A small moment that reminded us why we’re building Flynt

Last Friday, 28 people were matched on Flynt in a single day.

In practical terms, that meant more real conversations, more awkward first hellos, more moments of curiosity and relief when someone realises they’re speaking to a person who genuinely understands their world. Until that point, we’d facilitated 28 matches in total. So this felt like a quiet milestone. Not because of the number itself, but because every single match that went out led to a meaningful conversation.

• A founding engineer connected with a product manager at a recommendations scale-up. They’re meeting again for a pint to continue the conversation.
• A CRM manager at a growing DTC company spoke with an influencer marketer at a global food brand. Her words: “This is the most natural form of networking I’ve done.”
• A strategy lead at a Series B scale-up matched with someone in a similar role at a pre-IPO company. She told us: “You should be proud. It was a really great chat and everything felt so smooth.”

These moments are the reason Flynt exists. The metric is simply the surface of something more human happening underneath. People feeling seen, supported and stretched in the right way.

When things didn’t go perfectly

Not every match flowed seamlessly. A few slipped. Some people didn’t finish onboarding in time. Others were travelling or couldn’t make their scheduled slot. That is part of the reality of building something new, and partly on us as we continue learning how to balance structure with flexibility. Our philosophy remains simple. Treat every Flynt member like our most important client. So over the weekend, we adapted. We built a customer service panel that lets us step in directly and resolve issues inside the platform. When someone needed to rearrange their match, we were able to help in real time. No long email chains, no friction, just clarity and care. We also improved signposting throughout the experience, so people always know what is happening and what comes next. Speed matters when you are building. But trust matters more. When something breaks, we fix it quickly and thoughtfully.

Why this moment mattered to us

When you are building something in the margins of your life – in the evenings, on weekends, in quiet moments between everything else – you look for signs that what you are solving truly matters. For us, that signal has been consistent. People who have had a match almost always want another one. Not out of politeness, but because the conversation left them feeling something useful. It tells us we are not simply creating more “connections”, we are creating conversations people genuinely value. Despite the flaws we often hear when speaking to our members, we're not trying to replace networking events or LinkedIn. We are responding to what happens when those models stop feeling human and start feeling transactional. What we are noticing is that the most valuable conversations rarely happen between people who mirror each other. They happen between people with shared ambition, but different lived experience and perspective. - A designer who reframes your go-to-market challenge. - An engineer who spots complexity you had grown blind to. - A founder two steps ahead who remembers exactly what it felt like to be where you are now. People do not want more of the same. They want relevant difference. The kind of alignment that expands your thinking rather than simply echoing it back to you. That is what Flynt is quietly optimising for. Connection that feels real, useful and human.

What we’re building next

As we look towards December, our focus remains on making the experience more fluid, more trustworthy, and more human at scale. Here’s what we’re shipping next:

• Easy rescheduling: Life moves. Meetings shift. We want it to feel natural to adapt without losing the connection.
• Match transparency: Clear insight into why you have been introduced to someone, not just that you have.
• Friend recommendations: A way to suggest meaningful introductions between people you already respect and trust.
• A more polished platform: Refining the details that make the experience feel grounded, reliable and considered.

We are still early. Still learning with every conversation, every misstep, every piece of feedback. But the foundation feels strong. The core thing, meaningful, human connection, is working. And when you are building something like this, that feeling carries you forward in a very quiet but powerful way.

An invitation

If you have been watching from the sidelines, consider this a gentle nudge. Flynt is now a growing community of over 350 professionals across design, technology, science and entrepreneurship. Every new member adds depth, diversity and intelligence to the network. We are not building for volume. We are building for conversations that matter. If that resonates, we would love to welcome you in.