See our interview with Pete Flint Pete Flint Pete Flint is a British entrepreneur and investor , best known for co - founding Trulia , an online real estate platform , where he served as CEO until its $ 3 . 5 billion merger with Zillow in 2015 . Before Trulia , he was part of the founding team at lastminute . com , a European online travel marketplace acquired for $ 1 . 1 billion . Currently , Flint is a founding partner at NFX , a venture capital firm specializing in early - stage investments in network - effect businesses . He is also involved in several boards and was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in 2021 for his entrepreneurial achievements . 2x Unicorn Founder , Co - Founder & Former CEO of Trulia , Founding Partner at NFX