(in the interests of accuracy: most core Matrix development is funded by New Vector, the company started by the Matrix team to try to keep the lights on, which

(in the interests of accuracy: most core Matrix development is funded by New Vector, the company started by the Matrix team to try to keep the lights on, which in turn makes money via selling Matrix hosting at Modular.im and providing professional services at Vector.im. New Vector has also taken on investment funding - https://matrix.org/blog/2018/01/29/status-partners-up-with-new-vector-fueling-decentralised-comms-and-the-matrix-ecosystem https://matrix.org/blog/2018/01/29/status-partners-up-with-n... and https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/10/new-vector-scores-8-5m-to-plug-more-users-into-its-open-decentralized-messaging-matrix/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/10/new-vector-scores-8-5m-to-...)