Element is a secure, sovereign and interoperable communications platform built on the Matrix open standard, co-founded by Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape. Element's Twitter Score is 28 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #39,210 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Element was co-founded by Matthew Hodgson, who serves as Co-founder and CEO/CTO, and Amandine Le Pape, who serves as Co-founder and COO. The platform is designed to give users and organisations full control over their communications without relying on centralised infrastructure, operating across any Matrix-compatible server or client.
Element raised a $30 million Series B round, announced in July 2021, led by Protocol Labs alongside Metaplanet, with Automattic and Notion Capital also participating. Additional backers include Dawn Capital, firstminute capital, and Status. At the time of the round, Element stated it had no plans to introduce cryptocurrency incentives despite the involvement of Protocol Labs.
Element acquired the Gitter chat platform from GitLab in 2020 and announced plans to migrate Gitter's user base onto Matrix. The platform was also recognised as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance in 2026. Element's account has published 2,620 posts and has been mentioned by 57 accounts a total of 150 times, with 20,852 followers as of July 2026 on the platform.
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The accounts that follow Element include 146 founders, 26 angel investors, 68 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Udi Wertheimer, Vance Spencer, Matthew Graham, Ali Yahya, Nick Szabo and Zmanian.