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Investor Syndicate
Oct 2015
PowerLinks Media, Ltd. is the advertising industry’s leading relevance automation platform, powering growth for some of the world’s largest brands by distributing personally and contextually relevant advertising to their audiences. PowerLinks provides real-time creative automation to deliver always-on personalized messaging through dynamic and visually attractive ads. PowerLinks’ global marketplace spans the content web, allowing marketers to reach over a billion consumers and more than 400,000 sites and apps. PowerLinks’ real-time buying capabilities also enable marketers to continuously optimize the performance of their campaigns and drive growth across all major display and native ad suppliers, including Google, ShareThrough, TripleLift and more than 50 others.
Founded in 2013 by CEO Kevin Flood and COO Mike Harty, PowerLinks has offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Amsterdam. For more information, visit www.powerlinks.com.
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Investor Syndicate (Acquired - 4x return)
Jun 2013
Since 2007, we've been doing things differently here at Spark. We're the home move experts for tenants across the UK; working with letting agents, social landlords and homeowners, to provide hassle-free energy and property services.
Competitive prices, a range of utilities and a 'better than the Big Six*' service are at the heart of who we are - making us the natural choice for tenants and homeowners. Whether it's gas, electricity, broadband or SKY TV entertainment, we're here to make things easy and provide short or long-term packages that work for you.
We serve over 450,000 customer accounts - and we're growing fast. Today, we have a turnover of £200m+ and over 400 energy specialists based at our offices in the Scottish Borders. We've been recognised as one of the FT1000 Fastest Growing Companies in Europe and one of the London Stock Exchange Group's 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.
Why not get in touch and find out what we can do for you today?
*Based on our score as featured on https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.sparkenergy.co.uk compared to the Big Six energy suppliers (SSE, EDF Energy, Scottish Power, E.ON, npower and British Gas).
Investor Syndicate (Acquired - 16x return)
Jan 2013
The smart way to get away 💙
We are loveholidays: a fast-moving tech company revolutionising the way you search for holidays online.
We are building the future of online travel, reducing the friction between searching for a holiday and booking one.
We give users the ability to search by what they want to do not where they want to go and match them with the best deals on the market.
Our flexible search experience removes traditional constraints, enabling users to discover great holidays based on the criteria they choose; results can be filtered by star rating, facilities, TripAdvisor rating or even average temperature, shifting the focus from destination to experience.
We are a close-knit group and believe in a positive work-life balance, with bi-annual company events, regular team socials and much more.
Whatever your speciality, you will find an environment at loveholidays where talent is recognised and rewarded.
You can connect with us really easily with just your email address or social media profile at: careers.loveholidays.com
Investor Syndicate (Formerly Spark Energy - Acquired - 4x return)
Mar 2012
OVO Energy was founded in 2009 and redesigned the energy experience to be fair, effortless, green and simple for all customers.
OVO is on a mission through its sustainability strategy Plan Zero to tackle the most important issue of our time; the climate crisis, by bringing our customers with us on the journey towards zero carbon living. OVO Energy has committed to being a net zero carbon business and achieve bold science-based carbon reduction targets by 2035, while helping members reduce their household emissions at the same time.
Through OVO Foundation, our climate-focussed charity, were creating a greener, brighter future for the next generation by funding climate action and education projects for kids across the UK.
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2022
Founder
Jan 2022
InVance Capital is home to a community of prominent founders, business leaders and professionals investing in some of the worlds fastest growing companies alongside the best performing VC funds.
Unlike a fund, our investors own 100% of the equity invested in our portfolio companies and therefore benefit from the entire upside on exit.
Some companies recently funded:
YetiPay (FinTech) - Seed & Series A
Yavrio (FinTech) - Series A
Scan.com (HealthTech) - Series B
Homemove (PropTech) - Seed
Pentire Drinks (Consumer) - Seed
Freja (Consumer) - Seed
Honest Mobile (Telco) - Seed
2015
Investor Syndicate
Oct 2015
PowerLinks Media, Ltd. is the advertising industry’s leading relevance automation platform, powering growth for some of the world’s largest brands by distributing personally and contextually relevant advertising to their audiences. PowerLinks provides real-time creative automation to deliver always-on personalized messaging through dynamic and visually attractive ads. PowerLinks’ global marketplace spans the content web, allowing marketers to reach over a billion consumers and more than 400,000 sites and apps. PowerLinks’ real-time buying capabilities also enable marketers to continuously optimize the performance of their campaigns and drive growth across all major display and native ad suppliers, including Google, ShareThrough, TripleLift and more than 50 others.
Founded in 2013 by CEO Kevin Flood and COO Mike Harty, PowerLinks has offices in New York, London, Los Angeles and Amsterdam. For more information, visit www.powerlinks.com.
2014
Consultant
Mar 2014
M.C. Partners is an executive search firm that connects forward-thinking businesses and individuals. We’re based in London and New York.
Established in 2002, we have made thousands of successful introductions and cemented long-term relationships. Performance, creativity, reputation and behaviour are key criteria for success in our markets.
It is not enough just to introduce a candidate to a client. The interests of both are better served when we introduce opportunities to thrive, to grow, to change, to inspire, to create value, to make a difference.
www.mcpartners.co.uk
Contact email: info@mcpartners.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MCPartnersUK
Instagram: MC_Partners
2013
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Investor Syndicate (Acquired - 4x return)
Jun 2013
Since 2007, we've been doing things differently here at Spark. We're the home move experts for tenants across the UK; working with letting agents, social landlords and homeowners, to provide hassle-free energy and property services.
Competitive prices, a range of utilities and a 'better than the Big Six*' service are at the heart of who we are - making us the natural choice for tenants and homeowners. Whether it's gas, electricity, broadband or SKY TV entertainment, we're here to make things easy and provide short or long-term packages that work for you.
We serve over 450,000 customer accounts - and we're growing fast. Today, we have a turnover of £200m+ and over 400 energy specialists based at our offices in the Scottish Borders. We've been recognised as one of the FT1000 Fastest Growing Companies in Europe and one of the London Stock Exchange Group's 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.
Why not get in touch and find out what we can do for you today?
*Based on our score as featured on https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.sparkenergy.co.uk compared to the Big Six energy suppliers (SSE, EDF Energy, Scottish Power, E.ON, npower and British Gas).
Investor Syndicate (Acquired - 16x return)
Jan 2013
The smart way to get away 💙
We are loveholidays: a fast-moving tech company revolutionising the way you search for holidays online.
We are building the future of online travel, reducing the friction between searching for a holiday and booking one.
We give users the ability to search by what they want to do not where they want to go and match them with the best deals on the market.
Our flexible search experience removes traditional constraints, enabling users to discover great holidays based on the criteria they choose; results can be filtered by star rating, facilities, TripAdvisor rating or even average temperature, shifting the focus from destination to experience.
We are a close-knit group and believe in a positive work-life balance, with bi-annual company events, regular team socials and much more.
Whatever your speciality, you will find an environment at loveholidays where talent is recognised and rewarded.
You can connect with us really easily with just your email address or social media profile at: careers.loveholidays.com
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