Rich Nelson Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Vericast is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes. Responsible for the digital transformation of the portfolio companies (Harland Clarke, Valassis, etc.) through the identification and execution of merger and acquisition opportunities, including the acquisitions of digital advertising company MaxPoint and consumer data platform QuickPivot. Also responsible for portfolio management and optimization, including divestitures of RetailMeNot, Scantron and Clipper Magazine. Active member of executive leadership team.

Nelstone Ventures looks to invest in various stage technology companies with a focus on enterprise software, gaming, healthcare, consumer internet and technology enabled business to business companies. At Nelstone Ventures, we seek strong management teams with a disruptive idea where there is a large market opportunity and competitive differentiation. Notable exits include Twitch.tv (acquired by Amazon), Coinbase (Direct Listing), TapCommerce (acquired by Twitter), Unity Technologies (IPO), Palantir (IPO), Ticketbis (acquired by eBay), Apostrophe (acquired by HIMS), MapAnything (acquired by Salesforce), ClassPass (secondary sale), IHS Holding (IPO), TrueLink (secondary sale), Verbling (acquired by Busuu) and SchoolMint (acquired by HeroK12). Other notable investments include Epic Games, Scopely, Carta, Snyk, Icertis, Flexport, Equipment Share, Kraken, Via Transportation, Petal, Mint House, Symmetry Systems, Firstleaf, 15Five and MeUndies. Healthcare investments include online dermatology company Apostrophe (acquired by Hims), ClinOne, Woolsey Pharmaceuticals and Manus Bio.

High Point, North Carolina, Us

Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of vTv Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of orally administered treatments for type 1 diabetes. vTv received FDA Breakthrough Designation for TTP399 for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Responsibilities include participating in executive leadership team, capital raising, licensing deals and partnerships. Also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from March 2022 to August 2022, successfully closing on two direct equity investments raising $35M.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for M&A and business development across Nielsen's online, media, and consumer businesses, as well as originating and executing upon corporate venture investment opportunities for Nielsen's corporate venture fund.

New York, Ny, Us

Oversee the IAC M&A department and responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing strategic opportunities for the company, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, investments and divestitures. Also have a strategic focus on IAC’s local businesses, including CityGrid Media, CitySearch, UrbanSpoon and HomeAdvisor).

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for corporate development and M&A activity across Nielsen's online, media, and consumer businesses. Also served as SVP - Investor Relations in 2010 leading up to and throughout the execution of Nielsen's initial public offering in January 2011.

Responsible for all corporate development and M&A activity in Nielsen's online businesses, including mobile media & measurement, internet audience and advertising measurement, online video analytics and measurement, and social media monitoring.

President and part of co-founding team of one of the first ever social media monitoring businesses. Raised Series A investment from The Nielsen Company and other investors. Used investment proceeds to build out sales & marketing team, scale the business, and roll-up two other industry players, BuzzMetrics and Intelliseek. A majority stake in Trendum/BuzzMetrics was acquired by Nielsen in 2005 and Trendum/BuzzMetrics was acquired in its entirety by Nielsen in 2006.

Led all corporate development activity at the US operations of Ronald Lauder's telecom company, RSL Communications. Also served as President of RSL's $100M revenue per year prepaid calling card business, RSLCOM PrimeCall, from 2000-2001. Restructured the business to make it profitable, leading to a successful sale of the business to IDT Corp.

New York, Ny, Us

Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance

Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law

Bba, Finance