# Nikola Mijic

> Nikola (Nik) Mijic is the co-founder and CEO of Matik, a San Francisco-based SaaS platform that automates the creation of personalized, data-driven presentations and documents. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, he fled the Bosnian civil war as a toddler - spending years in Hungary and Germany before his family settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. After studying accounting and economics at Westminster College, he moved into customer success technology, building internal presentation tools at LinkedIn before co-founding Matik in 2019 with engineer Zak Stein. Matik has raised $26.1M from Menlo Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, grown to over $10.7M ARR, and counts Asana, SalesLoft, Greenhouse, and Glassdoor among its customers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Matik
- **Organizations:** Matik, LinkedIn, Bluenose Analytics, TrustedID, Grant Thornton, University Venture Fund
- **From:** Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- **Nationality:** American (Bosnian-born)
- **Education:** Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Economics, Westminster College (Salt Lake City)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Matik in 2019, growing it from an apartment startup to $10.7M ARR, Raised $26.1M total from Menlo Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, Closed Matik's first ever B2B customer deal ($2,500) with zero sales background

## Career timeline

- **1992-1993** — Born in Sarajevo; family flees Bosnian civil war when he is approximately 18 months old
- **1993-1997** — Family lives as refugees in Hungary (~18 months) then Germany (~4.5 years)
- **~1997** — Family immigrates to the United States, settling in Salt Lake City, Utah
- **2008** — Earns Bachelor's in Accounting and Economics from Westminster College
- **2009-2011** — Accounting Assistant at National Benefit Services
- **2011-2013** — Senior Associate at University Venture Fund
- **2012** — Audit Intern at Grant Thornton LLP
- **2013** — Business Intelligence Associate at TrustedID, Inc.
- **2013-2015** — Implementation Specialist Lead at Bluenose Analytics (first non-engineering hire); builds expertise in customer success and predictive analytics
- **2015-2019** — LSS Senior Program Manager at LinkedIn; builds internal tools helping sales and CS teams automate data-driven presentation creation
- **2018** — Meets co-founder Zak Stein through mutual friend; spends 5-6 months validating the business idea before committing
- **2019-01** — Co-founds Matik with Zak Stein; works from his apartment with no initial funding
- **2019** — Secures $200K SAFE from a former roommate; lands first customer at a dinner party for $2,500
- **2019** — Raises $3.1M Seed round led by Menlo Ventures
- **2021-10** — Raises $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z GP Kristina Shen joins board); total raised exceeds $23M
- **2023** — Matik reaches $7M ARR with 55 employees
- **2024** — Matik hits $10.7M ARR (51.4% YoY growth); team grows to 72 employees

## Achievements

- Co-founded Matik in 2019, growing it from an apartment startup to $10.7M ARR
- Raised $26.1M total from Menlo Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz
- Closed Matik's first ever B2B customer deal ($2,500) with zero sales background
- Built 15-20 early customers purely through the LinkedIn alumni network
- Achieved SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 compliance to unlock enterprise sales
- Grew Matik 5x year-over-year in early stages
- Counts Asana, SalesLoft, Greenhouse, Glassdoor, and Handshake as customers
- Named by VentureBeat and CustomerThink as a thought leader in data-driven content and customer success automation
- Brought a16z GP Kristina Shen onto Matik's board of directors

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Matik reaches $10.7M ARR, up 51.4% year-over-year from $7M in 2023
- **2024-12** — Matik team grows to 72 employees, a 20%+ increase from prior year
- **2021-10** — Matik raises $20M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; a16z GP Kristina Shen joins the board
- **2019-01** — Co-founds Matik with Zak Stein; raises $3.1M seed from Menlo Ventures

## Links

- Website: https://matik.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikola-mijic-9012201b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/matik_io

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/nikola-mijic
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-05-24