# Matt Huang

> Matt Huang is founder and Project Lead of Tempo. Tempo on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder and Project Lead, Tempo.

Matt Huang is the founder and project lead of Tempo, a payments blockchain co-founded by Paradigm and Stripe, and co-founder and managing partner of Paradigm. He was earlier a partner at Sequoia Capital and founded Hotspots, a Y Combinator company that Twitter acquired in 2012.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmhuang/
- X: https://x.com/matthuang

## What Matt builds

- [Tempo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.md), graded BB, 77.3/100, in Payment & monetisation platforms. A payments-first Layer 1 chain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, live on mainnet since 2026-03-18. Founder and Project Lead, Tempo, researched 2026-10-26.

## Backed by

- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)
- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)
- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)
- [Stripe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stripe/)
- [Paradigm](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/paradigm/)

## Questions

### Who is Matt Huang?

Matt Huang is the founder and project lead of Tempo, a payments blockchain co-founded by Paradigm and Stripe, and co-founder and managing partner of Paradigm. He was earlier a partner at Sequoia Capital and founded Hotspots, a Y Combinator company that Twitter acquired in 2012.

### What does Tempo make?

Anchor Terminal lists Tempo from Tempo. A payments-first Layer 1 chain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, live on mainnet since 2026-03-18.

### Who has invested in Tempo?

The sources our research read name Greenoaks, Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, SV Angel, Stripe and Paradigm.

### How are Matt's tools graded?

Tempo is graded BB, 77.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.paradigm.xyz/team/matt-huang
- https://x.com/matthuang
- https://tempo.xyz/
- https://tempo.xyz/contact/

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