Matt Coffin is a Los Angeles-based internet entrepreneur and investor. He was the President and Founder of LowerMyBills.com

LowerMyBills.com

LowerMyBills.com is a consumer finance corporate Web site, owned by Experian, that connects prospective mortgage borrowers to lenders. It was founded by Matt Coffin in 1999. It is well-known for its banner ads, which generally include bizarre or nonsensical animations or soundless video clips...

, which was sold to Experian

Experian

Experian plc, formerly known as CCN Systems, is a global credit information group with operations in 36 countries. The company employs 15,500 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, England and Costa Mesa, California, US...

 in 2005 for $330 million. In addition to LowerMyBills.com, he was President of Experian Online Customer Acquisition Services and President of the incubator-like Experian Interactive Innovation Center. Matt was an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of Year award winner in 2007 and was Southern California Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006.

Mr. Coffin also sat on the Board of Directors for Business.com

Business.com

Business.com is a business search engine and web directory and pay per click advertising network. It includes Work.com, a business-to-business community publishing platform where experts share advice on common business topics in the form of how-to guides....

, which was started by incubator eCompanies, whose venture arm was an early investor in LowerMyBills.com. He is an early investor in human powered search engine Mahalo.com

Mahalo.com

Mahalo.com is a web directory and Internet-based knowledge exchange launched in alpha test in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis...

, Demand Media

Demand Media

Demand Media, Inc. is an online media company and content farm that operates online brands such as eHow, and Cracked, and is known for creating online content through its Demand Media Studios division based on a combination of measured consumer demand and predicted ROI...

, Rubicon Project

Rubicon Project

Rubicon Project is an online advertising technology firm based in Los Angeles, California. Its primary service is technology that optimizes advertising revenue for web sites...

, Docstoc

Docstoc

Docstoc is an electronic document repository and online store, aimed at the business community.Although Docstoc operates in a way that is superficially similar to other online document retailer sites such as Scribd, its emphasis is on technical, legal and business documentation...

, MarketProbability, and eBureau. Coffin also invested in both Buscape

BuscaPé

Buscapé is a comparison shopping service that operates in Latin America. It was co-founded in São Paulo, Brazil in 1999 by Romero Rodrigues, Rodrigo Borges, Ronaldo Morita and Mario Letelier....

 (which was sold in October 2009 for $330M) and HauteLook, which was sold to Nordstrom

Nordstrom

Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...

 in February 2011 for $270M. Other investments include GraphEffect, Impact Radius, Machinima

Machinima

Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...

, ThisWeekIn, CyberRain, Unsubscribe.com, InAdco, ShoeDazzle, Goldstar

Goldstar Events

Goldstar Events is a privately-held company in Pasadena, California that sells half-price tickets to leisure activities such as live entertainment, theatre, concerts, dance, film screenings, sporting events, and spa services...

, Ecomom.com, Deal Quad, HMRN, ClientRadius, Stance, and Quant The News. Matt Coffin currently sits on the Board of Directors for eBureau, Machinima

Machinima

Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...

, and Mahalo

Mahalo

Mahalo is a Hawaiian word meaning thanks, gratitude, admiration, praise, esteem, regards, respects. According to the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, it is derived from the Proto-Polynesian *masalo....

. In March 2010, he and Doug Hirsch founded dailyD which later changed its name to FamilyFinds. Mr. Coffin is CEO of FamilyFinds, an online daily promotions site exclusively focused on services and experiences for families, and raised $5.75M in funding from Split Rock

Split Rock

Split Rock may be:U.S. populated places:* Split Rock, New York, also industrial disaster site, in central part of the state* Split Rock Township, Minnesota* Split Rock Township, South DakotaRock formations:...

Partners for its launch in 2010.