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Dave Castell

Global Partnerships & Content, Marketing/Advertising Tech, Branded Entertainment & Innovation, Connected / Advanced TV

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated November 2026💼 3 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Oct 2018
We are a mobile revenue company, specialising in programmatic networks, collaboratively increasing revenues for publishers with smart thinking and technology, based in London and LA.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Byte is a branded entertainment agency specialising in creating, curating and innovating. We create and syndicate original multiplatform content and IP, curate the biggest and best cultural and commercial partnerships between brands, content and talent, and strive to innovate and invent with the best digital technologies and partners. Sometimes all at the same time...
Board Member
May 2017
Listen Out! is a new platform bringing together music, tech and wellbeing using the latest digital innovations to inspire and contribute to the positive conversation around mental health. Listen Out! hosts established and emerging artists performing in front of a live, invited audience. The platform also provides others to promote events taking place connected with mental health and wellbeing. So together with the ListenOut! music performances, personal stories and showcasing the very latest digital innovations we can all make a real difference in the world regarding mental health and personal happiness. Each ListenOut! event supports a chosen mental health charity, social enterprise or amazing individual helping to raise much-needed funds. and awareness.
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2018
General Manager (GM), EMEA - Inventory & Partnerships
Oct 2018
Its more than just clicks. Premium streaming TV. One-click commerce. Trusted journalism. The world’s most popular audio and podcasts. All these amazing online experiences thrive on an open internet. And they’re all fueled by relevant advertising. That’s why we created an independent media buying platform designed for the open internet. One that helps brands grow and thrive by giving them access to more: more customers engaging with more of the content they love across more channels and devices, and more transparency and precision at every stage.
Board Member
Oct 2018
We are a mobile revenue company, specialising in programmatic networks, collaboratively increasing revenues for publishers with smart thinking and technology, based in London and LA.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Byte is a branded entertainment agency specialising in creating, curating and innovating. We create and syndicate original multiplatform content and IP, curate the biggest and best cultural and commercial partnerships between brands, content and talent, and strive to innovate and invent with the best digital technologies and partners. Sometimes all at the same time...
2017
Group Partnerships & Content Solutions - Branded Entertainment
Jul 2017
Channel 4 is free-to-air and freely available to all of the UK. We have the UK’s biggest free streaming service, plus a network of six television channels. Since Channel 4 was created in 1982, it has been at the centre of national conversations and a catalyst for the creation of a world-beating production sector in the UK. Our purpose is to create change through entertainment. We do this by representing unheard voices, challenging with purpose and reinventing entertainment. Our unique model – commercially-funded but publicly-owned – means that we’re able to offer independent and distinctive, universal content reflecting the interests of different communities across the UK. As a publisher-broadcaster, Channel 4 commissions UK content from the independent production sector and currently works with around 300 creative companies across the UK every year. We have the youngest-skewing public service channel in the UK – and we reach more 16-34-year-olds than any other commercial broadcaster across streaming and TV. Through Film4, Channel 4 invests in British filmmakers to huge critical acclaim, winning 43 Oscars and 97 BAFTAs since inception. Channel 4’s board ensures that we fulfil our remit and deliver our financial responsibilities. Channel 4 will never request bank details from job applicants in connection with a job offer. Any official job offers will only be made through Channel Four Television Corporation directly, and not through any subsidiaries. Please remain cautious and report any suspicious communications claiming to represent Channel 4.
Board Member
May 2017
Listen Out! is a new platform bringing together music, tech and wellbeing using the latest digital innovations to inspire and contribute to the positive conversation around mental health. Listen Out! hosts established and emerging artists performing in front of a live, invited audience. The platform also provides others to promote events taking place connected with mental health and wellbeing. So together with the ListenOut! music performances, personal stories and showcasing the very latest digital innovations we can all make a real difference in the world regarding mental health and personal happiness. Each ListenOut! event supports a chosen mental health charity, social enterprise or amazing individual helping to raise much-needed funds. and awareness.
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