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Keith Bonnici

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Tech and Media advisor; former Founder and CEO
La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States

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  • The Daily Beast
    Advisor to the CEO
    The Daily Beast
    Apr 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
  • Akuabit
    Investor
    Akuabit
    Apr 2021 - Current (5 years 4 months)
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    Founder
    Venturo Agency
    Jun 2023 - Apr 2024 (11 months)
  • A
    Investor
    ATHR Beauty
    Jun 2021 - Current (5 years 2 months)
  • B
    Investor
    Backstage Capital
    Mar 2021 - Current (5 years 5 months)
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    Part of the Team
    The Happy Broadcast
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 7 months)
    Part of a team working on this amazing project to promote positivity and develop products and services that aim to solve some of the most critical mental health and societal problems people face today.
  • Various
    Venture Consultant
    Various
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2024 (3 years 4 months)
    Worked with numerous general partners to launch and operate emerging venture capital firms. Assisted with all aspects of the fund through its formation and closing processes. Helped organize LP diligence processes and responses. Established deal memos and data rooms for LP review. Worked to advise GPs on deal selection, deal warehousing, and other aspects of the Venture Capital process.
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    Advisor
    MOJO Sports Inc
    Aug 2020 - Apr 2024 (3 years 9 months)
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    LP and Investment Committee Member (Austin Fund)
    Seraph Group
    Oct 2019 - Current (6 years 10 months)
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    Board Member
    La Canada Baseball Softball Association
    Sep 2019 - Jun 2023 (3 years 10 months)
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    President
    MERRY JANE MEDIA
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2019 (9 months)
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    Advisor
    MERRY JANE MEDIA
    May 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 9 months)
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    Investor/Advisor
    Intesa/PDVSA/SIPDCA
    Jun 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 2 months)
    Eco-Friendly coffee subscription service. Coffee with a conscience. Reducing our plastic footprint...one pod at a time.
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    Investor/Advisor
    Four Athletics LLC
    Feb 2017 - Current (9 years 6 months)
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    General Manager
    Nexstar Digital LLC
    Oct 2015 - Jun 2017 (1 year 9 months)
  • K
    Founder & CEO
    Kixer Inc
    Feb 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year 9 months)
    Co-Founded and built a leading mobile ad technology business that was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. (Ticker: NXST) in 2015.
  • Scopely
    Senior Vice President of Business Operations
    Scopely
    Jul 2013 - Feb 2014 (8 months)
    Member of the executive team and tasked with overseeing the business operations of the company, including managing its publishing, licensing, PR, user acquisition/distribution, legal and developer partnership divisions. Helped formulate corporate strategy and create execution plans thereon. Focused on managing towards defined results with a deep understanding of user acquisition and business development.
  • Evolve Media, LLC
    Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
    Evolve Media, LLC
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2013 (1 year 9 months)
    Evolve Media Corp. is the parent company of international advertising representation firm Gorilla Nation Media (gorillanation.com), female vertical publisher Totally Her Media (totallyhermedia.com), male vertical publisher Crave Online (Craveonlinemedia.com), social video and advertising unit SpringBoard Video (SpringBoardVideo.com) and content marketing platform Crowd Ignite (get.crowdignite.com). I served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Evolve, working as part of the executive team to develop company strategy and execute on initiatives that drive profitability and revenue growth. Additionally, I ran the company's mergers and acquisition efforts, having sourced, investigated, negotiated and completed the acquisitio
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    General Manager
    SpringBoard Video
    Jan 2011 - Jun 2013 (2 years 6 months)
    Serve as P&L owner and head of newly launched premium video advertising network. Functions include: - Management of Product Owner/Technology Team tasked with building upon the company's proprietary SpringBoard Video Technology Platform, which is an advertisement supported digital video player technology and video content management system that powers video on 180+ websites. - Management of business owner and team tasked with (i) building upon a base of premium publisher's whose advertisement inventory the SpringBoard sales team represents, (ii) establishing and improving upon a suite of video advertisement sales products that include pre-roll/interactive pre-roll, proprietary in-page video advertisement units, branded entertainment and
  • Evolve Media, LLC
    Vice President of Corporate Development
    Evolve Media, LLC
    Jan 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 10 months)
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    Director of Business and Legal Affairs
    Gorilla Nation Media
    Nov 2007 - Jun 2010 (2 years 8 months)
    • Help identify potential investment or acquisition targets and manage legal and financial diligence and term negotiation for Company investment and acquisition activity. • Draft, negotiate and manage deal documents for Company M&A activity. • Advise senior management and multiple Company departments on key legal and practical business issues relating to Company objectives. • Negotiate with tier 1 online publishers to establish agreements that document key strategic business relationships, secure content licenses and establish cross-platform synergies. • Participate in the identification of, and improvement of, Company processes to help maximize efficiency and increase profitability. • Participate in board meetings and manage
  • Latham & Watkins
    Attorney
    Latham & Watkins
    Oct 2005 - Nov 2007 (2 years 2 months)
    Advised clients on 1933 and 1934 Act compliance as well as general corporate and securities law matters; Counseled clients in connection with public stock-for-stock mergers, cash-for-stock mergers, asset sales/purchases and private company acquisitions; Performed day-to-day company representation of corporate affairs of public and private corporations; Negotiated and drafted term sheets, purchase agreements, underwriting agreements and other transaction documentation.
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    Attorney
    Sidley Austin Brown Wood
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 (1 year)
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  • University of California College of the Law San Francisco formerly UC Hastings
    JD, Law
    University of California College of the Law San Francisco formerly UC Hastings
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2005 (4 years)
    Magna Cum Laude
  • UC Santa Barbara
    BA, Economics
    UC Santa Barbara
    Jan 1997 - Dec 2001 (5 years)
    Magna Cum Laude
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    Sale of Kixer, Inc
    Oct 2015
    Founded and sold a mobile tech startup.
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    Sale of SheKnows, LLC (SheKnows.com)
    Dec 2012
    Sale of SheKnows.com and a portfolio of related women's digital assets to private equity group Great Hill Partners.
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    Acquisition of Portfolio of Women's Websites for Momtastic
    Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 (1 year)
    Acquisition of websites BabyAndBump.com, WholesomeBabyFood.com, WebEcoist.com and RealityTea.com in separate transactions to bolster Evolve's Momtastic.com parenting site and vertical.
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    Publishers…Exchange Traffic, but Not for Ad Revenue
    ClickZ
    May 2013
    A piece on the traffic exchange space.
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    The Native Ad Buzz: Seeing Through the Noise
    ClickZ
    Mar 2013
    To win in the native advertising space, brands need to work closely with their media partners to act as a publisher and produce effective content that drives audience reaction.
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    There is no king!
    ClickZ
    Sep 2012
    Producing good content in and of itself is not enough for publishers to experience success online. Publishers need to have solid content and combine that with a smart distribution strategy that gets their content read.
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    How to Choose an Online Video Platform
    ClickZ
    Jul 2012
    Choosing an online video platform can be daunting. This article helps web publishers know what to look for when evaluating online video platforms to use to power their online video publishing.
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