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Michael Barrell

Founder of several businesses including Juliet Media, MBR Partners, Digital Asset Week, and investor in some great businesses leading the way in digital transformation.

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated November 2026💼 2 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member and Investor
Nov 2018
Railay.Exe is a software development partner for international companies; from established market leaders to exciting new startups. We offer a full range of services, from developing complex software solutions to helping clients build extended teams or open a dedicated office in Vietnam. We help our partners tap into the South East Asian software development talent pool and assemble a dream team of software engineers, Scrum Masters, and QA specialists. After 10 years on the market, we offer plenty of experience in building complex solutions, assembling winning teams, unrivalled access to the talent pool and in-depth knowledge of the software development space in South East Asia.
Board Member and Investor
Oct 2017
Tokeny provides a compliance infrastructure for companies and financial institutions to compliantly issue, transfer and manage securities using blockchain technology, enabling them to improve asset liquidity. Tokeny is the leader in its field and was named Blockchain 50 by CB Insights. They are backed by the Euronext Group, Inveniam, Apex Group, and K20 Fund.
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2020
Principle Partner
May 2020
Cofounder Venture Studios enables founders to turn great ideas into great businesses. The foundation for this is a model that has enabled some amazing Venture Partners to find a home for there projects as well a having an option for first-hand involvement in Cofounder Venture Studios portfolio companies.
2018
Board Member and Investor
Nov 2018
Railay.Exe is a software development partner for international companies; from established market leaders to exciting new startups. We offer a full range of services, from developing complex software solutions to helping clients build extended teams or open a dedicated office in Vietnam. We help our partners tap into the South East Asian software development talent pool and assemble a dream team of software engineers, Scrum Masters, and QA specialists. After 10 years on the market, we offer plenty of experience in building complex solutions, assembling winning teams, unrivalled access to the talent pool and in-depth knowledge of the software development space in South East Asia.
Founder
Jan 2018
Digital Assets Week is the only series that is bridging the gap between financial institutions, infrastructure providers and regulatory bodies in the efforts to make advancements in digitization and tokenization of all asset classes and institutionalizing crypto. Bringing the traditional funding and listing players together with the new digital exchange and platform opportunities. Exploring both listed securities and private tokenization of securities along with educating investors on the opportunities. A focus on the institutional adoption of digital assets, covering the full spectrum including the technology, crypto, and securities.
early stageEvents Services
2017
Board Member and Investor
Oct 2017
Tokeny provides a compliance infrastructure for companies and financial institutions to compliantly issue, transfer and manage securities using blockchain technology, enabling them to improve asset liquidity. Tokeny is the leader in its field and was named Blockchain 50 by CB Insights. They are backed by the Euronext Group, Inveniam, Apex Group, and K20 Fund.
2007
CEO and Founder
Jan 2007
Juliet Media works with B2B companies in the digital and communications sectors. On behalf of our clients, we fully leverage digital media, as well as providing a wide range of marketing and PR services to generate leads and nurture prospects and existing customers. Juliet strongly believes in the vertical integration of digital publishing and content creation, and we own and operate a leading publisher in our sector – Telcoprofessionals.com. Juliet is the leading creator of video-based content in its sector. Working with our clients and in partnership with leading industry associations and event producers, we create and distribute videos on a global basis. We also write thought leadership content that covers everything from CEO blogs to in-depth articles. Due to our specialisation and the team’s long history in the digital and communications sectors, we offer a very tailored and focused PR approach to our clients. Juliet provides its clients with everything from full marketing programmes, involving our complete range of services, to point solutions for companies ranging from household names to innovative startups.
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