Digital Capital Advisors Podcast

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Ten of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Managing Director Andrew Daniel. Each episode, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format.In our tenth episode, Andrew speaks with Johannis Hatt, Co-Founder & CEO of Productsup. Founded in 2009, Productsup is a leading SaaS company that enables brands to distribute and optimize product data across ecommerce and retail channels. The company specializes in end-to-end product content control, offering a full suite of solutions to brands for management of the digital and physical shopping experience.Andrew and Johannis begin by discussing the consequential shift in consumer preferences for online shopping that catalyzed a largescale transition towards ecommerce. They detail the role of COVID-19 in driving brands to rapidly prioritize ecommerce channels and the technological challenges they simultaneously face in managing digital product information and distribution. Finally, they end by discussing expectations for the progressive adoption of complex personalization and retargeting technologies used to tailor the online buying experience to the individual consumer, ultimately leading to the unification of retail with ecommerce over the long term.

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with Kristina Prokop, CEO of Eyeota

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with Giuliano Stiglitz, CEO of Numatec

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Nine of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Managing Director Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our ninth episode, Andrew speaks with Clark Stacey, Co-Founder & CEO of WildWorks. Founded in 2003, WildWorks is a leading developer of online, mobile and free-to-play games for players of all ages. The Company's flagship offering, Animal Jam, is an online playground that has grown into the world's largest social network for kids. Simultaneously, in a world where kids' gaming is increasingly regulated and parents are perpetually concerned for their children's safety online, WildWorks' proprietary Jam.Net platform enables the secure addition of a social layer to virtually any game, app or website without sacrificing parental consent or oversight. Andrew and Clark begin by discussing the evolution of children's entertainment over time and the broader transition towards gaming as kids increasingly grow up with devices in hand. They detail the challenges to reaching and monetizing the children's demographic, the evolving regulatory environment around kids' gaming and the technological progress necessary for future advancement in the sector. Finally, they discuss the significant effects of COVID-19 on consumer demand for gaming across demographics and its overall impact on children's entertainment more broadly.

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with Lon Otremba, CEO of Bidtellect

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Eight of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our eighth episode, Andrew speaks with Christopher Rudy, Co-Founder & CEO of Cut.com. A self-labeled "Misfit Media Lab," Cut seeks to provoke real conversations that lead to transformative decision-making through innovative digital short video content. Leveraging a suite of digital video, gaming and TV formats, the company has successfully built a community around interpersonal conversation that drives viewer engagement in ways unlike more traditional media players.Andrew and Chris begin by discussing the broader evolution of digital entertainment and video content. They detail Cut's innovative approach to niche content creation and the unique monetization opportunities that arise from the integration of targeted advertising and eCommerce into short video. Finally, they end by evaluating changes in consumer preferences and expectations for digital media, and the largescale challenges content producers currently face as a result of COVID-19.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Eight of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our eighth episode, Andrew speaks with Christopher Rudy, Co-Founder & CEO of Cut.com. A self-labeled "Misfit Media Lab," Cut seeks to provoke real conversations that lead to transformative decision-making through innovative digital short video content. Leveraging a suite of digital video, gaming and TV formats, the company has successfully built a community around interpersonal conversation that drives viewer engagement in ways unlike more traditional media players.Andrew and Chris begin by discussing the broader evolution of digital entertainment and video content. They detail Cut's innovative approach to niche content creation and the unique monetization opportunities that arise from the integration of targeted advertising and eCommerce into short video. Finally, they end by evaluating changes in consumer preferences and expectations for digital media, and the largescale challenges content producers currently face as a result of COVID-19.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Seven of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our seventh episode, Andrew speaks with Tejal Ajmera, Chief Operating Officer of Kin Community. Beginning as a lifestyle blog for moms, Kin Community has evolved into a digital network that has created a community around women's video content. Leveraging celebrity talent partnerships and distributing primarily on YouTube, Kin's portfolio of short-form content serves diverse audiences across platforms, and positions it at the forefront of innovation in the video space. After giving an overview of Kin, Andrew and Tejal discuss the evolution of digital media and video, and how they see the ecosystems today. They consider changes to distribution and engagement methods, content consumption patterns and new opportunities for in-video monetization. Finally, they end by evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on video consumption and market direction, as well as their outlook for how the landscape will evolve going forward.Watch Episode Seven on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Seven of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our seventh episode, Andrew speaks with Tejal Ajmera, Chief Operating Officer of Kin Community. Beginning as a lifestyle blog for moms, Kin Community has evolved into a digital network that has created a community around women's video content. Leveraging celebrity talent partnerships and distributing primarily on YouTube, Kin's portfolio of short-form content serves diverse audiences across platforms, and positions it at the forefront of innovation in the video space. After giving an overview of Kin, Andrew and Tejal discuss the evolution of digital media and video, and how they see the ecosystems today. They consider changes to distribution and engagement methods, content consumption patterns and new opportunities for in-video monetization. Finally, they end by evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on video consumption and market direction, as well as their outlook for how the landscape will evolve going forward.Watch Episode Seven on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Six of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our sixth episode, Andrew speaks with Rob Brouwer, Chief Executive Officer of JobRapido. Aggregating and analyzing job listings from all over the web, JobRapido is the world's leading job search engine that seeks to revolutionize the hiring and job recruiting processes. Under Rob's leadership, the Company has achieved great success, listing over 20 million jobs every month and recording over 100 million registered users. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Milan, JobRapido connects companies and job prospects in 58 countries around the world. Andrew and Rob discuss the changing online job search landscape and its evolution into a data-driven matching process between employers and job seekers. They discuss competitive differentiation through the derivation of actionable insights that leverage first- and third-party data for persistent profile enrichment, targeting and personalization on behalf of both the seeker and the hirer. Lastly, they discuss the obstacles to adoption in the ecosystem today, including the impact of COVID-19 and macroeconomic trends, and how the space will progress going forward.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Five of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format. In our fifth episode, Andrew speaks with Kendall Clark, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stardog. Stardog is a reusable, scalable knowledge graph platform that enables enterprises to unify all their data, including data sources and databases of every type, to get the answers needed to drive business decisions. Stardog’s enterprise customers include Fortune 500 companies in finance, healthcare, life sciences, energy, media and government. Andrew and Kendall discuss the evolution of enterprise data access and insights as well as how the diversity of data use-cases creates an advantage for the knowledge graph. They also discuss how capital often focuses on data driven insight platforms, frequently overlooking the data that powers key insights. Lastly, they discuss artificial intelligence and machine learning as long existing tools to generate enterprise insights. Watch Episode Five on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Four of our Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion based format.In our fourth episode, Andrew speaks with Matthew Roche, Chief Executive Officer of Extole. San Francisco based Extole is an enterprise advocacy and referral platform that helps brands turn customers into advocates in order to harness the power of online sharing to the benefit of their bottom line. Extole enables marketers to connect with millions of advocates, scaling word-of-mouth to acquire new customers and increase loyalty using their greatest competitive advantage: their customers.Andrew and Matthew discuss the role of advocacy, referral and loyalty solutions within the MarTech stack, the evolution of the customer journey and the rift between data driven and execution driven solutions. They also discuss the dynamics of the MarTech landscape, the strategic acquirer environment and the fragmentation of AdTech and MarTech. Watch Episode Four on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Three of our new Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew holds hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion based format.In our third episode, Andrew speaks with Vijay Chittoor, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blueshift. San Francisco based Blueshift helps brands deliver relevant, connected experiences across every customer interaction. It’s SmartHub CDP uses patented AI technology to unify, inform, and activate the fullness of customer data across all channels and applications. Through unified data, omnichannel orchestration, intelligent decisioning and unmatched scale, Blueshift gives brands all the tools to seamlessly deliver 1:1 experiences in real-time across the entire customer journey. Andrew and Vijay discuss the current state of CDPs within the MarTech landscape, and the development of a MarTech stack 2.0, a creation that will depend on increased data agility and the adoption of SmartHub technology. They also discuss the paradigm shift from channel-centric to customer-centric marketing that focuses on the consumer experience, a shift that has recently been accelerated by COVID-19.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the release of Episode Two of our new Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew will be holding hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests will share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion-based format.In our second episode, Andrew speaks with Yan Liu, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TVision. Founded in 2014, TVision is the leader in TV performance metrics – an advertising technology firm that delivers real-time performance metrics for marketing effectiveness and efficiency. The Company uses cutting edge technology to measure what was once unmeasurable – how people really watch TV, enabling brands, networks and data partners alike to reduce waste and drive marketing results. Andrew and Yan discuss the evolution of TV measurement from audience to attribution, connected TV, the development of TV advertising technology, COVID-19 catalyzed shifts in consumer consumption habits and the potential for consolidation within the TV ecosystem.Watch Episode Two on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Digital Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the launch of our new Fireside Chat Series, a weekly video program hosted by DCA Senior Investment Banker Andrew Daniel. Each week, Andrew will be holding hour-long conversations with world class Founders, CEOs and Entrepreneurs in which guests will share their stories, experiences and insights while contemplating key market trends and events in a discussion based format. This series is designed to be highly informative and diverse, bringing guests from across a variety of sectors and business profiles to our audience. In our inaugural episode, Andrew speaks with Shobhit Shukla, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Singapore-based Near. Founded in 2012, Near is the world's largest source of intelligence on people and places, processing data from over 1.6 billion monthly users across 44 countries. The Near Platform powers data-driven marketing and enrichment offerings through a suite of SaaS products, allowing users to leverage audience, spatial, retail and other data in a privacy-led environment. Andrew and Shobhit discuss the evolution of data intelligence from geospatial insight to enhanced and broadened data visibility, the role of a data first identity platform in the MarTech stack and the future of customer data in an increasingly noisy ecosystem. Watch Episode 1 on YouTube or listen to the audio anywhere you listen to podcasts. Episodes will be released on a weekly basis going forward. Should you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to reach out to Andrew at andrew@digitalcapitaladvisors.com or respond directly to this email.

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with senior banker, Andrew Daniel about the CDP landscape.

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with Diego Meller, Founder and CEO of Jampp

Jay MacDonald, the Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Capital Advisors speaks with Frost Prioleau, Founder and CEO of Simpli.fi.