John Kenny
Investment Professional/ Business Analyst
London, England
Invests in
Stages:
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- TW
- UC
- TC
- CW
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Investments
Work Experience
2021
Strategic Advisor
2021
Consulting to a number of startups on strategy and fundraising.
Investment Advisor
2022
Badgerhill is a Search Fund investor.
2018 - 2018
Advisor - Companion Fund
2018 - 2018
www.companionfund.com Companion Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Digitalis Ventures and focused solely on the petcare space. It is compelled by the growing number of pets worldwide that are truly becoming members of our families and inspired by technologies that have improved our human lives immensely in recent years. Assisted in the establishment of Companion Fund, providing continuity for Mars and the Digitalis investment team during the initial launch period. Assessed investment dealflow potential, particularly in Europe. Evaluated existing tech disruption opportunities in order to inform portfolio construction strategy for the fund.
2017 - 2018
Venture Consultant - Companion Fund
2017 - 2018
Advised Mars Petcare (Connected Solutions) on venture strategy and the creation of a venture capital fund: Companion Fund. Designed a structure that would optimise both fund performance and the delivery of strategic value in order to deliver the greatest value to groundbreaking entrepreneurs in the petcare ecosystem. Received approval for a $100m fund commitment and recruited the most suitable VC fund manager to invest the fund.
2008 - 2017
Principal
2008 - 2017
Delta is an early-stage venture capital investor focusing primarily in tech in Ireland & the UK. At Delta I built a portfolio of startup investments in B2B Saas, eCommerce and EdTech, backing excellent teams with modest beginnings and grand plans. I advised on everything from fundraising and organisational structure to product development and market strategy.
2015 - 2017
Investor/Board Director
2015 - 2017
MotoBUYkers is a european ecommerce site offering motorbike enthusiasts the best experience when purchasing everything they need for their biking life. The company also created WeRide, a mobile app to connect the most passionate riders together (werideapp.com). Acquired by Pierce Group 2018.
2014 - 2017
Investor/ Board Director
2014 - 2017
Incereb is developing a pipeline of paediatric, neonatal and fetal sensors for EEG monitoring which can be applied in minutes, with minimal training.
2012 - 2017
Investor/Board Observer
2012 - 2017
KantanMT offers cloud-based machine translation services to enterprises with large content translation requirements or their service providers (Language Service Providers). The platform allows the user to translate bulk language files at a fraction of the time, cost and up-front investment of what it currently costs.
2012 - 2017
Investor/Board Observer
2012 - 2017
Bring personalised learning to students & teachers both inside and outside the classroom. Acquired by Follett 2018.
2012 - 2017
Investor/Board Director
2012 - 2017
StitcherAds (formerly Betapond) is the first SaaS social ads management platform designed explicitly for ecommerce & travel, employing direct response tactics to retarget customers.