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05.08.2020
12 Minuten
David Gardner, OBE, is a co-founder and General Partner of London
Venture Partners. He has over 30 years experience in the
gaming sector, including as Former CEO & board director,
Atari and EVP & COO, Electronic Arts Worldwide Studios. David
spent 25 years at EA including building EA Europe from 0 to $1bn
in annual revenue, and has spent his career working across
Silicon Valley and Europe. In 2007, David was awarded the Order
of the British Empire for his services to industry, and in 2017
he was appointed BAFTA's Vice President for Games.
LVP is a venture capital seed fund leveraging extensive operating
expertise to invest in the games ecosystem. Portfolio successes
and exits include: Playfish (acq. By EA), Supercell (acq.
Softbank), Unity (acq. Silver Lake) and Natural Motion (acq.
Zynga).
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23.07.2020
20 Minuten
Ms Tonelli has 30 years of relevant professional experience
and is responsible for leading the firm’s efforts to develop and
maintain its relationships with existing and prospective
investors. She joined Helios in May 2012 from Chayton Capital
LLP, an emerging markets private equity investment advisor, where
she was a Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer. She was
jointly responsible for Chayton’s Africa business, executing that
firm’s strategy on the continent, with a focus on operations,
transactions and key investor relationships. Prior to Chayton, Ms
Tonelli was at Goldman Sachs for 12 years. She held a variety of
management roles in Global Investment Research in London and was
previously in the Investment Management Division in New York,
where her responsibilities included product development and
management, as well as marketing and client coverage. She began
her financial services career at American Express. Ms Tonelli
received a BA, cum laude, from Georgetown University and speaks
Italian.
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03.06.2020
21 Minuten
Amy Nauiokas is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anthemis,
the leading digital financial services investment firm, and Founder
and CEO of Archer Gray, a media production and content company. She
is a visionary executive, investor, producer and a recognized
leader in innovation, strategy, and management across a variety of
markets and industries. As a venture capitalist, Amy identifies and
invests in early stage technology companies focused on the
disruption of media, financial services and marketplaces. She has
built a strong investment portfolio of best-in-class, high growth
companies. Current investments include Flo Technologies,
Betterment, Trov, Happy Money and Currencycloud. Her exits
include Zoopla, the UK’s leading property research website;
Fidor Bank, acquired by BPCE in 2016; Simple, acquired by BBVA in
2014; and The Climate Corporation, acquired by Monsanto in 2013.
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12.05.2020
25 Minuten
Mark Beeston founded Illuminate, a fintech VC firm, after a 25+
year career in capital markets where he had been both the
consumer of capital markets technologies as well as the
entrepreneur, operator, and funder of capital markets businesses.
Prior to founding Illuminate, Mark was the CEO for the Post Trade
Risk and Information business at ICAP (now Nex) where he oversaw
the creation of ICAP’s own investment subsidiary.
Prior to ICAP Mark launched T-Zero (now ICELink) during his time
at Creditex before the company was acquired by ICE in 2008. He
started his career with 13 years at Deutsche Bank in derivatives
trading and management, including periods as COO for both the
Global Rates and Global Credit businesses.
Mark has an undergraduate degree from the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE). Mark was listed on the
Institutional Investor Fintech Finance 35 and top 40 Lists,
Financial News Fintech 40 Power List, Institutional Investor
Trade Technology Top 30 and Top 40 Lists, and Derivatives
Intelligence/Derivatives Week Rising Stars.
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30.04.2020
23 Minuten
In this episode, Alexandra Daly is joined by Alex Bente, Jeremy
Pressman and Michael Redd, the team behind the exciting ADvantage
Sports Fund, a joint venture between leAD Sports and OurCrowd.
They provide unique insights into the fast growing sports tech
market, which is expected to triple in the next 5 years, and
where they see the greatest opportunities to invest, including
e-sports, at home fitness, next-gen fan engagement/experience and
tracking & analytics.
Alexander Bente is Co-founder of the ADvantage
Sports Fund. Prior to this he co-founded the leAD sports
accelerator in 2016. He is the great-grandson of Adi Dassler, the
founder of Adidas, which has become one of the most valuable and
highly regarded sports brands in the world. Continuing the family
tradition, Alex is passionate about sports entrepreneurship and
the opportunities to invest in category changing companies
through the ADvatnage fund. Through the success of the fund, Alex
aims not only to revitalize his great grandfather’s legacy, but
to establish a lasting legacy of his own.
Alex holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the
University of St. Gallen, one of the leading business schools in
Europe, and gained venture experience during his graduate studies
and thereafter while co-founding multiple companies to preserve
his great grandfather’s legacy (including a Multi Family Office,
Multi Asset Fund, Athlete Management and Advisory Concept,
Hollywood movie concept etc).
Jeremy Pressman is Partner at the ADvantage
Sports Fund, and also happens to be Israel’s only active venture
capitalist and professional basketball player, a unique
combination for leading a sports tech investment fund. With over
five years in venture, Jeremy has vast experience sourcing and
conducting due diligence on technology deals with a specific
focus on sports - including Replay Technologies (acquired by
Intel ~$180m).
After a successful collegiate career at Yeshiva University,
Jeremy chose to pursue his basketball career in Israel. Jeremy is
a veteran of Israel’s Artzit basketball league having played six
seasons on a number of teams in the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas.
Jeremy has connections with professional athletes and teams in a
number of international leagues, including NBA, NFL, Euroleague,
MLS, CBA, and many more.
Michael Redd is Venture Partner at the
ADvantage, and a former professional basketball player and
Olympic gold medallist. Michael has been building, developing and
investing in tech-focused startups since he retired from the NBA
in 2013. After twelve seasons as a professional basketball
player, both in the NBA and the US Olympic team in 2008, Michael
has continued a strong drive toward excellence in his focus on
ventures off the court. Michael is also involved in SnapChat’s
Yellow incubator as a mentor and investor, and developing his own
venture relationships with his firm 22 Ventures.
leAD is a global sports entrepreneurship and
investment platform inspired by Adi Dassler - one of the most
successful sports entrepreneurs in history and the founding
father of the modern sports industry. Initiated by the
grandchildren of Adi Dassler and a unique group of shareholders,
leAD has assembled a world class network of industry experts,
mentors and executives from the sports tech ecosystem.
Our Crowd is Israel’s most active VC with over
$1bn of committed funds worldwide. Their global network consists
of 30k members across 183 countries. Since 2013, they have
successfully made 34 exits – including freeD Technologies (acq.
Intel), Invertex (acq. Nike), Jump (acq. Uber).
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Advisors we have been considering how to stay connected with our
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information, but are isolating due to Covid-19. In response, we are
creating a podcast series profiling GPs and providing them with a
platform to share their unique insights into the current
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