John Kenny
Investment Advisor at Badgerhill Search Ltd
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Strategic Advisor
2021 - Current
Consulting to a number of startups on strategy and fundraising.
Investment Advisor
2022
Badgerhill is a Search Fund investor.
Advisor - Companion Fund
2018 - 2018
www.companionfund.com Companion Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Digitalis Ventures and focused solely on the petcare space. It is compelled by the growing number of pets worldwide that are truly becoming members of our families and inspired by technologies that have improved our human lives immensely in recent years. Assisted in the establishment of Companion Fund, providing continuity for Mars and the Digitalis investment team during the initial launch period. Assessed investment dealflow potential, particularly in Europe. Evaluated existing tech disruption opportunities in order to inform portfolio construction strategy for the fund.
Digitalis is a venture capital firm that that invests in solutions to complex problems in human and animal health.
Venture Consultant - Companion Fund
2017 - 2018
Advised Mars Petcare (Connected Solutions) on venture strategy and the creation of a venture capital fund: Companion Fund. Designed a structure that would optimise both fund performance and the delivery of strategic value in order to deliver the greatest value to groundbreaking entrepreneurs in the petcare ecosystem. Received approval for a $100m fund commitment and recruited the most suitable VC fund manager to invest the fund.
Mars Petcare is a veterinary health provider with over 2,000 pet hospitals and diagnostic services worldwide.
Principal
2008 - 2017
Delta is an early-stage venture capital investor focusing primarily in tech in Ireland & the UK. At Delta I built a portfolio of startup investments in B2B Saas, eCommerce and EdTech, backing excellent teams with modest beginnings and grand plans. I advised on everything from fundraising and organisational structure to product development and market strategy.
Investor/Board Director
2015 - 2017
MotoBUYkers is a european ecommerce site offering motorbike enthusiasts the best experience when purchasing everything they need for their biking life. The company also created WeRide, a mobile app to connect the most passionate riders together (werideapp.com). Acquired by Pierce Group 2018.
Investor/ Board Director
2014 - 2017
Incereb is developing a pipeline of paediatric, neonatal and fetal sensors for EEG monitoring which can be applied in minutes, with minimal training.
Investor/Board Observer
2012 - 2017
KantanMT offers cloud-based machine translation services to enterprises with large content translation requirements or their service providers (Language Service Providers). The platform allows the user to translate bulk language files at a fraction of the time, cost and up-front investment of what it currently costs.
Investor/Board Observer
2012 - 2017
Bring personalised learning to students & teachers both inside and outside the classroom. Acquired by Follett 2018.
Fishtree is an adaptive learning company that makes learning environments adaptive and personalized.
Raised $3,000,000.00 from Enterprise Ireland.
Investor/Board Director
2012 - 2017
StitcherAds (formerly Betapond) is the first SaaS social ads management platform designed explicitly for ecommerce & travel, employing direct response tactics to retarget customers.
Education
MBA
2003 - 2005
MBS
1997 - 1998
BA
1993 - 1997
High School
1989 - 1993