Technology In Service Of Human Connection

We believe technology should help people find their way to one another. Every day, we share spaces with people who could become friends, collaborators, customers or partners, yet those connections often go undiscovered. Met makes introductions easier so those possibilities can become realities.

Our customers are organizations that benefit when the people they bring together connect. Conferences and events are our first commercial market, with Met deployed across North America and Europe. Organizers pay to offer Met to attendees and gain insight into meetings made through the app, contact exchanges and attendee feedback.

Our next focus is membership spaces, including coworking spaces, social clubs and airport lounges. These environments extend Met from individual events into places people return to regularly, creating opportunities for ongoing use and lasting customer relationships.

Our ambition is for Met to become a trusted introduction layer wherever people gather, making human connection an easier part of everyday life.

A Business Built Around Shared Spaces

Why we built Met

Met began with founder Lisa Smith’s experience of isolation as she worked remotely while building her first business. Seeking to reconnect, she spent the next ten years living and working in 35 countries. The people she met reinforced her belief that there is no substitute for in-person human connection.

Seeing others experience that isolation during COVID and ongoing loneliness concerns for many made the need even clearer. She created Met to lower the barriers to meeting people, with privacy, mutual interest and comfort built into the introduction.

Designed around how people live

People bring different parts of themselves to different spaces. Met lets users choose multiple roles and intentions in one app, from exploring a professional opportunity to meeting a friend, neighbor or potential romantic partner.

Introductions are based on shared interests and complementary goals. Users decide how they want to be introduced and whom they are open to meeting, according to where they are and what matters to them. The app supports the introduction; people determine where the connection goes.

Trust shapes the experience

Meeting someone requires openness. We believe people should be able to take that step while retaining control over their privacy and boundaries.

Users control their visibility, their intentions and whether to accept an introduction. Both people agree before meeting, and contact information is shared by choice. There are no public profiles, DMs or feeds. We do not sell personal data, and personal, social and romantic intentions remain outside employer reporting.

Our Team

Founder and CEO

Lisa Smith brings 15 years of experience building and leading businesses across technology, consulting and communication. A Columbia University graduate, she has led Met from concept to a working product deployed at events across North America and Europe. Living and working in 28 countries introduced her to people who became friends, clients and team members. Those experiences inspired her to create Met, helping others discover the personal and professional connections they might otherwise miss.

Head of Strategy & Development

Jason Thompson’s career spans Deloitte, PwC, Black Knight and Keller Williams, with experience leading strategic teams across financial services, consulting and enterprise sales. A graduate of Columbia Business School, he brings a track record of building complex institutional relationships and driving B2B commercial results. At Met, he leads business development, applying that experience to partnerships with event organizers and membership spaces.

Advisory Board

Shashi is Managing Director and Head of Level Up Ventures at Hearst, advising Met on fundraising, investor strategy, and growth within the future of work and creator economy.

As a serial entrepreneur with four successful exits, Lance brings invaluable experience and insight into raising capital, growing and scaling teams, and strategic exits.

Giuseppe is a finance advisor with a background in corporate investment and early-stage strategy. He supports Met on financial planning, fundraising, and capital strategy.

Alex is a repeat founder and go-to-market expert who advises Met on scaling operations, team structure, and real-world commercial rollout.