Charlie Kemper
Partner at Beta Bridge
Greater London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2015 - Current
Beta Bridge, with offices in New York, London, and Los Angeles, is dedicated to helping startups grow globally from the start.
Kiteboarding Junkie
2007
Kiteboarding is an addictive adventure surface water sport that has been described as combining wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport.
CEO & Co-Founder
2016 - 2020
FLYKICK was born out of the desire to build a positive lifestyle fitness brand that encourages fun and laughter while simultaneously delivering an exhilarating workout. As a team, we try not to take ourselves too seriously, and our internal mantra is to aim to be the best part of people’s day. Starting from the mission to be “the best part of your day”, we have built our brand on three core values: happiness, openness and togetherness. Our business is about having fun, welcoming everyone, and experiencing it all collectively.
Member, Investor Board
2011 - 2017
Venture for America is a non-profit fellowship program for brilliant enterprising recent college graduates to launch their careers as entrepreneurs and revitalize American cities, helping build businesses, create jobs, and make an impact.
Founder & Chair
2007 - 2016
The New York City Venture Connection (NYCVC) is the leading association of venture capitalists in NYC with a mission to foster relationships and facilitate interactions among the next generation of entrepreneurs & investors.
Advisor
2012 - 2015
Tigerlabs is a seed fund, hackspace, and entrepreneurship center based in Princeton, NJ that operates three programs: Tigerlabs Health, Tigeralbs Commons, and Tigerlabs University connecting the fragmented entrepreneurial landscape between New York City and Philadelphia.
Advisor, NY Chapter
2010 - 2015
The Startup Leadership Program (SLP) is a highly selective, 80-hour, 6-month world-class training program and lifetime network for outstanding founders and innovators.
Advisor, NY Chapter
2010 - 2015
Astia is a global not-for-profit organization built on a community of men and women dedicated to the success of women-led, high-growth ventures and to the eradication of the need for the organization within the decade.
Astia invests in women-led companies across various sectors.
Member, Observer, Board of Directors
2011 - 2015
Tracx is a cloud-based social media management system providing business analytics solutions through the social web.
Raised $41,103,000.00 from Flybridge, Rick Rudman, Camden Partners and Edison Partners.
Member, Observer, Board of Directors
2011 - 2015
MediaBrix provides social media advertising platform.
Education
BS
1994 - 1998