Neil Adams Email & Phone Number

Naples, Fl, Us

Boutique Financial & Management Consulting; Globalization Services; Cayman Island, BVI & other offshore fund structures; Capital Structure Analysis; CFO Investment Funds/Startups; Treasury; Tax; Business Acceleration & Other Services to startups, early-stage businesses, PE & Venture-Capital funds, international and internationalizing investment funds, and globally-expanding enterprises. With skills in strategic planning, startup funding; financial planning/budgeting; global treasury operations; accounting; finance; investor relations; SEC Private Fund Adviser compliance; Cayman compliance and international go-to market strategies. Newco's goal is to provide the essential guidance necessary to satisfy the unique strategic needs of early- and expansion-stage technology, media, new-media, financial, & other growth-oriented enterprises and investment funds, especially those with an international outlook. With a network of contacts (particularly in global financial centers: London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York) in fundraising, investment banking, investments and professional services, Newco Advisors aims to scale businesses and catapult growth-oriented enterprises and investment funds into international players.Advisor, Board Member, Interim CFO, investor relations & interim team member @ startups. Established legal structures, raised capital, advised on corporate strategy, prepared pitch decks, assessed corporate valuations, advised on international IPOs and liaised with IPO & capital markets advisors, developed company business models for investment banks & VCs, quarterbacked tax advisors on international restructuring projects (inversions, international entity structuring, outbound asset transfers). Advised on global expansion in the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. Raised equity capital & convertible debt, negotiated Lines of Credit and credit insurance. Prepared partnership and corporate tax returns and implemented startup cloud-based accounting systems.

New York, Us

The Celestial Successor Fund is a Cayman-Islands-based global venture capital fund with international early- and growth-stage investments in innovative, high-technology companies in the U.S., Canada, Switzerland, the U.K., India, France, Korea, Italy, Estonia, etc. Exits include the sale of BullGuard to Norton in 2020. Investments include: D-Wave Systems - quantum computers in Canada, BullGuard - computer security in London, Media Lario - satellite optics in Italy, Median Technologies - 3D early-stage disease detection in France.

IP Successor Fund 21 is a venture capital fund with investments innovative early-stage and high-growth companies in the US, Canada and the U.K. Exits include the sale of a majority stake in NRStor C&I to Blackstone in 2020 and Introhive in 2021.

CFO for a leading Canadian-based private equity manager with Canada/US/global operations. Developed and launched SEC Private Investment Advisor compliance program. Drafted Compliance Manual and ensured that mandated compliance procedures were rolled-out and adopted. Handled initial SEC registration, ongoing filings, custody, investment restrictions, continuity planning and examinations.

Bosisio Parini, Lc, It

The Celestial Successor Fund is an investor in Media Lario, S.r.l., a supplier of innovative optical components and optical systems to space & aviation partners. Media Lario works with leading industrial and Agency partners including: NASA, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Since its founding in 2001, Legend has earned a reputation for innovative Stereoscopic 3D Conversion and Visual Effects services through its talented artists and market-leading technology. Legend offers full-scale VR and VFX creative, production, and post-production services – from concept to final color – for major brands, studios, and agencies, as well as CG services through its Animation division.

London, Gb

Exiting its stake in Nov. 2020 via a sale to Avira/Norton LifeLock, the Celestial Successor Fund team was an investor in BullGuard, Europe’s #1 rated consumer security company. BullGuard's award-winning product portfolio includes in-depth internet security, comprehensive mobile security, 24/7 identity protection, and social media protection for both home and small business users. BullGuard is also a pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected device security for consumers. It released the world’s first IoT vulnerability checker and following the acquisition of Dojo Labs is leading the consumer cyber-security industry in providing the highest level of protection to consumers across all of their internet-connected devices and smart homes.

Director and Corporate Secretary of EGeen International, a global, specialized, rapid-response Contract Research Organization (CRO). EGeen's business is to advance the drug development of biotech and pharmaceutical companies by offering fast, high quality and cost-effective clinical trial management services. EGeen is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with additional offices in Estonia and London, England. EGeen manages and maintains an extensive Eastern European Clinical Operations Network for clinical trials operation and management. EGeen specializes in clinical trials of biologics, therapeutic vaccines, drug/device combinations and various formulations of small molecule drugs. The company's operational specialty areas are neurology, cardiology, oncology, psychology, urology and gastroenterology. EGeen places particular emphasis on clinical trial rescue enrollment through rapid patient access and quicker, more personalized rapid response trial execution. Through its Eastern European offices, which include 40 full time personnel and four regional offices, EGeen combines the local presence, experience and cost advantages associated with Eastern Europe with all appropriate international clinical standards associated with the FDA and the European Union.

Herzelia, Il

Dojo-Labs, acquired by BullGuard (UK) Ltd., was formed to define the security for Internet connected Things (IoT). Dojo's team of security experts and hackers are focused on building a security and privacy service for today’s smart connected home. In 2019, Forescout Technology (Nasdaq GM:FSCT) acquired the assets of Dojo from BullGuard.

Ft Lauderdale, Florida, Us

The South Florida Accelerator is a multi-location, multi-disciplined start-up incubator/accelerator targeting life sciences, big data, human capital enterprise & FinTech.

Austin, Texas, Us

ArtHaus aims to rescue the intellectually starved masses from <>, <>, <>and <> with a culturally-curated mind bomb. ArtHaus is a lifestyle portal for the discerning consumer who loathes reality TV, Network Sitcoms, and other insipid content and wants to instead access intelligent and engaging fare. ArtHaus licensed content featuring everything from Ziggy Stardust, Pavarotti & Nureyev to documentaries from the BBC, PBS, Discovery, NHK Japan, Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen (ZDF) & Sky Broadcasting.

Us

Fuhu grew more than 158,000% over a 3-year period. It was the<<#1>> Inc. 500 “Fastest-Growing Company" in the United States in 2013 & 2014, Fast Company's "10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015", and the Forbes "America's Most-Promising Company" in 2014.

Global private and public investments with an emphasis on emerging and frontier markets. Operating from Taipei, Auckland, the Australian Gold Coast, Honolulu, etc., sourced private investment opportunities and managed public market investments, while concurrently earning an MSc in International Tax (on-line) and Certified Treasury Professional Certification. Built international cross-border treasury platform in Asia linking Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.

San Jose, Ca, Us

- Catapulted the ePlanet start-up-fund complex into a major global player by building out all international operations, including: finance, tax, treasury, accounting, human resources, legal affairs, investor relations & investment regulatory compliance.-Responsible for DFJ ePlanet’s financial operations throughout Asia, including treasury, HK & Singapore Inland Revenue tax compliance, GST filings, Companies Registry/Corporate Regulatory Authority reporting, and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) & Hong Kong Monetary Authority compliance. Maintained corporate registers and minutes.- Dealt with Reserve Bank of India on NBFC (non-banking financial company) licensing matters. Involved with various development companies to launch greenfield sites. Liaised with Dubai International Finance Center on entity startups, compliance and licensing requirements. Responsible for creating new entities and tax structuring of inbound investments (India, Mauritius GBL1 entities, Pakistan, etc).

San Jose, Ca, Us

- For United Kingdom entities - Responsible for all of DFJ ePlanet’s financial operations; corporate income tax planning and compliance for FSA/FCA Registered Investment Advisor Investment Companies; VAT filings; anti-money laundering reviews, compliance and reporting; as well as Companies House and Financial Services Authority (FSA) reporting and compliance. Directed finance, treasury, operations and legal affairs. As Corporate Secretary, maintained corporate registers and board minutes.- For GmbH & Co. KG entities - Directed financial affairs and operations for General Partner of a Munich-based, GmbH & Co. KG investment fund, including audits, financial reporting, German tax compliance, Chamber of Commerce reporting and corporate administration.- For Cayman/BVI entities - Structured and launched global venture capital funds. Established legal entities, liaised with global investors, managed capital calls and liquidity, funded investments, researched cross-border holding structures to minimize tax, prepared partnership quarterly reports, tax filings and partnership K-1s.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Managing Director/CFO/Global Operations (Skype + Baidu) Fund (2000 - 2009), International Venture Partner (2009-2012). Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet / ePlanet Ventures is a leading $1+ billion global venture capital fund complex with offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangalore, Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, Seoul and Hong Kong. ePlanet, with investments in 4 start-up <​ Unicorns >, has backed some of the world's leading new technology companies such as Skype, the 300MM+ subscriber European VoIP co. sold to eBay for $4B+ & Microsoft for $8B+; Baidu, a startup Chinese Internet search company now worth $75B+; Focus Media, a leading Chinese IPO ($3B); as well as Virgin Mobile Middle East/Malaysia/South Africa and Chinese semiconductor and outsourcing IPOs such as Spreadtrum & HiSoft, respectively. US exits include: Safeview (airport-checkpoint screeners) to L3 Communications, BodyMedia (fitness wearables) to Jawbone, Good Technology to Blackberry, Polaris Wireless (wireless 911), Ember to Silicon Labs & Zonare to Mindray (China's largest medical equipment maker). Other Asian IPOs: Moreens, Silicon File, Silicon Mitus & Cellumed in Korea, Techpacific in Hong Kong & Longcheer in Singapore. European exits: end2end to MACH, First Hop to Airwide, HPL to Dow & BiancaMed to ResMed. Catapulted start-up ePlanet investment fund complex into a formidable global player by rapidly building out a network of offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangalore and Munich. Responsible for global operations, finance, treasury, investment analysis, strategic planning, accounting, HR, legal affairs, investor relations, risk management, investment compliance, public relations, LP reporting & tax matters in US, UK, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, & China.Adams先生是ePlanet Ventures执行董,投资对象包括Skype,中国百度,及重点媒介(中国)公司.在加入ePlanet之前,Adams先生负责为包括时代华纳在内的多家公司的融资, 并担任执行董Paramount Pictures(派拉蒙影). Adams先生是名合格的注册会计师并持有德克萨斯大学的BBA和MS财会学位. 他还持有 (伦敦经济学)(硕士经济学)硕士学位及的国际税务学金门大学.

San Jose, Ca, Us

CFO/Chief Representative for DFJ ePlanet’s Foreign Representative Offices in Beijing and Shanghai. Directed financial affairs in China, including treasury, administration, tax filings and accounting.Adams先生是ePlanet Ventures执行董,投资对象包括Skype, 中国百度,及重点媒介(中国)公司. 在加入ePlanet之前, Adams先生负责为包括时代华纳在内的多家公司的融资, 并担任执行董Paramount Pictures(派拉蒙影). Adams先生是名合格的注册会计师并持有德克萨斯大学的BBA和MS财会学位. 他还持有 (伦敦经济学)(硕士经济学)硕士学位及的国际税务学金门大学.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Managing Director/CFO/Global Operations DFJ ePlanet (Skype + Baidu) Fund (2000 - 2009), International Venture Partner ePlanet (2010 - 2012). Responsible for DFJ ePlanet venture fund global operations, finance, treasury, investment analysis, strategic planning, accounting, HR, legal affairs, investor relations and LP reporting, risk management, investment compliance, public relations, limited partner reporting & tax matters in the US, UK, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea & China, etc.

JFO is a diversified family-office investment firm, which funds charitable initiatives and invests in private equity, public securities, hedge funds, funds of funds and real estate. Private equity portfolio includes investments in a diversified group of companies with over $1 billion in assets. Reviewed investment opportunities and made investment recommendations on investments in global funds, alternative energy investments, real estate funds, P/E funds, hedge funds, etc.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

The JFO Private Equity team was an early-stage private equity investor in Stellar Pty Ltd, an Australian call center and business process outsourcing company (BPO) with operations in Australia, the US, Europe & Asia.

Dubai, Ae

The ePlanet team was a Series "A" early-stage investor in the Dubai-based FRiENDi Mobile Group, which was renamed Virgin Mobile Middle-East in 2012 when Virgin and FRiENDi combined their regional Mobile Virtual Network Operator businesses. Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA) is the holding company for Virgin Mobile’s expansion into the Middle East and Africa regions. The company was renamed in 2012 when Virgin Group and FRiENDi GROUP combined their shareholdings in Virgin Mobile South Africa and FRiENDi mobile. Virgin Mobile Middle East currently has operations in South Africa, Oman, Jordan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

London, Gb

Transaction Advisory Services provides M&A, divestiture and valuation support services, etc. Participated in Quality of Earnings analyses, including private equity backed startups and the $3.5 billion acquisition of UGS by Siemens.

Hong Kong, Hk

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage, pre-IPO, Series "A" investor in Focus Media, a Chinese indoor advertising firm, which, when publicly listed, had a NASDAQ IPO value in excess of $3 billon.

Shanghai, Cn

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage, Series "A" investor in Spreadtrum, a Chinese fabless-semiconductor company, which listed successfully on NASDAQ and was acquired by Unisoc / Tsinghua Unigroup in 2013 for $1.78 billion.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage, Series "A" investor in D-Wave Systems Quantum Computers. Vancouver-based D-Wave - with investments from Bezos Expeditions, Goldman Sachs and In-Q-Tel - is the world's leading, first-mover quantum computer company.

Beijing, Cn

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage, pre-IPO, Series "B" investor in Baidu - a hyper-growth Internet startup focused on Chinese-character Internet search. Baidu's IPO in 2006 posted the highest first-day-return for a foreign stock in NASDAQ history. Baidu is currently valued at over $64 billion in 2017.

Xuhui District, Shanghai, Cn

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage pre-IPO investor in Shanghai-based Longcheer, which went public on the Singapore stock exchange in 2005.

Redmond, Wa, Us

DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage Series B investor in Skype, which was sold to eBay in September 2005 for $2.5 billion. Skype is a proprietary VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls telecommunications application offering instant messaging, file transfer, and debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features. Skype is available on desktop, mobile, and video game console platforms.

2003 to 2005 - Kentzler + Mann's Unternehmungsberatung/Business Advisor to Koch, GmbH, and International Textile Finance, Ltd., a Germany- & Cayman-based multinational on the restructuring of Eastern European and German operations. Responsible for various organizational and financial matters. International Textile Finance was active in the areas of fashion, clothing and automotive & industrial fabrics.-1992 to 1993 - Finanzleiter/CFO/Director of Business Affairs for WMG Media Group/Telefilm, the producer or co-producer of "Sirens" in Australia, "La Reine Margot" in France, "Roosters" for PBS in the USA and "Tom and Jerry: The Movie" with Turner.- Managed global financial operations, treasury and business affairs of a motion picture production affiliate of some of Germany‘s leading media and entertainment holding groups (RTL/WAZ) with operations in film, theatrical exhibition, gambling, casinos, leisure, culture and professional sports. - Reviewed investments, joint-ventures and developed financial plans to obtain funding for productions in Australia, Europe and North America. Directed international treasury activities and European banking relationships.

London, Gb

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage Series "A" investor in BullGuard, Ltd. The company is a leading provider of anti-malware for PCs and IoT (Internet of Things) networks.

Bosisio Parini, Lc, It

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage investor in Media Lario, S.r.l. Media Lario provides innovative optical components and optical systems to leading space agencies including the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA.

Cn

The DFJ ePlanet team was an early-stage, pre-IPO Series "B" investor in KongZhong Corp. The company is a leading provider of advanced second generation, wireless interactive entertainment, media and community services to customers of China Mobile. The Company had a successful IPO on NASDAQ in 2004.

Valbonne, Fr

The DFJ ePlanet investment team was an early-stage investor in Median Technologies. Median is a leading medical imaging company that is publicly traded on the Euronext pan-European trading platform.

Burbank, Ca, Us

- Director of financial operations for International and Domestic TV (Pay TV, Cable, Syndication, First Run) with $2.5B in revenues.- Directed financial affairs for initial launch of WB Online, Warner Bros’ first entertainment-destination Website. Warner Bros. Online was the first studio website to accept ads on the Web, stream every episode of a TV Series live concurrent with its taping (People's Court Online), stream films (NYU film shorts), present original content in sync with a primetime TV show (Drew Carey's Web Cam episode) and to work with a major box office star to create original content (Adam Sandler's The Peeper).- Directed international financial operations for Warner Bros International Channels, a start-up multi-national division with channels - including HBO Brazil and HBO Olé - in Australia, Asia, Europe, and South America. Grew the international finance function from inception by building the global financial structure and worldwide reporting & internal control protocols. Worked extensively with Caracas, Venezuela and Brazil offices to structure and roll-out Latin America finance/operations/tax.

Culver City, Ca, Us

Directed worldwide financial operations for Sony's international theatrical distribution operations (i.e., Columbia Pictures/TriStar) and joint ventures in approximately 80+ countries in Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia with revenues of $1B+. Worked closely with Motion Picture Group, as well as Tax and Treasury on management of Remittance Taxes, Transfer Pricing, Cash Flow Projections and Hedging.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Directed financial reporting, forecasting and analysis for worldwide Home Video, TV and international production joint ventures with annual sales of $1.5B.

London, Gb

Supervised audits of public and private companies and managed consulting/financial projects, including the preparation of tax returns and the review of SEC filings. Industry specializations: hotels, aerospace, defense contracting & insurance. Clients included TRW and its multi-billion dollar Satellite & Space Group (LA) and its Optoelectronics/Semiconductor Group (Dallas, TX/Juarez, Mexico), Weber Aircraft (LA), other Defense & Aerospace (Dallas & LA) , Doubletree Hotels (Dallas), Fremont Insurance (LA) & Pacific Life Insurance (SF).

M.Sc. (Econ.), International Finance & Accounting

B.B.A., Finance, Austin, Tx

M.S., Master Of Science Tax - International Tax, San Francisco, Ca

Mpa - Master Of Professional Accounting; Dfw, Tx

Graduate Certificate International Tax; San Francisco, Ca

Ucla Extension

Economics