Sep
27
6:30pm
Unicorn Founder Matt Pohlson's Journey to Omaze 🤝 Unicorn Rodeo Series
By Outlander VC
Welcome to the Outlander Unicorn Rodeo Series! 🤠We’re rounding up exceptional unicorn founders from our portfolio and growth-stage investors to dive deeper into the making of unicorn startups, identifying breakout companies early, and supporting founders as they scale.
Join Omaze's CEO Matt Pohlson and early investor Paige Craig's fireside on Pohlson's founder journey, the journey to Omaze's unicorn status, and beyond!
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Matt Pohlson is the co-founder and CEO of Omaze, the online fundraising platform that raises funds and awareness for charities by offering people the chance to win dream prizes. Omaze winners have won multimillion-dollar homes, received one-of-a-kind cars, gone on double dates with George and Amal Clooney, dined with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, all while helping raise vital funds for incredible causes.
Launched in the US in 2012, the company has raised more than $175M to support more than 400 charitable organizations world-wide. Omaze launched in the UK in 2020, raising £11,150,000 in just over three years in partnership with some of Britain’s best loved charities.
Omaze was named on Fast Company’s 2020 list of Most Innovative Companies, selected as the number one company changing the landscape of social good.
Matt graduated from Stanford University and received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He currently lives in London.
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