Jay Radia
Managing Partner at Blissgrowth
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Blissgrowth is a venture studio and early stage fund partnering with second-time founders to ideate, build and scale the next generation of B2B software technology companies.
Founding Investor
2023
We help SaaS companies to add hundreds of high-quality integrations to their product in a matter of days. This means you don't have to say "no" to your customers next time they need a new integration built. Our customers are expanding their total addressable market, increasing their revenue, and reducing their engineering costs by building integrations through our platform. If you're a Product, Engineering, or GTM leader and this resonates with you – reach out for a chat!
Co-Founder
2021
Co-Founder
2019
Enabling B2B companies to deliver the moments that matter at scale through data-driven direct mail and gifting.
Raised $49,000,000.00 from Highland Capital Partners, Highland Europe, HubSpot Ventures and Concept Ventures.
Lead Investor (Pre-seed)
2021
Managing Partner
2021
Personal family office with my brother Meelan Radia. We invest across a diverse range of asset classes, including residential and commercial property, B2B lending, bridging finance, public markets, and alternative assets. Notably, we focus on private equity (PE) funds, venture capital funds, and direct investments into startups. Additionally, our family office anchors our own project, Blissgrowth, the leading B2B SaaS Venture Studio in the UK.
Co-Founder & Board Director
2020 - 2023
Co-Founder & CEO
2013 - 2020
Acquired by Publicis in Jan 2023. Yieldify makes it simple for e-commerce businesses to deliver customer journeys at scale. We've delivered over 250,000 campaigns for over 500 brands on more than 1,000 websites globally, including growing businesses and the world’s most recognisable brands, such as Marks and Spencer, Domino’s Pizza and L'Oreal. I founded the company and led it to an 8 figure ARR over the incredible 7 year journey. We have a fantastic new CEO and a very strong executive team leading the company. Go Team Yieldify! Highlights & Recognition's: - TechTrack 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the UK (The Times 2017) - Deliotte Top 50 Fast Companies UK (2017) - Deliotte Top 100 Tech Companies Europe (2017) - Madshift KPMG 2017 Top 100 - Future Fifty UK (Tech City) - Top 10 Under 30 Entrepreneurs in Europe (Financial Times 2015) - Top 100 Start-ups (Startups UK) - Runner-Up for "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" (WCIT 2014) - Stevie Award for Company of the Year in Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations (2014) - Great British Entrepreneur Awards - Media Disrupter of the Year 2014 - Publisher Partner of the Year (Performance Marketing Awards 2015) - Winner Young Guns Award 2015
Director
2005 - 2012
- Created and also marketed several e-commerce websites in various niches. - Used Google Adwords, Facebook & Twitter marketing, SEO, Affiliate marketing and Media Buying to create a profitable business. - Worked with networks and merchants directly as an Affiliate/publisher.
Derivatives Sales & Trading
2006 - 2011
- Joined a startup team to help build and grow the business. - Sales and Global Client Relationship manager (Europe, Asia and US). My clients transacted over $10bn of business each year - Involved in product development, technology and building our P&L System which saved the desk approx. $10M every year. - Received early promotion (top 10% of my grad class) - BNP Paribas acquired our sales team and business area in October 2008 for approx $200m. - Later head-hunted to build Credit Agricole's Equity Derivatives & Delta One business.