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Matthew Klein

Matthew Klein

Formal First Name
Matthew
Dates
1968 - present

Matthew Klein is a serial entrepreneur, programmer, trader, and novelist. He is the Founder and CEO of Collective2, a fintech company aiming to replace the entire hedge fund industry with one software platform. C2 runs a marketplace for algorithmic trading systems on behalf of brokers and retail traders. C2 enables users to rent and apply hedge fund strategies in a regular brokerage account without percentage fees, and analyzes the track records of trading strategies for stocks, options, futures, and forex. Prior to founding C2, he founded several software companies in Silicon Valley in the late 1990s, including Release Software Corporation and TechPlanet.

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Matthew Klein Novels

  1. No Way Back (2015)

  • The Washington Post called NO WAY BACK: "Beautifully plotted, fiendishly clever and one of the most impressive thrillers I've read in a long time."


  1. Con Ed (2007)

  • The New York Times called CON ED: "Funny, full of tricks and very, very hard to put down."


  1. Switchback (2006)

  • Mixture of psychological suspense and science fiction

  • Booklist gave it a starred review and called it "fine little genre-bending adventure"

  • Nominated for the 2007 Best First Novel award by the International Thriller Writers Association