
Serial founder, entrepreneur and investor. Currently CEO/Founder of Blend Media, providing XR solutions to Enterprise clients through a global network of trusted and skilled developers and creators. Clients include Deloitte, L’Oreal, Meta, Disney, Google, McCann, Universal Music, Pico and others. ——— Previously, Damian founded Viral Spiral (acquired by Brave Bison PLC) working with global Brands and Publishers to grow audience, engage consumers & build loyalty, by connecting with the world's most popular digital content & social media creators on YouTube, Facebook, Vine and Snapchat. Viral Spiral was responsible for managing the most viewed viral video of all time ("Charlie Bit My Finger" - 900M views) and its clients included Google, P&G, Coca-Cola, T-Mobile, Nickleodeon, BBC, Samsung, MTV, AOL, Sapient, Razorfish, Saatchi & Saatchi & others. ——— Damian angel invests and strategically advises pre-seed and seed level start-ups and has been profiled in The FT, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, Metro, The Telegraph and others. He also regularly appears as social video expert on SKY News. ——— He also produces “The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage” in arenas and theatres around the world (over 1M tickets/£50M at the box office) and is a partner in the cutting edge The War of The Worlds - Immersive Experience which opened in the City of London in Spring 2019. ——— Damian started his career as a Finance attorney at Linklaters and Latham & Watkins, representing many leading investment banks & major corporations globally. ----- Specialties: Angel Investment, Entrepreneurship, Content, Digital Media, Social Video, Distribution, Finance, production, management, consultancy, virtual reality, augmented reality.
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community.com
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org.uk
linklaters.com
United Kingdom
Founder & CEO
Blend Media
• www.linkedin.com/company/blend-media-ltd
Feb 2016 - Present
London, United Kingdom
Mentor
Digital Catapult
• www.linkedin.com/company/digital-catapult
Oct 2019 - Present
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Seed Investor and Strategic Advisor
Community.com
• www.linkedin.com/company/communitydotcom
• Freelance
Jul 2014 - Present
Santa Monica, California
Strategic Advisor (including LADBible, Beano Studios and others)
Various
Jun 2000 - Present
Founder & CEO (Acquired July 2014)
Viral Spiral
• www.linkedin.com/company/viral-spiral
Jan 2012 - Oct 2015
worldwide
Consultant / MD
Jeff Wayne Music Group
• www.linkedin.com/company/jeff-wayne-music-group
Jan 2004 - Oct 2015
Producer
The War of The Worlds (Sony Music, Universal Music Publishing, Live Nation)
Apr 2004 - Dec 2014