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John Denny-Brown

John Denny-Brown

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Corp Dev | Strategy | Operator | Investor | Advisor
California, United States
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  • L
    Advisor
    Loyal VC
    Jan 2025 - Current (8 months)
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    Consultant
    Golden Gate Ventures
    Jan 2025 - Current (8 months)
  • Coda Payments
    Sr. Director, Head of Corporate Development
    Coda Payments
    Mar 2020 - Oct 2024 (4 years 8 months)
    Launched and led Corporate Development function, working directly with board and exco on strategic priorities. Coda.co (fka Coda Payments) provides cross-border payments & commerce solutions for gaming and leading mobile apps. Corp Dev highlights for closed/announced transactions include: *Acquisition of BAASH from developer CAPSL Entertainment Ltd in 2021 (computer vision-ML solution for mobile esports tournament automation) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coda-payments-acquires-mobile-esports-tournament-platform-baash-301400763.html *Coda's US$690 million minority stake sale, one of the largest fintech transactions in 2022 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leading-growth-investors-acquire-minority-stake-in-coda-payments-
  • GLG
    Business Development / Growth, West Coast Tech
    GLG
    Nov 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 2 months)
    Drove +120% revenue and +30% user growth by tailoring GTM for Corp Dev, Strategy, and Product teams in Silicon Valley GLG is the world’s leading expertise marketplace for diligence and market research. Originally developed for investors (400+ PE and VC clients) and leading consulting firms, today GLG also helps corporate clients access subject-matter experts, gain insights, and make better business decisions. https://glginsights.com/
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    Advisor
    Various Startups
    Jan 2016 - Current (9 years 8 months)
    Project work and sounding board for VCs, portcos, and founders, drawing on industry, functional, geo, and stage-specific expertise. Independent projects and others, e.g., Techstars Foundation and Techstars Startup Weekend: Small Town Advantage https://www.techstars.com/content/accelerators/techstars-startup-weekend-goes-small-town-small-town-tech-advantage/
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    Employee #2 / CFO
    BK Litec Inc
    Dec 2015 - Nov 2016 (1 year)
    BK Technology is an early-stage cleantech and IoT startup. Recruited by co-founders as first outside hire (non-technical 'business' focus). CFO, capital raise, strategy, business development. BK secured $1M+ pre-seed equity and grant funding. BK is leveraging its unique LED IP to take a new approach to IoT proliferation - creating new access points in both industrial and consumer spaces for security, media, and more. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional R&D resources in Seoul, Korea. BK is one of the portfolio companies at the Los Angeles cleantech incubator (LACI). As of mid-2018, LACI has helped 73 portfolio companies raise $184M in funding, $220M in revenue and create over 1,7
  • Bank of America
    Associate, Equity Research
    Bank of America
    Jul 2012 - Aug 2015 (3 years 2 months)
    Highlights include coverage of several IPOs and selection to BofAML's "best ideas"​ lists. Responsibilities included: (1) industry analysis, (2) relationship-building w/ CEO/CFO/IR, (3) building financial models, (4) determining valuation (e.g. DCF, comps), (5) publishing investment opinions, (6) communicating recommendations to S&T and institutional investors. Co-covered enterprise software (e.g. SAP, Dassault) and launched London office's coverage of online gaming (e.g. Paddy Power, Bwin, Betfair) and ecommerce/marketplace. #2 in charge on Equity Research team for Rocket Internet's IPO, largest German tech listing in 14 years: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2014/10/01/rocket-internet-prices-shares-at-top-of-range-for-largest-germa
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    Final role: GTM Strategy Manager
    Motorola Mobility a Lenovo Company
    Jan 2009 - Jul 2011 (2 years 7 months)
    Started my career at Motorola, the innovator that provided radio comms for Apollo 11, developed the Iridium satellite network (first truly global network), and launched the first commercial cell phone. Final role: GTM Strategy Manager, working closely with product and GTM leadership. Focus included (1) collaborate cross-functionally to build business cases for new products greenlight process (pre-launch go/no-go), and (2) evaluate performance (post-launch learnings). Influenced key decisions driving shipments, $ASP and margin during the lead-up to the $12.5bn acquisition by Google. Originally started in Finance Leadership Development program at Motorola Solutions, before spinoff of Motorola Mobility. Worked in 10 countries and across ev
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  • INSEAD
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    INSEAD
    Fontainebleau, France & Singapore
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    Bachelor of Science (B.S, Business Administration, French Minor
    Indiana University Kelley School of Business
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    French Studies
    Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen
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    Equity research investment opinion selected to BofAML's "best ideas"​ list: Q3’2015 Europe Top 10 stocks
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    May 2015
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    Equity research investment opinion selected to BofAML's "best ideas"​ list: Europe 1
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Mar 2015
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    Motorola certified Six Sigma® Green Belt
    Motorola
    Jan 2006
    As lead supply chain analyst for the mobile phone business, created new inventory analysis process saving time and increasing profitability ($4mn benefit to P&L).
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    ‘Just Eat Online Food Delivery: Turning a Lead Into Dominance’
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Jan 2015
    Published scenario analysis, non-consensus 22% valuation upgrade and highest price target on the Street for Just Eat. Stock price increased 37% in one month.
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    ‘Year of the Online Marketplace’
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Jan 2015
    Co-authored primer on e-commerce, including comparison of marketplace vs. e-retail business models. Focus on value drivers, steady state margin potential and industry landscape (ranging from key companies such as Uber and Airbnb to earlier stage startups).
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    ‘Online Gambling & Gaming: Growth vs. Regional Risk’
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Jan 2014
    Deep dive on the $30bn online gambling and gaming industry, including regulation risk by country, key products/mobile channel and company valuations.