Panel Discussion
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Tuesday, April 27th
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4 pm CET/10 am EST
Recent headlines about large valuations and big funding rounds hide the fact that a huge number of venture-backed startups fail. 34% of startups fail because they lack a product-market fit whilst a further 22% do so because of little understanding of marketing strategies and how the media works.
To advertise their business, founders often rely on digital marketing, as an affordable and accessible medium. But most “Direct to Consumer” startups need to reach out further to get new customers.
Leveraging TV advertising requires an extensive amount of capital and knowledge of media, and it’s no secret that venture capitalists don’t like putting millions of euros into marketing avenues unless they’re absolutely sure it’s working.
As a result, a new financial model called “Media for Equity” has started gaining prominence among Western media and startups offering fast-growing companies access to advertising inventory in exchange for equity stakes or revenue share arrangements.
Whilst large TV stations in Western Europe such as ProSieben, Channel 4, Mediaset, and Media Funds such as German Media Pool have proven that the model works, "Media for Equity" still remains an untapped financial model in Eastern Europe.
Join senior media experts and founders to discuss the evolution of Media for Equity as a driver for revenue growth and diversification, the challenges to successful implementation, and the best practices to overcome them.
Online event
Grai Group
Vinay Solanki is currently Head of Channel 4's Commercial Growth Fund responsible for their “media for equity” investment activity on disruptive digital consumer businesses. Since joining in the Summer of 2015, Vinay has led 10 deals in total, including 6 equity investments in consumer businesses alongside Series A VCs (such as DN Capital, Mangrove Partners, Felix Capital, Octopus Ventures & Accel Partners, amongst others). He is a highly experienced strategic advisor in media, digital and consumer businesses with over 15 years’ experience. Prior to Channel 4, Vinay held either M&A, strategy and/or commercial business development positions at Getty Images, Liberty Global, Ingenious Media and Ernst & Young.
Dennis is Principal at Berlin based venture capital fund GMPVC, Europe’s leading independent media for equity VC funds. GMPVC invests in fast growing consumer start-ups, such as unicorn fashion shop ABOUT YOU and digital car insurance agency FRIDAY. Dennis holds an M.Sc. in Strategic Entrepreneurship from the Rotterdam School of Management and a Master of Finance from ESADE, Barcelona. As a co-founder of tech-conferences; Angel Island and PHX, he regularly brings together global start-ups and ecosystem innovators on a private island in Amsterdam.
Senior Business Leader with track of record in growth management. Practices in organisations with divers business models and revenue streams (consumer products, services, advertising). Field of expertise: business models development based on B2B partnerships and tailored cooperation mechanism. Currently is responsible for managing an acceleration program for startups and SMEs at Publicis Groupe, one of the largest communication groups in the world. Mentor and business advisor for young women entrepreneurs at Cherie Blair Foundation.
Volker Moser is a co-founding partner at Romania Insider, a market leader for English news about Romania with 3.6 m unique readers in 2020. He also leads City Compass Intercultural Consulting, which provides executive coaching and training services for expats in Romania covering leadership, business communication and etiquette, Romanian business mentality, cultural insights and team building across borders.
Tuesday, April 27th
4 pm CET/10 am EST
Media for Equity is an alternative business model where companies are trading equities to media conglomerates in exchange for advertising space. Simply put, it's an exchange of advertising for share in capital.
A Media for Equity deal involves the relocation of media resources to startups in return for equity. Instead of investing our cash, we invest media in return for equity in fast-going scalable consumer products. What the media groups do with the media for equity deals is to monetise media inventory that otherwise would have not been used or monetized in an efficient way.
Tuesday, April 27th
4 pm CET/10 am EST