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Philipp Stauffer

  • Over 20 years in technology and related industries in U.S., Europe and Asia as entrepreneur, operator, investor and consultant.
  • Active seed stage investor for over 15 years as angel investor and corporate venture investor at Accenture Technology Ventures (ATV).
  • Founding Partner of Accenture Interactive, a now global leading digital practice with over 4,000 professionals. One of Accenture’s key growth initiatives.
  • Managing Partner at Accenture. Advised C-Level teams in innovation and growth strategy. Cloud, big data, marketplaces, eCommerce and SaaS when movements were in their infancies. Partnerships between growth plays (i.e. Salesforce.com) and Accenture.
  • Co-Founder of Dropimpact, a digital innovation catalyst. Worked with leading players such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Splunk, VMWare, Korea Telecom, SK Telecom, just to name a few.
  • Co-Founder of Onor Inc, a digital marketing platform for brands and retailers delivering top tier marketing ROI results
  • Advisory board member at Pubmatic ($130M run rate, 500 employees), Brillo (2,000 employees) and Speakr, an emerging leader in influencer marketing.
  • MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and BA in Micro Economics, University of Applied Sciences, Zurich Switzerland.

Julie Allegro

  • Over 20 years in technology industry as both an investor and operator.
  • Founder of two venture firms in the seed stage arena achieving top percentile returns.
  • Director of Internet of PFI, a telecommunications startup and early pioneer in building fiber optic networks for 14 cities that turned out to be some of the most profitable in the industry.
  • Strong network into the sports, media and technology worlds have proven real accelerators for entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders of Julie’s initiatives.
  • Founder and Chairwoman of the Wine Celebration, Board of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, V Capital Campaign Committee. The Wine Celebration is now the 3rd largest charity auction in the US raising almost $70M.
  • Strategic advisor from seed stage to exit for Bazaarvoice.
  • Board Member for Tango Card, Pley, Trace and Feed.fm. Board Observer MassRelevance (Spreadfast) and OrderGroove
  • MBA in Finance The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and BS in Entrepreneurial & Strategic Management, The Wharton School.