by Kevin McKernan | Dec 30, 2014 |
Christian focuses on the strategic marketing, creative visualization, packaging, and promotion of Redbadge investments and initiatives. He partners closely with entrepreneurial teams to articulate and transform their respective brands message and assets in an effort to create a more iconic and sustainable brand. Christian has been intimately involved in the launch and re-launch of several early-stage companies such as Vitaminwater, Fire Island Beer Company, Mobi Munch, Be The Light New York by Petra Nemcova, Neely by VNB, Boast USA, Roberta Freymann & Roberta Roller Rabbit, Parasol Sun, and Jeremy Argyle. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, MO., Christian has a B.F.A. in graphic communications with minors in art history and business. He has worked for Kirshenbaum Bond and partners, McCann-Erickson, and WDDG. He has won multiple awards for creative excellence including the prestigious Webby Award and International Andy for his creative direction on...
by Kevin McKernan | Dec 30, 2014 |
Lori is responsible for a wide array of legal matters encompassing company formation, investment transaction to strategic exits. Lori is a leading practictioner in the venture capital and technology area. She has built a career of advising entrepreneurs and investors on how to build successful businesses and strategically guides them through the emerging, later stages and exits of their companies. Among the many successful New York startups she has counseled are Right Media Inc.m Perceptive Pixel and Mojiva. As a lawyer and mentor, Lori has intimate knowledge of the technology, media, mobile, energy, e-commerce and consumer industries. Lori is a frequent speaker and media resource on entrepreneurialism. She currently mentors 37 Angels and chairs the NYC Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum that organizes entrepreneurial opportunities for New York City high school girls. NYC start-up news blog, AlleyWatch, recently named Lori one of the “20 Awesome People in the New York Tech Scene You Need to Know About.” Lori attended New York University School of Law, where she received a JD and LLM in Taxation. She is the co-founder of IMG Labs, a new innovation incubator and a co-founder of a mobile advertising company called Mojiva...
by Kevin McKernan | Dec 30, 2014 |
Jeff is an active venture investor, operating professional and strategic adviser. Jeff has been a venture investor for ten years, an angel investor for four years, and an operating executive for 18 years. Jeff presently serves as Chairman of the Evaluation Committee of the ARC Angel Fund and is Co-Director of the Reitler Advisory Group – which provides mentoring and advisory services to early stage companies. Jeff also served as Chairman of Servicechannel.com until its acquisition by Bayard Capital in July 2014. He is a frequent panelist, speaker and judge on venture investing and pitch competitions in NY. Prior to his work with Angel and Seed groups, Jeff was a Co-founder and Partner of Odeon Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital fund. Prior to Odeon, Jeff was an operating executive at CA, Inc., and Cheyenne Software, Inc., where he served as GM of the Unix Division, VP of Corporate Development, VP of Corporate Marketing and Director of Product...
by Kevin McKernan | Dec 30, 2014 |
Janny evaluates direct capital investments and is responsible for the development and execution of current projects. She works closely with the development of Redbadge’s portfolio of companies and brings a passion for growing companies while providing strategic advice to entrepreneurs. In addition, she spearheads Redbadge’s growth efforts and is responsible for strengthening relationships across the financial and entrepreneurial communities. In 2015, Janny co-founded Redbadge’s first regional office in Seoul, Korea. Janny has a unique multi-disciplinary expertise to build successful platforms with combined investment banking, operating and entrepreneurial experiences. She has been directly involved in the origination and execution of several billion dollars worth of domestic and cross-border financing and strategic M&A transactions across the media, technology, and communications industries. Previously, she was with Redwood Capital Group, Primedia, Inc. (a former Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. portfolio company), Banc of America Securities LLC (formerly Montgomery Securities) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. She was a founding member of a financial software company that was funded by Goldman Sachs Ventures. Janny is a graduate of Cornell University. She is also an Executive Council Member and Strategic Advisor to Digital Entertainment Ventures, and Senior Advisor to Atwood Capital...
by Kevin McKernan | Dec 30, 2014 |
Bob has been an entrepreneur and active investor of dynamic businesses across a wide range of industries for over 30 years. He has contributed to the rise of multiple successful companies and established Redbadge as a result of his passion for developing and growing innovative brands. Bob’s founded his first business in college, along with his brother Chris – Eagle’s Eye, a manufacturer and retailer of women’s and children’s sportswear. Within a decade’s time, the company expanded a national distribution footprint which included more than 50 of its own retail stores. Eagle’s Eye was acquired by Swire Group where for the next ten years, the company grew to over $100 million in sales. After the sale of Eagle’s Eye, Bob continued to become a significant participant in the entrepreneurial community having launched and invested in several companies and funds. Notable investments have included companies such as Jawbone, Color Kinetics (acquired by Philips for $791 million), Voss Water, Cosi, Perimeter, Eastern Alliance Insurance and Next Jump. Bob was also a founding investor for Internet Capital Group—a business-to-business Internet holding company that had a multi-billion dollar market capitalization at its height, a founder and director of Continuum Group—a technology and telecommunications infrastructure fund, and early founding investor of Guggenheim Partners—a NYC-based global advisory and investment firm. In addition, among his many real estate endeavors, Bob was a Managing Partner in El Porteño Properties which focused on real estate developments in Argentina. Bob teamed up with architect Philippe Stark and hotelier Alan Faena to develop the Faena Hotel + Universe, with its first project in Buenos Aires being in excess of $50...
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