Matt Robinson

Matt joined Accel in 2024 and has a particular interest in Cloud/SaaS, fintech and payments businesses.

Prior to joining Accel as an investor, Matt and the Accel team started working together in 2011 as he co-founded GoCardless - an Accel portfolio company - alongside Hiroki Takeuchi and Tom Blomfield.

Together with his co-founders, Matt built GoCardless into a world leading recurring payment company. He was pivotal in building the team, product and GTM from scratch. He remained an active board member until 2023, with the company processing over $35B in payments annually across 30 countries on behalf of more than 85,000 businesses.

Having built a B2B business, Matt wanted to learn about building for consumers and, having experienced the problem firsthand, set his sights on redefining home selling in the UK, founding Nested in 2016. The company offers a platform used by estate agents throughout the UK with market leading tech and a loved consumer brand.

In addition to his entrepreneurial journeys, Matt is also one of the UK’s most active and respected angel investors investing in companies including Cleo, Incident.io and Wayve.ai.

Matt started his career at McKinsey & Co and graduated from Oxford University.