Episode Summary:

On today’s episode, we have Monji Batmunkh, Co-Founder and CEO of Matter. Matter is the world’s first hands-free dating app, preaching an audio-first dating experience which reinvigorates the fun in dating and connects people through their voices and live audio conversations. Monji founded the company along with his co-founder and CTO, Battushig, back in 2020 and conducted a structured beta program with 10k+ test users to validate their product idea over the past 16 months.

Having worked previously at Apple & McKinsey, Monji is building a highly differentiated product in the dating space, leveraging audio with advanced machine learning and NLP.

Topics Covered by Monji Batmunkh in this Episode:

• The origin story of why Monji decided to tackle the perceived gap in the current dating space
• What problem is Matter solving and why Monji thinks there's a huge market demand for it
• The big vision for Matter as the audio-first dating app that helps people make meaningful connections through audio conversations.
• Why Matter is the next big thing and such an exciting opportunity
• Overview of how the Matter works and its monetization strategy
• The initial GTM strategy and Monji's plan to grow and scale 
• The biggest hurdle faced by Matter right now 
• Monji summarizing lessons learned and takeaways so far in his entrepreneurial journey as first time founder

Connect with Monji:

Twitter - Monji Batmunkh (@MonjiBatmunkh)
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monjibatmunkh/

Check out Matter app: https://matter.dating/

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About the Host:

Chandler is an active angel investor and venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners investing in Pre-Seed and Seed technology startups. He is a 3x startup operator passionate about working with technical founders to get their big ideas off the ground. Chandler provides mentorship and helps founders build and scale their business, on Day 0.

He holds a master degree in Financial Engineering from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. Follow him on Twitter @chandlerjwang.