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The preeminent global venture development group for the media and technology industries, employing a proprietary framework of global partnerships, connecting capital and people advancing opportunities in modern media.

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Our economy has for the better part of recent decades seen an evolution of media like never before. Technology led to publishing with the printing press, photography thanks to the camera, and music flourished with the invention of instruments and then the record player, radio, and compact disc.

As the twentieth century wound to a close, we witnessed the impact of computer, software, internet, and smart phone; our experience with media is forever changed and we believe in that future seeing gaming, VR and immersive video, augmented reality, adtech, streaming, and more, changing not just entertainment but every facet of our lives.

MediaTech Ventures works at the heart of the entire industry. We work in support of artists, developers, producers, entrepreneurs, an

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From Fleming to Fukunaga, the bond of Books to Films https://t.co/679nGe7xX0

Colombia Takes the Lead In Global Media Impact https://t.co/gJ9tz95arS

Does Facebook Matter to Musicians? https://t.co/XBDMs42wYB

The “Live Music Capital of the World” is silent https://t.co/suYMMzrIi1

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Samantha Lewis, Principal at Mercury Fund, Elisa Sepulveda, EIR with MATH Venture Partners, Christy Cardenas, Managing Partner of Grit Ventures, the cofounder of LOUD Capital, Navin Goyal, M.D., and Kelli N. Jones, a General Partner at Sixty8 Capital, join MediaTech Ventures' Paul O'Brien at SXSW 2022.

In the first-of-its-kind discussion, explore how and why the center corridor of the United States is emerging at the country's epicenter of innovation, particularly as the ecosystems of New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles, see people migrating new opportunities and the culture and economies of the middle of the U.S.

Venture capital and the work of VCs and other investors throughout cities such as Houston, Austin, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus, as witnessing innovation flourish in sectors already dominant herein more than on the coasts, among them: logistics, defense and cybersecurity, media, transportation, agriculture, energy, CPG, retail and commerce, music, healthcare, government, and education.

Produced in collaboration with Midwest House, through Funded House, and by Streamlined Media, tune in and to learn more about MediaTech Ventures or get involved with SXSW, visit https://mediatech.ventures

HATE commercials? Even the funny ones?

THIS is the REAL reason 👇🏽

When you get annoyed by an ad, the real yuck-factor is often not the ad itself:

It's the IRRELEVANCE to you personally.
99% of us are not in the market right now for, say, a mattress.

Therefore, 99% of the mass-market ads you see on a daily basis are a waste of your time.

I had a chance to get all passionate and fired up about this with the incredible Mellonie Francis

That, Internet ads, on the other hand, are incredibly effective 🎯 At least, they were, until...

Tracking your interests and even your personality, search and social platforms can serve the #ads that are relevant to your needs and content preferences.

👇🏽
Targeted ads WORK - and we've known it for 30-years!

Google has proven it. Yahoo proved it before Google. Hell, AOL proved it before Yahoo.

But all this pressure about privacy and tracking is making it harder for marketers to be effective and for the ads you see to be valuable to you.

Harnessing the power of online ads has never been more affordable or less risky, but it takes know-how

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Get to know what Mellonie is doing through Are You B2B and keep in touch with our work in MediaTech Ventures

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Interested in the MediaTech Ventures Incubator program? Have questions? We're here to answer them!

We will be hosting a #live info session with our program coordinators this upcoming Friday at 1:30 PM Central.

Shoot us a message or tap the link in the bio to register!

It was such a thrill to catch #VC interest in #Music and #MusicTech!

Wallifornia put Gérôme Vanherf on stage with Stephen O'Reilly, Naoki Osada, Darryl Ballantyne, and Alex Chalmers, as we wrapped up our time in Liege, Belgium at La Grand Poste

Engaging fans in music, a fantastic #Wallifornia talk distinguishing how to segment and engage super fans.

Thank you to Trista NewYear Yeager and @rps.pr, Thomas Koch with @patreon, Frank Østeovld from @musicnorway, and Jacquelle Amankonah Horgan of Fave!

@walliforniamusictech #musictech

We really enjoyed Ion Houston Accelerator Hub Demo day and all the founders that presented last night.

MATH Ventures at @2112chi talking about the journey of acquisition.

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Wallifornia really knocked it out of the park on programming.  Incredible panels and experienced, innovative speakers. 

Matthias Strobel with MusicTech Germany, Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt from IMMF, and Stephan Plank with wonderful perspective and advice about innovation at La Grand Poste

Engaging fans in music, a fantastic #Wallifornia talk distinguishing how to segment and engage super fans. 

Trista NewYear Yeager and 
Rock Paper Scissors , Thomas Koch with Patreon , Frank Østevold  from Music Norway , and Jacquelle Amankonah Horton of Fave. #MusicTech Wallifornia.  At La Grand Poste in Liege ❤️

Hello from Wallifornia MusicTech! ❤️
In spirit with Ted Cohen and Paul O'Brien ,  John Zozzaro on stage, so to speak, with Gérôme Vanherf celebrating our work together with startups

Next week, Ted Cohen and Paul O'Brien, along with MediaTech Ventures Advisor, Arabian Prince NWA, join the world's community of MusicTech professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, and investors, as #Liege #Belgium hosts Wallifornia at La Grand Poste 💕🎵 

Paul is hosting, a special session and open mic discussion with Ted: “Developing your community in the Music Industry.”  Arabian Prince joins a discussion of “Artist’s Vision on Innovation” with Sudha Kheterpal of The Pitch Coach, Sarasara from the University of the West of England, Singer / Songwriter Tété, and Tom Barman, founding member of fame group dEUS.   Ted Cohen joins Loïc De Visscher of RTBF, Iniz Becker and Jean Rovarino with Radio France, Zack Zalon of Super Hi-Fi, and Clélia Twagirayesu of VRT Innovation for “The Future of Radio & Digital Music”

We wanted to dig a little deeper and get to know Coralie Doyen, Yvan Boudillet, Sudha Kheterpal, Gérôme Vanherf, and Xavier Péters, who put together and help produce #Wallifornia

For all this and more, check it out: 


#connecTed live now w/ Gary Shapiro! 🔥

Funded House

👉Humble Brag + Long Post + Opportunity Alert!

I've been quiet lately across social channels about my work with MediaTech Ventures, although I certainly haven’t slacked on People for Liberty updates (lol) This is largely due to the massive amount of work we've been doing behind the scenes and I just wanted to take a moment to share how grateful I am to work along side such talented and passionate individuals.

When SXSW cancelled last year, like many of our friends and colleagues the #MediaTech team was devastated and didn't know what to do. They had spent the last 6 months planning the Funded House event and preparing for what was going to be an incredible launch pad for us and our friends in the community. 

Instead of focusing on what was lost last March, they set their sights on people that needed help and, with a group of incredible people outside of our organization, doubled down to build Rally Austin in a couple days to help those in need. They managed to help host multiple events, raise awareness, find resources, and bring attention to what mattered - our community. 

It wasn't until June/July until we as a company had a chance to reset and realign on 2020 priorities and game plan.. If you've ever owned/operated a company, replanning your year half way through after a massive loss in Q1 + Q2 is probably one of the most stressful things to do, ugh! 

Regardless... We pushed forward. With a new plan to finish the year strong. 🚀

Doubling down and moving everything digital, we crushed the rest of the year...

- Our top revenue earning year to date 📈
- Growth of over 180%  🔥
- Brought on new team members (me!) 🙋🏻‍♀️
- Launched and graduated the 3rd Collective Cohort 🤘
- Launched our community platform at https://mediatech.ventures (Join up & make your profile!) 

Realizing the world needed to continue connecting startup communities globally, we ended up partnering with PROCOLOMBIA in the fall and hosted the very first "International Incubator" cohort, helping international organizations learn, connect, and expand in the US market. 

We're now providing programs for #Colombia, Italian Trade Agency - Chicago, #Korea, and in talks with many other countries.

ALL OF THIS TO SAY - We are honored and humbled to show the world this evening 12 incredible startups from KOREA. We've partnered with Bisang Global + #KOTRA to shine a light on the incredible innovation happening in Korea. 

We've been coaching and mentoring these startups the past few days. HUGE thank you to the mentors for spending time with the startups. Some great screenshots of y’all in the photos!

Tonight we’ll host a conversation on Venture Capital in Korea with Panelists + Judges, Michael Falcon: Partner at LG Technology Ventures, Diana Swenton: Ventures at Dell Technologies Capital, and Elijah Kim: Partner LVLON Ventures.

📣 If you're interested in networking with startups, capital, and corporate professionals from around the globe tonight (DM ME) for details, we're keeping the room intimate with the right folks. 📣

Otherwise join us in watching the event being live streamed below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MediaTechVentures/posts/117416583731245?notif_id=1615391091828587&notif_t=live_video_schedule_broadcaster&ref=notif
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6775441301556084736
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loczF9H_Bbc

I couldn't be more proud to be a part of the team and culture at MediaTech. 

I've learned so much this last year like many people have, but one things for certain... Surrounding yourself with business partners that are as passionate about the problem(s) you're solving is probably the most important, because at any moment everything could change, and when the cards are stacked against you, it's the passion and dedication of the team that will overcome any obstacle. Thank you to the entire MediaTech Ventures family.  

We thank all of you for your continued support in our ambitious goal of reinventing the media industry, we won't let you down. ❤

🔥 Humble Brag + Long Post Alert 🔥 

I've been quiet lately across social channels, this is largely due to the massive amount of work we've been doing behind the scenes at MediaTech Ventures, and how fortunate I am to work along side such talented and passionate individuals.

When SXSW cancelled last year, like many of our friends and colleagues we were devastated and didn't know what to do. We had spent the last 6 months up to the Funded House event planning and preparing for what was going to be an incredible launch pad for us and our friends in the community. 

Instead of focusing on what was lost, we set our sites on a community that needed help and with a group of incredible people (I apologize if I leave anyone out, please tag yourself!) Jason Jepson, Elijah May, Tamara Deike, Marc Nathan, Marc McCann, Monica Paredes, Paul O'Brien, Kristie Whites, Ted Cohen, Allan Rayson, Frank Barbella, Nick Huggins, Timothy Wolf Starr, Kristen Carson, Jessica Miller-Merrell, Chris Fonda, and many more! 

This group doubled down to build Rally Austin in a couple days to help those in need, and we managed to help host multiple events, raise awareness, find resources, and bring attention to what mattered, our community. 

It wasn't until June/July until we as a company needed to reset and realign on 2020 priorities and game plan.. If you've ever owned/operated a company, replanning your year half way through after a massive loss in Q1 + Q2 is probably one of the most stressful things to do... 

Regardless... We pushed forward. With a new plan to finish the year strong. 🚀

Doubling down and moving everything digital, we crushed the rest of the year...

- Our top revenue earning year to date 📈
- Growth of over 180%  🔥
- Brought on new team members 🙋‍♀️
- Launched and graduated our 3rd Collective Cohort 🤘
- Launched our community platform at https://mediatech.ventures (make your profile!) 

Realizing the world needed to continue connecting startup communities globally, we ended up partnering with PROCOLOMBIA in the fall and hosted the very first "International Incubator" cohort, helping international organizations learn, connect, and expand in the US market. 

We're now providing programs for #Colombia, Italian Trade Agency - Chicago, #Korea, and in talks with many other countries.

ALL OF THIS TO SAY - We are honored and humbled to show the world this evening 12 incredible startups from KOREA. We've partnered with Bisang Global + #KOTRA to shine a light on the incredible innovation happening in Korea. 

We've been coaching and mentoring these startups the past few days. HUGE thank you to the mentors for spending time with the startups. Mike Millard, Elijah May, Kristie Whites, Brian Hammer, and Marlon Montgomery, Paul O'Brien.

We've lined up some rockstar judges for the pitch portion, Chris Howard from The Rattle, Jeanna Liu from CDX Advisors, Ted Cohen from MediaTech Ventures, Joseph Daniels from McCarter & English, LLP,

With a conversation on Venture Capital in Korea with Panelists + Judges, Michael Falcon: Partner at LG Technology Ventures, Diana Swenton: Ventures at Dell Technologies Capital, and Elijah Kim: Partner LVLON Ventures.

📣 If you're interested in networking with startups, capital, and corporate professionals from around the globe tonight (PM ME) for details, we're keeping the room intimate with the right folks. 📣

Huge shout out to Jacob WP Ramey and the Platinum TDM team for helping making this event happen, and the incredible work they did for The Veterans Lounge. 

Otherwise join us in watching the event being live streamed below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MediaTechVentures/posts/117416583731245?notif_id=1615391091828587&notif_t=live_video_schedule_broadcaster&ref=notif
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6775441301556084736
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loczF9H_Bbc

I couldn't be more proud of our team and culture at MediaTech. 

I've learned so much this last year like many people have, but one things for certain... Surrounding yourself with business partners that are as passionate about the problem(s) you're solving is probably the most important, because at any moment everything could change, and when the cards are stacked against you, it's the passion and dedication of the team that will overcome any obstacle. Thank you to the entire MediaTech Ventures family.  

We thank all of you for your continued support in our ambitious goal of reinventing the media industry, we won't let you down. ❤

2 years ago at #SXSW. #teamsuperworld🌎❤️

It was nice to share what we are working on at SuperWorld with John Zozzaro from MediaTech Ventures and with Gavin Gillas from Yeaoman’s Growth Capital at SXSW Funded House. Thank you!

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Excited for MediaTech Ventures' first ever live podcast episode streaming today. 

Make sure you tune in for what's going to be a fantastic conversation this afternoon. Details below!

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Gratitude to our community, to you, to our supporters, advisors, and partners.  Thanks for following us on LinkedIn.   2112 Creative Industries Incubator, we took this as a sign (when you see it)

📣 Don’t miss your chance to pitch our CEO and VC “shark” Paul O'Brien at InnMind’s #mediatech and #musictech session. Applications are still open. Apply now!! 

# #innovation #entrepreneur #pitch #start #startup

Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the George W. Bush Institute is an action-oriented, nonpartisan, policy organization developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today’s most pressing challenges.

And it's organizations such as that, that make us proud to be doing work we're doing, for entrepreneurs and innovators, addressing the challenges in media; knowing that so many great organizations endeavor toward similar goals.

What makes us even more proud? Their announcement this week of the 2021 class selected to participate in the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at individuals serving our nation's veterans. The men and women in the inaugural class - both veterans and non-veterans - will work alongside Col. Matthew Amidon, Lindsey Knutson, Kacie Kelly, Amy Bernard, and 
Brooke Dority to increase the impact and skills of those who serve our Nation's veterans.

Among them, MediaTech Ventures' Lauren M. Postler, MSSW, noted in particular for her work to develop Bunker Labs' Veterans-in Residence Partner, Military Connected Capital.

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With the market bouncing back after COVID-19, SPACs are on the rise. Not sure what a SPAC is? We’ve got you covered: 

🔵 Special

🔵 Purpose

🔵 Acquisition 

🔵 Company

According to The New York Times, the ‘new celebrity flex’ is the SPAC. Within the last 15 months the market saw over 500 SPACs totaling 178 Billion USD 👀 💸 💰

Are SPACs really the hottest new trend or rather a controversial issue? More importantly can they help artists invest in startups? Learn more about SPACs and decide for yourself 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGJF_wg

#SPAC #Mediatech #Venturecapital #startups #technology #innovation #capital

Friends part of the InnMind community in Europe (Switzerland, Barcelona, Bucharest, and Moscow), Paul O'Brien joins Oskar Stachowiak from the Untitled Ventures and March15 Group's Martin Wolfram Steininger, for a MediaTech & MusicTech VC Shark Tank

June 10th.  Participation is curated by InnMind member startups so take a look at what that entails
* Access to VCs & CVCs
* Preliminary match-making
* Investors' feedback & questions
* New connections & global experience

With MediaTech Ventures' startup programs developing in Europe, it's an honor to help them, help us, and to work together to serve Music & MediaTech in Europe 

More info and Register: https://lnkd.in/g_CiiPZ