Mateusz Mach (born April 15, 1997) is a Polish entrepreneur and investor. Founder of the world's first sign language messenger Five App and venture house Nextrope. Finalist of the ranking of the most influential European entrepreneurs under the age of thirty,

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Education

Mach graduated from high school III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP in Gdynia,

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with International Baccalaureate Diploma. Currently he studies Economics at

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, a college within

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. He also attended courses at New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Career

In 2015, at the age of 17 Mateusz Mach debuted as an entrepreneur when he introduced the Five App

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. The mobile application was the world's first

sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...

messenger, enabling

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to communicate efficiently using Android- and iOS-based devices. As a social impact project, the Five App was largely acclaimed among the targeted audience and acquired over ten thousands of users. In 2017, Mach founded a venture house, Nextrope. The company focuses on delivering fintech software to institutional clients and governmental institutions. The firm aims at the decentralization of

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by introducing Ethereum-backed utility tokens for users to purchase access to music streaming services. He launched the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of OPUS in the Summer of 2017.

Achievements

In 2017 Mach was ranked in the European edition of the

Ranking, thanks to the success of Five App. Mateusz Mach is also the finalist of New Europe 100 List, a project founded by

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and

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in order to distinguish the most innovative entrepreneurs in the region of Central and Eastern Europe.

References

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