# Matt Fairhurst

> Matt Fairhurst is the Australian co-founder and CEO of Skedulo, a scheduling and workforce-management software company founded in 2013. His background spans music, self-taught design, marketing and Salesforce consulting. Based publicly in San Francisco, he has built the business with co-founder James Davies while maintaining its Australian product and engineering roots. His public work focuses on coordination, autonomy and better tools for deskless workers.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Skedulo
- **Organizations:** Skedulo
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** Queensland University of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded and continues to lead Skedulo, an enterprise workforce software business serving international customers., Led Skedulo through its announced $9.2 million Series A, $28 million Series B and $75 million Series C rounds., By July 2021, Skedulo reported more than $115 million in total funding and 35 million appointments booked.

## Career timeline

- **Before Skedulo** — Played drums in a band that toured Australia; taught himself design and built band websites. Worked in marketing, design and Salesforce consulting, meeting future co-founder James Davies.
- **2013** — Co-founded Skedulo in Australia.
- **2014** — Secured Blackbird investment, as recounted in The First podcast’s episode notes.
- **2015** — Discussed Skedulo’s enterprise scheduling product at Dreamforce in San Francisco.
- **2016** — Skedulo raised a $9.2 million Series A led by Costanoa; Mark Selcow joined its board.
- **2019** — Skedulo raised a $28 million Series B led by M12, with Blackbird and Costanoa participating.
- **2021** — Skedulo raised a $75 million Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and reported 35 million booked appointments.
- **2022** — Published an Inc. opinion essay advocating greater autonomy for deskless workers.
- **2024** — Introduced scheduling and mobile product improvements; publicly welcomed CTO John McKim.
- **2025** — Discussed his founder journey and future product ambitions on The First podcast.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and continues to lead Skedulo, an enterprise workforce software business serving international customers.
- Led Skedulo through its announced $9.2 million Series A, $28 million Series B and $75 million Series C rounds.
- By July 2021, Skedulo reported more than $115 million in total funding and 35 million appointments booked.
- Developed a design-led product concept that attracted customers across multiple industries.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Appeared in Episode 4 of January Capital’s The First podcast, discussing his creative background, Skedulo’s growth, leadership and ambitions for deskless workers.
- **2024-05** — Skedulo announced custom forms, multi-resource scheduling and mobile job-management improvements with comments from Fairhurst.

## Links

- Website: https://www.skedulo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattfairhurst
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mattfairhurst

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