Jamie True

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CEO at Uptime and Executive Founder at Bloom, Former CEO @ LifeWorks. Multi-Exit Entrepreneur and Investor. @ Uptime App
Jamie True's Location
London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Jamie True

Born entrepreneur, at the age of 17 Jamie set up his first business called Power Organization. The business grew to a turnover of circa £6 million and merged with its largest competitor in June 1997. He then co-founded and invented Interclubnet PLC, creating an online trading platform that most major football clubs worldwide used to buy and sell players akin to a Bloomberg terminal "X-tranet". In August 2000 the company floated on AIM with a market capitalisation of £30 million. Turnover in Year 1 totalled £8.1Million. In January 2004 Jamie launched a 9 patented service called ONSPEED which became the largest Internet accelerator in Europe. The group subsequently floated under a holding company called Z Group PLC in June 05 for £25 million on AIM. Jamie co-founded Selective Media that launched in Oct 07, which was successfully acquired by Arquiva networks in May 2013.In Jan 09, Jamie invested in Avisen PLC (AIM: AVI) now renamed to 1Spatial PLC with a Market Cap of £65 millionIn Jan 10, Jamie created the team and acquired a patented mobile application platform called Grapple mobile. Grapple won the most Innovative Mobile Agency of 2012 and was successfully acquired by Monitse PLC (MONI) AIM for up to £39million in Sep 2013.Jamie set up WorkAngel, a powerbrand to drive employee engagement, retention and satisfaction to the largest companies in the World. Board members include: Sir Terry Leahy, Lord Alliance, Jon Claydon and Tim Davie. WorkAngel merged with LifeWorks in 2016 with Jamie serving as CEO.LifeWorks was acquired for $325million in July 2018 by Morneau Shepell PLC a $2 billion corporate with Jamie taking on the CDO position within the groupand joining their ExCo.In 2021 Jamie launched Uptime, his latest venture which is looking to be a powerbrand in micro-learning. Uptime is a L&D OS that combines artificial intelligence and human curation to summarise knowledge in a unique multimodal format.In 2023, Jamie launched Bloom with Alistair Crane providing a multi point solution to mentoring and coaching at scale for the workforce. Bloom raised $10m pre seed funding through its founders and Octopus and MMC ventures.

Jamie True's Current Company Details
Uptime App

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CEO at Uptime and Executive Founder at Bloom, Former CEO @ LifeWorks. Multi-Exit Entrepreneur and Investor.
Jamie True Work Experience Details
  • Uptime App
    Ceo
    Uptime App Aug 2019 - Present
    London, Greater London, Gb
    Uptime is a creator first micro-learning platform with 11million users,that combines artificial intelligence and human curation to summarise knowledge in a unique multimodal format including: The world’s best books, courses, documentaries, podcasts,etc. We call this ‘Knowledge Hacking.’ It’s addictive in a good way and a big part of wellness as I discovered from my track history.Uptime in a nutshell:* 1million + new users since launch in 100+ countries* 10 million employees covered Globally* Apple “App of the Day” & Google “New app we love”* higher dwell time than TikTok* Elite Team of 30+* Top-Tier Investors with $30+m raised to date, Chad Hurley, THLee, Sir Terry Leahy etc
  • Bloom: Career Coaching
    Executive Founder
    Bloom: Career Coaching Jul 2022 - Present
    London, Gb
    Our mission is to scale coaching to everyone in the workforce.We’re building total coaching at scale™ through hyper-personalised daily workouts and one-to-one coaching.
  • Doughlicious
    Investor
    Doughlicious Apr 2020 - Present
    London, London, Gb
    I have a soft spot for cookies! They don’t come better than Doughlicious!
  • Hero®
    Lead Investor
    Hero® Sep 2015 - Jul 2021
    New York, Us
    Acquired by Klarna in July 2021 for $160m.We're pioneering conversational commerce, a new way for people to interact effortlessly with companies in the mobile-age. Growing at 100%YOY
  • Lifeworks (Acquise Par Telus Santé | Acquired By Telus Health)
    Ceo
    Lifeworks (Acquise Par Telus Santé | Acquired By Telus Health) Jul 2018 - Jul 2020
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    Morneau Shepell completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of LifeWorks Corporation Ltd. ("LifeWorks") for a total purchase price of approximately $426 million CAD in July 2018. I was honoured to serve on the ExCo of Morneau Shepell a $2 billion market cap HR wellness corporate and help them with digital strategy and sales growth.
  • Lifeworks Wellbeing (Acquise Par Telus Santé | Acquired By Telus Health)
    Ceo And Founder
    Lifeworks Wellbeing (Acquise Par Telus Santé | Acquired By Telus Health) Mar 2016 - Jul 2018
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    LifeWorks Total Well-being Platform is an industry leading, mobile-first solution focused on transforming the well-being of employees. By unifying employee assistance, perks & savings, HR communications and community, rewards & recognition and wellness - we enable employees to feel supported, connected, recognised, rewarded and guided - anywhere, anytime. LifeWorks is trusted by over 50,000 companies and loved by 15 million employees across the world. LifeWorks was successful acquired for $325million in July 2018 by Morneau Shepell PLC
  • Inzpire Ltd
    Investor
    Inzpire Ltd Aug 2013 - Jun 2018
    Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Gb
    Inzpire Ltd is an innovative, agile, and forward-looking company that delivers highly acclaimed military aviation technology, training and expertise to the UK Armed Forces and to the Defence Sector worldwide. Inzpire was acquired by QinetiQ in November 2018 for £23.5m.
  • Salesfloor
    Investor
    Salesfloor Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
    Montreal, Quebec, Ca
    Salesfloor is a web solution that helps retailers connect their front-line sales teams with online shoppers for a more personalized customer experience. Store associates, brand ambassadors and sales consultants can use Salesfloor to create their own version of the corporate e-commerce site in minutes, with curated products, content recommendations and shopping services. We like to call this "People Powered E-Commerce".
  • Work Angel Technology Ltd
    Founder And Ceo
    Work Angel Technology Ltd Jan 2013 - Mar 2016
    WorkAngel is a social platform for companies of any size transforming: internal communication, social recognition and employee benefits all in one place and with immediate results. WorkAngel merged its operating business with Ceridian Lifeworks in March 2016 to build a Global Power brand in employee engagement, backed by Thomas H. Lee Partners
  • Monitise Create
    Founder And Ceo
    Monitise Create Jan 2010 - Aug 2015
    Monitise Create, is the leading Mobile Innovation and development agency In Europe. Grapple Mobile was set up by Jamie, creating a unique mobile technology to build apps for the largest brands in the World. It was acquired by Monitise PLC to create Monitise Create in September 2013 for £39m.
  • Inauth, Inc.
    Investor
    Inauth, Inc. Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
    Boston, Ma, Us
    InAuth is a Mobile Confidence-Rating Service and mobile fraud detection platform that identifies high-risk and suspicious mobile devices. InAuth provides a Confidence Rating on mobile end-users as a service to operators, online service providers, corporate networks, and authentication partners.InAuth was sold to AmEx for over 100m USD in Dec 2016
  • Onspeed
    Founder And Ceo
    Onspeed Mar 2003 - Mar 2015
    ONSPEED uses patented compression technology to speed up, dial, broadband and mobile connectivity. 1.2 million customers£7m revenue in year 1, one of the fastest growing tech companies in 2004. Floated as part of Z Group on AIM.
  • Net2Roam Ltd
    Founder And Ceo
    Net2Roam Ltd Dec 2001 - Nov 2014
    Net2Roam has over 50,0000 business customers.Pay as You Go Global Internet access in over 192 countries. Floated as part of Z Group on AIM
  • Selective Media Ltd
    Founder
    Selective Media Ltd Jan 2007 - May 2013
    Location based media sales team exclusively in Airports, hotels, wifi zones and hospitals throughout the UKTrade sale to Spectrum Interactive in 2013.
  • Z Group Plc
    Founder And Ceo
    Z Group Plc Jan 2004 - Jan 2009
    Gb
    Z group floated on the AIM market for £25m in June 2005. Z group was the holding company forLeading brands such as ONSPEED and Net2Roam.
  • Interclubnet Plc
    Founder
    Interclubnet Plc Jan 1999 - Aug 2002
    My first Internet venture at 25 years old, Floated Interclub on the AIM market Aug 2001 for £25m,Interclubnet was a secure Xtranet to enable Football Clubs Globally to buy and sell players. The dream business if you love football.Yr1 Turnover £8.1m with £3m profitInterclub was acquired in 2002 by the FA to use as the technology platform for grass roots football.

Jamie True Education Details

  • Mill Hill
    Mill Hill
    Bachelor Of Science (Bs)

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Jamie True attended Mill Hill.

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