Co-founder & CEO of Civic.com
San Francisco Bay Area
Multicoin Capital
General Partner
Austin, Texas
YPO
Member
NorCal
The Bitcoin Foundation
Board Member
December 2015 to October 2019
Shark Tank South Africa
Shark
October 2016 to December 2016
Civic Technologies
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Palo Alto, California
First Data Corporation
SVP Product Development
August 2014 to December 2015
Mountain View, California
Rodan + Fields Dermatologists
Advisory Board Member
January 2012 to August 2014
San Francisco Bay Area
The Silicon Cape Initiative
Co-founder & Board Member
October 2009 to December 2010
Cape Town
Dimension Data
Business Analyst
February 2001 to October 2001
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Newtown Partners
Co-founder & Limited Partner
Cape Town Area, South Africa
Gyft
Co-founder & CEO
January 2012 to December 2015
San Francisco Bay Area
Catch.com
Advisory Board Member
November 2012 to July 2013
San Francisco Bay Area
Yola
Founder & CEO
March 2007 to December 2011
San Francisco Bay Area
incuBeta
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
June 2003 to June 2007
Cape Town Area, South Africa
Clicks2Customers (acquired by Interface - 2012)
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
June 2003 to June 2007
Cape Town Area, South Africa
Osiris Trading
SEM Manager
November 2001 to June 2003
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Commerce One
Business Analyst
October 2000 to February 2001
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Hudson Park High School
Matriculant, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
1992 to 1996
University of Cape Town (UCT)
B.Com, Information Systems, Did not complete
1997 to 1999
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
2017 to 2017
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Honours, E-Commerce, Cum Laude
2001 to 2001
What company does Vinny Lingham work for?
Vinny Lingham works for Multicoin Capital
What is Vinny Lingham's role at Multicoin Capital?
Vinny Lingham is General Partner
What industry does Vinny Lingham work in?
Vinny Lingham works in the Internet industry.
Who are Vinny Lingham's colleagues?
Vinny Lingham's colleagues are Jonathan Smith, Zeleika Raboy, Krisan Nichani, Zachary Bush, Vino Pyata, and Simran Bentel
📖 Summary
General Partner @ Multicoin Capital Austin, TexasMember @ YPO NorCalBoard Member @ The Bitcoin Foundation From December 2015 to October 2019 (3 years 11 months) Shark @ Shark Tank South Africa From October 2016 to December 2016 (3 months) Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Civic Technologies Blockchain based identity management Palo Alto, CaliforniaSVP Product Development @ First Data Corporation Continuing responsibility as CEO of Gyft, inc - which was acquired by First Data in August 2014. From August 2014 to December 2015 (1 year 5 months) Mountain View, CaliforniaAdvisory Board Member @ Rodan + Fields Dermatologists Board Advisory role - focused on strategic technology implementation From January 2012 to August 2014 (2 years 8 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-founder & Board Member @ The Silicon Cape Initiative Co-founded the Silicon Cape Initiative along with Justin Stanford From October 2009 to December 2010 (1 year 3 months) Cape TownBusiness Analyst @ Dimension Data Performed General Business Analysis work for Didata's subsidiary, Miraculum who were an Oracle Software ASP. From February 2001 to October 2001 (9 months) Johannesburg Area, South AfricaCo-founder & Limited Partner @ Newtown Partners Newtown Partners is a Cape Town based seed investment fund that focuses on early stage technology startups in South Africa along with Token & ICO advisory services. Cape Town Area, South AfricaCo-founder & CEO @ Gyft Digital Gift Card platform backed by Google Ventures, Agrade Investments & Karlin Ventures. Acquired by First Data Corporation in August 2014. From January 2012 to December 2015 (4 years) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisory Board Member @ Catch.com Advisor to the co-founders & CEO. Company acquired by Apple (2013). From November 2012 to July 2013 (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder & CEO @ Yola Founder & CEO of Yola (previously named SynthaSite). Raised multiple rounds of funding from investors, from early stage/seed/angel to Series A & Series B (total of +$30M raised). Overall responsibility for the operations and success of the company and leads the Business Development & Marketing functions of the company. From March 2007 to December 2011 (4 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder & Chief Executive Officer @ incuBeta Founder & CEO for an Online Marketing & Technology Company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, London and Los Angeles. From June 2003 to June 2007 (4 years 1 month) Cape Town Area, South AfricaFounder & Chief Executive Officer @ Clicks2Customers (acquired by Interface - 2012) Clicks2Customers is a performance marketing provider in the Paid Search marketing arena. With a keyword portfolio of over 30m keywords, we are able to drive massive amounts of traffic for our merchant partners. We drive in excess of $100m in annual sales for our partners through paid search engines.[Acquired by Interface Holdings - 2012) From June 2003 to June 2007 (4 years 1 month) Cape Town Area, South AfricaSEM Manager @ Osiris Trading Ran the entire Pay Per Click marketing department for Slickstreet Marketing's agent's Osiris Trading. Managed massive PPC budgets on Google, Yahoo, Overture, Findwhat & all the major PPC engines. From November 2001 to June 2003 (1 year 8 months) Johannesburg Area, South AfricaBusiness Analyst @ Commerce One Created Business Plans & Strategy surrounding the launch of the local (South Africa) online auction (B2B) business unit. From October 2000 to February 2001 (5 months) Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Thinking (T), Judging (J)
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