders to Givefront's investors below.

Givefront's investors · 3

C3 VenturesLos Angeles · since 2025Script CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. Owner.comEngineeringcurrent2026 — present
  2. Givefront (acq. Owner.com)Founder, CEO2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. CherrySoftware Engineering Intern2023
  4. Kleiner PerkinsEngineering Fellow2023
  5. MicrosoftCo-op Intern2021Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
  6. MIT Lincoln LaboratoryEngineering Intern2020

Skills & more

Software Development13Governmental Affairs11Front-end Development4Research5Back-End Web Development3Environmental Remediation3Web Standards3Python (Programming Language)24Java6C++5Javascript4Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)4
+3 moreHTMLSQLLeadership

Languages English · Japanese · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Matt Tengtrakool?
Matt Tengtrakool studied computer science and statistics at Harvard. He previously founded a lending startup serving Nigeria and led two national nonprofit organizations before starting Givefront.
Where does Matt Tengtrakool work?
Matt Tengtrakool is Founder of Givefront.
What companies did Matt Tengtrakool found?
Matt Tengtrakool founded Givefront.
Where did Matt Tengtrakool go to school?
Matt Tengtrakool studied at Harvard University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Prod (Cohort 2.0); Burlington High School.

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