Investing in Korean Startups

Details: Thursday, March 05 , 2015 | 12:00 PM

About the Speaker Title: Investing in Korean Startups
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Event Link: Alan McGlade is Managing Director of Digital Entertainment Ventures, LLC (DEV), a venture fund that focuses on high growth, early stage companies that are building next generation digital services and applications. DEV recently established DEV Korea which invests in and brings top Korean tech companies to the U.S. for an intensive acceleration program. Mr. McGlade is also a Co-Founder of Miami-based Funding Wonder, an online lending marketplace that matches small businesses seeking loans with private investors. He currently serves on the Boards of Human Demand, a mobile advertising company, and Signal360 a location-based communications platform, and is an advisor to several technology companies. Mr. McGlade has over two decades of experience in taking companies from early conceptual stage to significant market player in digital media. Previously Mr. McGlade was the Chief Executive of MediaNet. The Company was formed with three of the major record companies combining as the majority owner, to respond to the sudden explosion in music downloading. MediaNet powered music and media delivery in five territories in the US and Europe for many of the best known names in the business including AOL, Yahoo, HMV, Virgin, Samsung, Tesco, MTV, Microsoft's Zune and Google. Prior to running MediaNet, Mr. McGlade worked at MTV Networks after selling them the interactive music video channel, Video Jukebox Network (The Box), where he was the CEO for five years. He also served as president of StarNet, which provided targeted cable marketing using a national satellite delivery system tied to smart devices at cable systems and was the founder and president of Adlink, the largest cable advertising interconnect in the US. Mr. McGlade has published commentaries in major news publication and is a regular contributor to Forbes.
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Alan McGlade, Managing Director of DEV (Digital Entertainment Ventures) and Co-CEO of DEV Korea, discusses investment opportunities in Korean startups and suggests ways to build collaborative bridges between New York and Seoul through DEV’s new fund.

Investing in Korean Startups

with

Alan McGlade, Managing Director of DEV (Digital Entertainment Ventures) and Co-CEO of DEV Korea

In conversation with Nikita Desai, Director of Policy and Corporate programs, The Korea Society

Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 12 PM

11:30 AM | Registration & Light Fare

12:00 PM | Discussion

$10 Members | $20 Guests

~Explorer/YPN and above attend this program for FREE with Registration~

If you have any questions, please contact Nikita Desai or (212) 759-7525, ext. 355.

Of Interest:

Startups on the Menu as Venture Capitalists Go Shopping in Seoul