Matthew Murphy

Independent Director

Matthew Murphy has served as one of our directors upon the trading of our securities on Nasdaq. He has over 20 years of experience in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and strategic investing, specializing in disruptive innovations across a variety of sectors. Since 2018, he has served as a General Partner at Montage Ventures, with a focus on backing entrepreneurs looking to disrupt the Financial Services, Real Estate and Insurance industries. During his tenure at Montage, his team has invested in over 75 start-ups, leveraging their expertise to drive growth. Mr. Murphy currently serves on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies of Montage Ventures, including Equi, an alternative investment portfolio, Feals, a wellness brand offering health supplements, Keyway, a real estate technology company, Pylon, a mortgage-lending-as-a-service platform, Upswing Health, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) platform, Vint, an investment platform for curated wines and spirits, and Welcome Homes, a real estate platform that simplifies the home-building process.

Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Global Vice President of Renren (NYSE: RENN), which operates the leading real- name social networking internet platform in China, from 2012 to 2018. There, he focused on building Renren’s global investment portfolio in FinTech, Logistics and Marketplaces — with investments including SoFi, LendingHome, Motif, Aspiration and Fundrise. In addition, he was the Chief Marketing Officer for Renren’s Real Estate Technology Group, which is made up of Chime Technologies, Geographic Farm and Sindeo Mortgage from 2012 to 2018.

Prior to Renren, Mr. Murphy was the Chief Marketing Officer & Co-Founder of Lemon.com, a leading mobile wallet solution (Acquired by LifeLock), from 2010 to 2012 and General Manager of Bling Nation, a provider of mobile payment services, from 2010 to 2012. He also served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), a leader in textbook rentals and online education from 2009 to 2010 and was part of the executive team that raised over $112 million in funding. Additionally, he served as the head of Advertising & Media at E*TRADE Financial from 2000 to 2006, and won numerous awards for his work, including a Clio, Effie and Stevie Award. Throughout his career, he has played a key role in backing and scaling high-growth ventures, building investment portfolios, and advising companies at various stages of development.

Mr. Murphy earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University, earned a Bachelor’s degree in finance from Santa Clara University and attended Executive Marketing courses at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Murphy is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive investing and marketing experience in numerous public and private companies across multiple industries.