# Matt Mickiewicz

> Matt Mickiewicz is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor who co-founded SitePoint, 99designs, Flippa, and Hired, serving as Hired’s founding CEO. He began building web resources as a teenager, sold advertising between school classes, and helped turn transactions inside SitePoint’s community into standalone marketplaces. His later work includes startup investing and advising.

- **Role:** Independent angel investor and startup advisor
- **Organizations:** SitePoint, 99designs, Flippa, Hired, Unstoppable Domains
- **From:** Krakow, Poland
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Known for:** Co-founded SitePoint, 99designs, Flippa, and Hired., Helped build 99designs from activity inside the SitePoint community into an independently branded design marketplace., Co-founded Flippa as a dedicated marketplace for websites and online businesses.

## Career timeline

- **1991** — Moved with his family from Germany to Vancouver, Canada, after being born in Poland.
- **1997** — Built a website about Final Fantasy.
- **1998** — Created Webmaster-Resources.com to share web-development resources.
- **1999** — Partnered with Mark Harbottle to develop SitePoint from his existing website.
- **2008** — Co-founded 99designs as a separate business emerging from SitePoint’s design-contest activity.
- **2009** — Co-founded Flippa, spun out of SitePoint’s website marketplace in June.
- **2011** — 99designs announced $35 million in funding led by Accel.
- **2012** — Left his day-to-day role at 99designs and co-founded DeveloperAuction with Allan Grant and Douglas Feirstein; the company later became Hired.
- **2013** — Identified as DeveloperAuction co-founder and CEO in its March $2.7 million funding announcement.
- **2020** — Cimpress acquired 99designs in October for integration into its Vistaprint business.
- **2021–2022** — Served as chief revenue officer at Unstoppable Domains, according to his Crunchbase career history.
- **2024** — Listed as an investor in Starpath Robotics’ August seed round.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SitePoint, 99designs, Flippa, and Hired.
- Helped build 99designs from activity inside the SitePoint community into an independently branded design marketplace.
- Co-founded Flippa as a dedicated marketplace for websites and online businesses.
- Served as the founding CEO of the recruiting marketplace that became Hired.
- Recognized in Forbes and Inc. 30 Under 30 coverage; the precise Forbes list year differs across biographical sources.
- 99designs won a Webby Award in 2010 and announced a $35 million Accel-led investment in 2011.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Dealroom and Crunchbase list Mickiewicz among investors in Starpath Robotics’ seed financing.
- **2024-06** — Hired, the company he co-founded, became part of LHH Recruitment Solutions on June 14.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mattmickiewicz.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmickiewicz
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MattMickiewicz

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Last updated: 2026-10-25