Justin Mateen

As part of his investment activities, Justin Mateen has served as a Board Member for Home Chef, an advisor for Jobr and Ponder, and a founding advisor and board observer for Rich Uncles.

Justin Mateen was a childhood friend of Sean Rad, both coming from similar families in the Los Angeles area. And when Sean Rad began working on Matchbox in 2012, which later became Tinder, as part of startup incubator Hatch Labs, they moved to work out of Justin Mateen's personal office. Justin Mateen was brought onto the Tinder project in 2012 as a temporary contractor to lead launch marketing for two months. He later became the CMO and an official co-founder of Tinder as the app quickly grew. Tinder was founded as a joint venture with Interactive Corp (IAC).