Chairman & CEO at Oyster Optics, Inc. (acquired by Techquity, November 2011)
March 2001 - November 2011
As CEO and Co-Founder of Oyster Optics, Inc., Mr. Page initiated the company's capital funding, led the expansion of the company's international patent portfolio, manged the company's global strategy efforts, oversaw day-to-day activities, and spearheaded the acquisition by private equity fund, Techquity.
Chief Operations Officer; Corporate Development; Co-Founder at PV Media Group (acquired by Blinkx, November 2011)
December 2007 - November 2011
Co-Founder; Chief Operations Officer responsible for operations at PV Media Group, as well as subsidiaries AdOn Network, Prime Visibility, PremiumAccess and other joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Also oversaw all Corporate Development, M&A, Strategy and investment activities.
Board of Directors - Observer at PV Media Group (acquired by Blinkx, November 2011)
2007 - 2010
Structured, financed and operated PV Media Group and two acquisitions (AdOn Network and Prime Visibility) including restructuring and integration of the entities as well as a divestiture of BreakingNews.com joint venture assets to Microsoft / MSNBC. Ongoing leadership of Corporate Development, Strategy, Business Development and M&A activities.
Managing Partner at Corporate Finance Partners
December 2005 - December 2007
Mr. Seth Page was a General Partner at Corporate Finance Partners (CFP Americas LLC), a cross-border boutique specializing in client advisory within the technology and telecommunications sectors for mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital placements. CFP is a recognized global leader in the wireless and Internet sectors.
Select transactions include: zanox acquisition by Axel Springer Verlag and PubliGroupe in Internet affiliate marketing; Viva La Mobile acquisition by TelcoGames in mobile social gaming; Fun Little Movies investment by Contents Gate in mobile video entertainment; Nacre acquisition by Bacou Dalloz in communications; etc.
Advisory Board at Precision Prospects (acquired by Brightgeist then Accidents.com)
2004 - 2006
Advisory Board and initial Series A fund raising in Europe and the US
Advisory Board at Gersh Venture Partners (originally Unadilla Ventures rolling into Metamorphic Ventures)
2004 - 2006
Advisory Board, strategy, fund raising and origination
VP Operations & Product Development at myGeek.com, Inc. / AdOn Network (acquired by PV Media Group)
June 2004 - October 2005
As a Member of the myGeek.comâs Advisory Board from 1999-2004, Mr. Page stepped in to oversee Operations & Product Development at one of the worldâs largest, site-specific, online advertising networks, backed by marquee venture capital firms. Mr. Page planned and oversaw all infrastructure upgrades; personnel planning; operations; policies & proceedures; platform & product development; and support.
Advisory Board at LeadFilter (acquired by RootMarkets)
2004 - 2005
Advisory Board of LeadFilter including initial fundraising and CEO search through acquisition by RootMarkets in 2005
Advisory Board at myGeek.com / AdOn Network (acquired by PV Media Group)
1999 - 2004
Advisory Board, initial round of funding and strategy until joined company 2004-2005 to help manage growth, scale operations, standardize the infrastructure, harmonize platform / product development, expand business development, and better leverage opportunities.
Chief Strategic Officer and Co-Founder at Trade.com Global Markets, Inc.
March 1999 - February 2001
Mr. Page was the Chief Strategic Officer and Co-founder for Trade.com Global Markets, Inc., a cross-border financial network and online global financial services portal. Mr. Page was responsible for leading and managing overall company strategy, product development, business alliances and company build-out and expansion. Over 30 business development and alliances partnerships forged. Significant international investors included: ABN AMRO, Compaq, Thomson Kernaghan, Bank of Butterfield, Standard Chartered, Larson & Touboro, and Raiffeisen Bank of Austria
Technology Advisory Board at Cal-IT Europe Forum (acquired by European Technology Forum then C|NET)
1995 - 2000
Co-founded and helped operate the Cal-IT Europe Forum, including recruiting and showcasing the most promising California technology companies and facilitating joint ventures, direct investments and market expansion. The Cal-IT Europe Forum lasted 9 years and included presenting companies such as: Yahoo, Excite, WebTV, Extreme Networks, Siebel Systems, InterShop, etc. and C-level European attendies, such as Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, France Telecom, Bertelmann, Burda, Holtzbrinck, Alex Springer, Alcatel, Nokia, Siemens, Swisscom, Ericsson, etc.
Advisory Board at QuoteShip.com (acquired by Logistics.com then Manhattan Associates)
1998 - 2000
Advisory Board for B2B online logistics company at the request of former Goldman Sachs partner and head of international, Robert Wilson.
Advisory Board at LendingTree (IPO then acquired by IAC)
1998 - 2000
Advisory Board for Lending Tree (then still named Credit Source USA) including Private Funding Advisory with Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO Robert Wilson (Goldman Sachs) until IPO
Vice President, Corporate Finance at BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
February 1998 - March 1999
Mr. Page was Vice President of Corporate Finance at BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P., a New York-based boutique investment bank, where he specialized in the Communications, Security and Technology industries. Mr. Page was active in the areas of origination and analysis of technology companies in the small-cap and emerging growth markets. Select transactions include: xoom.com private funding, IPO and secondary offerings in online marketing and advertising; Sandbox.com private placements and acquisition by Wall Street Sports in Internet gaming and marketing; Litronics acquisition of Pulsar and subsequent IPO in communications security; etc.
Director of Investment & Business Relations at State of California - European Offices of Trade & Investment
September 1993 - January 1998
Mr. Page was the European Director of Investment & Business Relations for the State of Californiaâs European Offices of Trade and Investment in Frankfurt, Germany and London, UK. In this capacity, Mr. Page reported to the European Managing Director and responsibilities included the facilitation of joint ventures and strategic partnerships between rapidly emerging California high-tech companies and major European IT, Telecommunications and New Media groups.
Advisory Board at European Telecommunications Holding AG (acquired by ICG AG)
1997 - 1998
Advisory Board at ReplyBuy
2011
Advisory Board for ReplyBuy, an mCommerce company boasting a multichannel, cross-technology platform allowing consumers to complete instant mobile transactions.
Advisory Board at Melbourne Venture Partners
2005
Advisory Board for Florida-based engineering-heavy venture fund.
Advisor & Origination at Metamorphic Ventures
2006
Sourced investment in Fetchback (acquired by GSI Commerce then eBay), a leader in online retargeting advertising, as well as Precision Prospects (acquired by Brightgeist then Accidents.com)
Senior Advisor & Partner Emeritus at Corporate Finance Partners
2007
Ongoing advisory, industry, company and transaction expertise for a premier, cross-border, tech-focused boutique investment bank active in mobile, Internet, media and telecommunications industries.
Most recently sourced and led Samsung Electronic's acquisition of mSpot in the mobile streaming and social entertainment sector.
Advisor at Cal-Fund
2007
Providing strategy, portfolio and industry guidance to innovation-based California hedge fund.
Senior Advisor / Executive-in-Residence at Cave Creek Capital Management
May 2010
Cave Creek Capital actively seeks investment opportunities, including those that involve higher levels of complexity and/or time sensitivity. Investment structures are flexible, but are typically in the form of stock or asset acquisitions, recapitalizations or growth equity investments. These structures may also include interim bridge financing and mezzanine debt to expedite closing within a targeted timeframe.
Advisory Board at DataRPM
May 2012
Cloud-based business intelligence solution for simple and instaneous analysis of big data.
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