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Paul Heydon

investment banker, digital media

Headline: Service Provider
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://www.avistapartners.com
Industries: Entertainment, Gaming, Internet, Media
Skills: Business, Entrepreneurship, Investment
Location: London
Interested in: Advising startups, Consulting opportunities, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups
Tags: audio, blogs, casual games, content development, distribution software, drm, media services, media technology, media tools, middleware, mmog, mobile community, mobile content, mobile entertainment, mobile games, mobile marketing, mobile music, mobile services, mobile video, Movies, music, mvno, online advertising, online community, online content, online entertainment, online marketing, online music, online retail, online services, online video, picture sharing, portals, ringtones, search, social networking, television shows, video games

FULL BIO

Paul covers the global digital media sector. Previously, he served as Managing Director at Unity Capital, a firm he founded in London in December 2004 advising on the Digital Media sector. Prior, Paul was the Head of Interactive Entertainment at Commerzbank Securities for about 4 years where he had global responsibility for the interactive entertainment sector. Prior to Commerzbank, Paul was on the media team at ING Barings for 2 years. Paul has helped media companies globally on transactions with a total value of over $1 billion. Paul has worked on a variety of transactions including cross-border M&A, IPO's, convertible bonds, private placements and strategic advisory with many digital media companies including: Unity Technologies, Infogrames, Ubisoft, Canon Europe, Criterion Software, Endemol, Teliasonera International Carrier, and Lionhead. Mr. Heydon earned both a MBA and a HBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Avista Partners
Position: Managing Director
Time period: June 2007 - Present
Description: Avista Partners is an independent investment banking firm focusing on the digital media and luxury & lifestyle industries. We bring deep sector expertise, global relationships, and world class transaction experience. Our global network is based on strong relationships with founders and senior management, as well as investors including venture capitalists, private equity firms, hedge funds, family offices and institutional investors.

Paul is Following (13)

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  • WeGame

    A service that allows gamers to record what they do in video games.

  • GameTube

    GameTube SAS is a French start-up founded by 2 ex-students from Institut National des Télécommunications (one of the leading school of engineering management in France) around social networking concepts for GAMERS

  • GotGame

    GotGame creates applications that enable gamers to access in-game social media

  • Chillingo

    Innovate, publish, play.

Paul's Contacts (8)

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  • Todd Smith

    Business Administration, Marketing graduate from California State University, Northridge. Currently working as Vice President, Direct Response Sales at Fox Interactive Media, Inc.

  • Volker Hirsch

    Volker is a Serial Entrepreneur and board-level Senior Executive with experience and strategic insight in digital media ecosystems. He is a Co-Founder of Blue Beck Ltd and a Strategy Advisor to Scoreloop AG.

  • Thomas Grota

    MSc from Cologne University, 7 years as VP/CTO at Pironet NDH AG, 7 months as Freelancer, 1 year as COO at Contentteam AG, 2.6 years as VP at Deutsche Telekom AG & Managing Consultant at Detecon Int'l, Presently at T-Venture Holding GmbH since Jul'09