Spartan Venture Group (SVG) is a leading investment, strategy, and advisory group specializing in the media and technology sectors.SVG works closely with C-Suite executives at major corporations and emerging companies to bring unparalleled strategic support and alleviate various pain points, including through transformative shifts, M&A, operational efficiencies, and growth acceleration.SVG has a long history of identifying promising emerging companies and bringing them together with SVG’s corporate partners to benefit all parties. SVG focuses on emerging companies that provide cutting-edge, next-generation technology solutions with multiple use cases to solve meaningful inefficiencies in the technology and media sectors.Since its inception, SVG’s principals have led deal teams to achieve various bespoke solutions and created the thesis and strategy to transact over $500 M for established mid-market clients.Some past and present clients include, among others: T-Mobile, NBCU, CSSE/Crackle, Redbox, Iheart, Paramount, Octopus Interactive, Lottery.com, Estate Media, and The Game of Thrones Las Vegas experience.

SMP is an entertainment media and finance management company. We focus on the management of existing IP's and the development of new properties. This includes IP for Theater, Film, and TVAnother facet to our company is media and business financing. We are actively bringing private equity to existing and established entertainment companies to help provide working capital. We deploy a number of financing vehicles in the entertainment media and tech spaces. In Jan 2017 we launched a think tank and advisory firm: This includes a strategic partnership with startups in diverse sectors including entertainment, media, sports and health care.

Harnessing tech to build progressive approaches in sports, media, and entertainment

Co-Founded by Million Dollar Listing LA star, Josh Flagg, Estate is a media company built around real estate's biggest personalities.We leverage our talent partners and their 25M+ fans to create digital video, TV, newsletters, podcasts and education for the real estate industry and it's fans.

Working directly with the heads of ICR's Media, Entertainment, and Sports division, I had the chance to help launch the Media, Entertainment, and Sports skew at the prestigious annual ICR Conference in 2021. From 2021 to 2024, I had the privilege of supporting ICR in the following ways. -Helped create the annual conference's Media, Entertainment, and Sports programming. -I invited large corporate clients. -Helped create the yearly themes of focus. -Helped build out the panels. -I supplemented ICRs existing client roster by inviting pedigreed groups and people to join the panels we created around the specific themes of focus. -I hosted fireside chats with premium clients.-I moderated panels with C-suite and senior executives at major companies and corporations.-I helped craft the press releases. -Drove new business development opportunities for ICR.-My company, Spartan Venture Group, had the chance to be one of the sponsors of the annual conference.

Advise Lottery.com CEO- on senior-level strategy, including affiliate relationships, M&A, marketing, and revenue generation strategies. Lottery.com is a venture-backed, secure mobile platform that operates sanctioned games worldwide, including social impact raffles, sweepstakes, lotteries, and other games of chance. The company works with state regulators to advance the lottery industry, generate increased revenues, better regulatory capabilities, and raise significant social causes and humanitarian needs.

CrimeDoor is the premier Augmented Reality app for fans of True Crime. Walk directly into crime scenes, review case files, watch videos and help solve the unsolved.CrimeDoor is a news app delivering visually immersive Augmented Reality (AR) content that “opens the door” to True Crime scenes. CrimeDoor allows users to walk through accurately recreated crime scenes in AR based on police information, gain access to verified case files, and immerse themselves in unbiased case content.CrimeDoor illuminates each crime from the victim’s point of view and partners with media and news authorities to provide trusted, unbiased context for each crime scene. Users can view 3D evidence with fresh eyes, and can even help solve cold cases.

I assisted in transformative work that led to the sale of Octopus Interactive to T-Mobile. At T-Mobile, I had the chance to work directly with the senior team on both internal and external strategies. I helped the group validate its CTV, ride-share, and app offerings via pilots and Nielsen brand studies. I oversaw most of the entertainment relationships for this division, where I interfaced with the top marketing executives at most of the major studios, (eg. NBCU, Warner Brothers, Paramount and Lionsgate) My work will lead to tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for this T-Mobile division in the next 12-16 months. Previous to the sale the work I did at Octopus helped secure the sale to T-Mobile. Octopus Interactive is the largest network of rides hare screens throughout the United States. Octopus provides advertisers the opportunity to reach a captive and engaged audience through our location-based interactive video platform. Our drivers receive cash earnings, better tips, and improved ratings by enhancing the customer experience for riders. My advisory area of focus includes business development, strategic revenue generation...

MPG Media Services is the home to MPG Media, MPG Digital, MPG Analytics working directly with clients on their outdoor (OOH) media placement, and large format print production solutions since 1990. MPG also manages and runs the digital media software and hardware offering in Circle K convenience stores.My area of focus is on furthering MPG's scale, business, and strategic revenue optimization.

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ALIZA utilizes recent advances in AI technology to bring our clients upscale visual effects at unprecedented speed and incredible savings.

Work directly with the CEO of CSSE and Crackle on various strategic high-level initiatives, including M&A, JV's, and revenue generation strategies.

Significantly reducing flight time and fuel consumption

Endless AI is a technology-driven entertainment company focused on the fusion of AI-enabled interactivity and blockchain technology. Our mission is to make magical products for a Web3 world.

Endless is an interactive storytelling company. Our mission is the never-ending pursuit of the most innovative and engaging ways to tell great stories. We work with top entertainment companies and award-winning talent to bring new and existing properties into the interactive age.Worked to secure NBCU as largest client.

Business development consultant where I put a number of live entertainment and unscripted television projects into development. Explored new business opportunities and strategic growth opportunities for IMG.