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The Up Group Social Gaming Breakfast
26th April 2012
The Up Group hosted another breakfast together, this time for executives working within the casual gaming sector. Chairperson: David Gardner, General Partner at London Venture Partners, ex-EVP at Electronic Arts and ex-CEO of Atari. Companies: • Activision Blizzard
• Akamon Entertainment
• Apple
• Funcom
• Gamesys
• Hooplo Media
• Mediaplex
• Playfish
• SEGA
• Travian Games
• Weeworld Thanks to all who attended the lively and interesting discussion! 
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Michel Cassius joins The Up Group as COO
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Michel Cassius as COO. Michel joined The Up Group in March and brings with him deep digital/technology experience having founded and run several start-ups including being the CEO of Gekko.com and Co-Founder of YoYo Games. He has also worked for Microsoft, Apple and Electronic Arts, including running Xbox.com in Europe. Michel has been included three times in New Media Age’s top 50 “New Media Visionaries”. As The Up Group’s first COO, Michel will be focused on supporting the expansion of The Up Group and its network, working closely with CEO, Clare Johnston. Earlier this year we also welcomed Rob Swerling onto our Board, as Non Executive Director. He is currently COO of VC-backed growth company, Livebookings, and was previously the Head of Commerce Partnerships EMEA for Google.
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The Up Group Business Development Breakfast
15th March 2012
The Up Group hosted another breakfast together, this time for executives working within Business Development/Commercial functions. Chairperson: Christian Hernandez Gallardo, Director of Platform Partnerships, EMEA at Facebook Companies:
• The Economist
• LivingSocial
• Tribal Fusion
• Rightster
• PeerIndex
• Livebookings
• CNN International
• LG Electronics
• Livebookings
• Archant Thanks to all who attended the lively and interesting discussion!
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The Up Group Private Equity Breakfast Event
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
ThFollowing our highly successful series of events in 2011, The Up Group hosted its first breakfast event of 2012, in February, kicking off with a event for senior executives working in PE-backed businesses. Chairperson: Richard Segal, Chairman of Web Reservations International Companies:
• thetrainline
• Web Reservations International
• Rileys
• Bambi
• Travelex
• Ideal Shopping Direct
• William Hill
• Inspired Gaming
• ghd
• Fortuna Entertainment Group
• Principle Hayley Hotels Read a detailed account of the event on The Up Group Blog |
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An exclusive with… Per Besson, Business Development at casual gaming start-up, Happy Elements
Read the interview on The Up Group Blog
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An exclusive with… Aurore Belfrage, Co-Founder and International Sales Director, Wrapp
Read the interview on The Up Group Blog
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An exclusive with… Rob Deeming, Head of Strategic Projects at Gilt Groupe and Managing Director, Jetsetter UK
Read the interview on The Up Group Blog
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The Up Group Mobile Breakfast Event
Wednesday 23rd November 2011
The Up Group hosted another successful breakfast get-together; this time for for executives in the mobile sector. Attendees included:
Chairperson: Judy Gibbons – NED, Guardian Media Group (ex-Accel) Companies:
• Velti
• Trader Media Group
• Facebook
• Comscore
• Qype
• Mesaplexx
• Taptu
• Knomo
• AlertMe
• EchoEcho
• YuMe
• Mippin
• Touchnote
• Adfonic
• ChartsNow
• Mobile Monday
• Geocast
• WeeWorld
To view photos from the event click here
Read a detailed account of the event on The Up Group blog
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The Up Group CEO Breakfast Event
Wednesday 5th October 2011
The most recent Executive Breakfast for CEO/COOs was chaired by Simon Guild, Chairman of Bigpoint and included companies such as: • Just-Eat
• Viagogo
• Glasses Direct
• Astley Clarke
• EasyJet
• Lokku
• WeeWorld
• European Directories
• Bigpoint
• Dressipi
• Collect+
• Xbridge
• One Fine Stay
• Adzuna
• Madbid
• Covestor
• SecretSales
• Zopa
• Reevoo
• Housetrip To view photos from the event click here
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The Up Group is delighted to be the official company sponsor of Team Refuge
Team Refuge is a UK registered charity that covers the expense of the urgent life saving medical evacuation of refugee children and other vulnerable groups.
Read the full details on The Up Group Blog
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An exclusive with… Fredrik Holmén,
Co-founder and CTO, Keybroker
Keybroker works with some of the largest online retailers in Europe to drive more profitable online sales from online marketing.
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An exclusive with… Doug Monro and Andrew Hunter, Founders, Adzuna
Adzuna.co.uk is a search engine for classified ads enabling people to search for the right job locally. Essentially, it searches thousands of sites, aggregating millions of adverts in one place, so you don’t have to trawl the net to find the perfect job.
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The Up Group present DFJ Esprit with
‘VC Fund of the Year Award’ at
Investor Allstars 2011
Investor Allstars Awards, Thursday 22nd September
The Natural History Museum
The Up Group was proud to sponsor the ‘VC Fund of the Year’ category at this year’s Investor Allstars Awards on Thursday 22nd September at The Natural History Museum. The event is often described as the ‘Oscars’ of the VC/PE community and it certainly upheld this description this year – an excellent event! A great keynote from the hugely impressive entrepreneur, Heiko Hubertz, Founder and MD of Bigpoint.
The shortlist for ‘VC Fund of the Year’ included: • Atomico Ventures II
• DFJ Esprit
• Gimv
• Index Ventures
• Intel Capital
• Nauta Capital
• Northzone And the Winner was : DFJ Esprit
Clare Johnston, The Up Group, with award winners DFJ Esprit
http://www.investorallstars.com/IAS/2011-gallery.html
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Investor Allstars Awards
Thursday 22nd September
The Natural History Museum
The Up Group is proud to be sponsoring the 'VC Fund of the Year' category at this year's Investor Allstars Awards on Thursday 22nd September at The Natural History Museum. It is an evening described as the 'Oscars' of the VC/PE community.
www.investorallstars.com
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The Up Group Marketing Breakfast
Wednesday 14th September 2011
Continuing our highly successful series of function-specific events, The Up Group hosted another breakfast get-together; this time for top marketers in online, digital and ecommerce. • European Marketing Director Yahoo!
• Founder Quiet Riots
• Marketing Director Mydeco.com
• Marketing Director UKTV
• CMO Open Vantage
• Head of Customer Marketing Betfair
• Marketing Director My-Wardrobe
• Marketing Director SecretSales.com
• SVP Marketing EMI
• Ex-Marketing Director M and M Direct
• Ex-Head of Customer Acquisition Lovefilm
To view photos from the event click here
Read a detailed account of the event on The Up Group blog
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An exclusive interview with Arnaud Bertrand, Founder and CEO, HouseTrip
HouseTrip is Europe’s largest booking website for holiday apartments.
Read the interview on The Up Group Blog
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The Up Group Technology Breakfast
Wednesday 27th July 2011
The Up Group hosted another successful breakfast get-together; this time for leading Technology Directors in the online, digital and ecommerce sectors. Attendees were from a wide range of organisations including:
• Blue Duck Education
• Geo Sweep
• Harper Collins
• iTrigga
• Marks & Spencer
• Time Out
• Vzaar
• Wahanda
• Wiggle
To view photos from the event click here
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The Up Group Product Breakfast
Wednesday 29th June 2011
Twenty-two online Product Directors attended this round-table networking event. Attendees were from a range of start-ups and corporates including:
• Basekit
• Betfair
• Covestor
• Flirtomatic
• FON
• Gekko
• Guardian
• Hotels.com
• Imagini
• Lastminute.com
• Microsoft
• Playfish
• Skype
• Talk Talk
• Vodafone
The session saw attendees debate topical and relevant issues such as: • Establishing Product Management in a business that has no understanding of the need for PM as an integral part of the business • Recruiting and training Product Managers - what skills to look for • How to prove the value of product management This is the first of a series of product-related events.
To view photos from the event click here
Read a detailed account of the event on The Up Group blog
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The Up Group Sponsors Product Tank
5th October 2010
The Up Group sponsored the recent Product Tank October event.
For full details click here
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Seedcamp 2010
Clare Johnston, CEO of The Up Group was a mentor at the London Seedcamp
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Up's May Networking Event
Monday 24th May 2010
7pm-9.30pm
1Kings Cross, 34b York Way, N1 9AB
Meet Europe's leading TMT investors and entrepreneurs for their views on where the growth areas will be in 2010
Guest Speakers from 7.30pm:
Richard Titus - Associated Northcliffe Digital CEO
Alex Hoye - Latitude Digital Marketing CEO
Davor Hebel - Fidelity Growth Partners Principal
Invite Only
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New Women in Business
26th January 2010
Clare was a panellist at Cass Business School for the New Women in Business event
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Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business
20th January 2010
Clare Johnston attended the event with other guests including Angela Ahrendrs, CEO of Burberry, Natalie Massenet, Founder of Net-a-Porter, Anne-Marie Huby, MD of Just Giving
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Up's October Networking Event
Monday 12th October 2009
7pm
14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden WC2E 8QH
An opportunity for entrepreneurially-minded individuals, senior executives of high-growth companies and investors to connect in an informal setting and share business experiences.
Guest Speakers:
PROfounders Capital - Sean Seton-Rogers General Partner
Spotify - Paul Brown UK Managing Director
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Seedcamp
24th September 2009
Clare was a mentor at the London Seedcamp
For full details click here
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Up's Exec Brek
Wednesday 17th June 2009
8am - 10am
The Dial Bar Restaurant
At the Radisson Edwardian Mountbatten Hotel,
20 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden.
Up's first quarterly 'Exec Brek' saw a small group of the UK’s leading internet executives meet for a roundtable informal discussion over breakfast to share ideas, debate issues and generally just network.
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11th London Business School Entrepreneurship Conference
Clare Johnston on panel at the 11th London Business School Entrepreneurship Conference discussing “How do you find talent?"
For full details click here
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Mini Seedcamp 2009
Clare Johnston, CEO of The Up Group, mentor at Mini Seedcamp 2009
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Up's 4th Networking Event
Tuesday 10th March 2009
Brown Rudnick, 8 Clifford Street,
London, W1S 2LQ
True Knowledge and Brown Rudnick are the proud sponsors of the event. As before, the accent will be on informal networking amongst entrepreneurially-minded individuals, executives of high-growth companies and investors. To kick off proceedings, Fred Destin (Partner at Atlas Venture) and William Reeve (serial entrepreneur/investor and Venture Partner at DFJ Esprit) will debating the following hot topic: “VCs: who needs them? Should entrepreneurs embrace or avoid VC funding?” Full details including attendees, video footage and feedback click here Entrepreneur Salim Mitha has written his initial thoughts on this event. Read his blog here |
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Up's 3rd Networking Event
Monday 10th November 2008
14 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden WC2E 8QH
Eden Ventures is the proud sponsor of Up’s 3rd networking event. An opportunity for entrepreneurially-minded individuals, senior executives of high-growth companies and investors to connect in an informal setting and share business experiences. Guest speakers include David Kelly, CEO of VC-backed start-up, MyDeco, and Steve Purdham, CEO of VC-backed start-up, We7. Full details including attendees, video footage and pictures click here |
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Up's 2nd Networking Event
Monday 21st July 2008
14 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden WC2E 8QH
An opportunity for entrepreneurially-minded individuals, senior executives of high-growth companies and investors to connect in an informal setting and share business experiences. Guest speakers include the VC firm, Wellington Partners and VC-backed start-up, Reevoo. For details including attendees, video footage and pictures click here
For press coverage of event click here
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Up's First Networking Event
Monday 10th March 2008
14 Henrietta Street
Covent Garden WC2E 8QH
An informal evening exclusively for the management teams of high-growth companies, venture capital and private equity firms as well as senior high-flyers from AIM-and FTSE-listed businesses. For full details including press coverage, video footage and pictures click here
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