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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Front.\n\nMathilde Collin founded Front in 2013 and led it as CEO for more than a decade. Collin is now co-founder and executive chair, shaping the company's long-term direction, after Dan O'Connell succeeded her as CEO.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathilde-collin-bb59492a/en/\n\n## What Mathilde builds\n\n- [Front API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/front.md), graded B, 63.7/100, in Customer support \u0026 helpdesk. Front's Core API for its shared inbox (conversations, messages, drafts, comments, tags, contacts, accounts, inboxes, teammates and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.frontapp.com/mcp. Co-founder, Front, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Laurent Perrin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laurent-perrin/), Co-founder, Front\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Social Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/social-capital/)\n- [Stewart Butterfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stewart-butterfield/)\n- [Eoghan McCabe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eoghan-mccabe/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [DFJ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dfj/)\n- [Mike Cannon-Brookes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mike-cannon-brookes/)\n- [Jay Simons](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jay-simons/)\n- [Frederic Kerrest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/frederic-kerrest/)\n- [Ryan Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ryan-smith/)\n- [Jared Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jared-smith/)\n- [Eric Yuan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/eric-yuan/)\n- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)\n- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)\n- [Jennifer Tejada](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jennifer-tejada/)\n- [Threshold Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/threshold-ventures/)\n- [Uncork Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/uncork-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Mathilde Collin?\n\nMathilde Collin founded Front in 2013 and led it as CEO for more than a decade. Collin is now co-founder and executive chair, shaping the company's long-term direction, after Dan O'Connell succeeded her as CEO.\n\n### What does Front make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Front API + MCP from Front. Front's Core API for its shared inbox (conversations, messages, drafts, comments, tags, contacts, accounts, inboxes, teammates and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.frontapp.com/mcp.\n\n### Who has invested in Front?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Social Capital, Stewart Butterfield, Eoghan McCabe, Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Jay Simons, Frederic Kerrest, Ryan Smith, Jared Smith, Eric Yuan, Salesforce, Battery Ventures, Jennifer Tejada, Threshold Ventures and Uncork Capital.\n\n### How are Mathilde's tools graded?\n\nFront API + MCP is graded B, 63.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://front.com/about\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/front\n- https://front.com/\n- https://front.com/teams/customer-service-support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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