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The bringing together of all the major constituencies from the media and creative industries was well conceived and timely and made for a very worthwhile couple of days for delegates and speakers alike.
Eric Nicoli
Chairman - Vue Cinemas (Former Executive Chairman EMI group and HMV Group)
General Partner, Advent Venture Partners
Mike joined Advent in July 2008. He has made around 25 investments over the past twelve years across most parts of media and technology and served on over fifteen Boards.
Before Advent, Mike was a partner at Apax Partners where he was involved in growth buyouts such Future Publishing (FUT.L), Ginger Media (sold to SMG), and Dr Solomon’s Software (IPO then sold to McAfee); growth equity investments in SuSE Linux (sold to Novell), Eyretel (sold to Witness Systems), and King.com; and startups such as eDreams.com (sold to TA Associates), QXL.com (sold to Naspers), and Tideway Systems.
Prior to Apax he worked at the Boston Consulting Group, was the Choate Fellow at Harvard University, and studied History at Cambridge University.