Matthew Gillin

Active Investor

Chairman

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Matthew Gillin, Chairman is an active investor based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. This profile covers what Matthew Gillin backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Matthew Gillin serves as Chairman at Relay Network. He previously Co-Founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at the company. He also serves as an Advisor at MissionOG. He also serves as an Advisor at Safeguard Scientifics. He has been an entrepreneur and pioneer in the financial technology industry for almost 20 years. He also serves as a Limited Partner and Advisor at Cedar Lake. Currently, he is CEO of AMPP Holdings, a holding company founded in 2009 that invests in the financial technology sector. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Ecount, Inc., a company he co-founded in his parent's basement with his friend Paul Raden. Together, they built Ecount into the recognized leader in the prepaid card industry, and in 2007, they sold the company to Citi, thereby delivering considerable value to their investors and shareholders. He remained the CEO of the renamed business until August 2009 and was responsible for making Citi Prepaid Services the world's first global prepaid solution provider. During his twelve years of leadership, the company delivered innovative payment solutions for Verizon Wireless, Microsoft, Sprint, Ford, GM, Toyota, Home Depot, and The State of Maryland and The State of Kansas. He is regarded as an innovator in financial technology and holds two patents in the U.S. patent office for his inventions around electronic payments. Upon his departure, Citi Prepaid Services was issuing over 14 million cards per year and delivering solutions in more than 40 countries to nearly 2,000 clients in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A start-up veteran, he was also the co-founder of C/Base, a consultancy business specializing in partnership marketing services for Internet-based companies. Over two years, C/Base structured more than $1/2 billion in total partnership deal value for industry-leading online businesses, such as Amazon, Microsoft, Netscape, Hotmail, and others. He is a 2002 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and in 2004 was named one of the Philadelphia region's most influential executives under the age of 40. In 2006, he was named the CEO of the Year by the Eastern Technology Council and was awarded the Walter M. Aikman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007. A recognized financial technology industry expert, he has been featured by numerous national news outlets, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, and Dow Jones and profiled in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He graduated with a B.A. from Denison University.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureSeed
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Typical check: $375K
Past investments: 2

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