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29 Oct 2026
Tobacco Dock, London
Tobacco Dock, London
What does it take to build and exit a company worth more than $100 million? Mattias Scheek shares the decisions, setbacks and inflection points behind his entrepreneurial journey. This conversation moves beyond the headline number to explore product, timing, leadership, negotiation and what founders discover when years of work culminate in a landmark exit.
Mattias Scheek is an entrepreneur, industrial designer, and technology innovator. As cofounder and CEO of Mayht, he led the company that built Heartmotion, a breakthrough transducer technology that reinvented how speakers produce sound. In 2022, Sonos acquired Mayht for $100 million in an all-cash deal. Scheek served as Director of Hardware Engineering at Sonos, where he advanced the technology he helped create. He holds a BSc in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology. Born and raised in Amsterdam by parents of Surinamese descent, he is a first-generation entrepreneur whose journey from constraint to creation inspires his current activities such as writing, speaking, and mentorship. He resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ambi Mistry is Partner, Portfolio Operations at Phoenix Court (LocalGlobe, Latitude, Solar), leading post-investment support across a portfolio from seed to growth. She has spent a decade building accelerator programmes for founders, including leading the Design Museum's Entrepreneurs Hub, Europe's first cultural-institution accelerator. Ambi is passionate about backing unlikely founders and building the networks and skills that help them scale.
