Jonathan Cooper
CEO of Bright Entertainment
Jonathan Cooper
CEO of Bright Entertainment
Zagreb, Zagreb
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2017 - Current
Bright Entertainment is the Master Franchisee for the Museum of Illusions (www.museumofillusions.com) concept, for the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Asia and North America. As of April 2024 there are 50 MOI's operating globally, which is expected to increase to 75 by the end of 2025. MOI is a fast growing, fun, educational, and very profitable edu-tainment experience for people of all ages, but is particularly appealing to families, children, and young adults. Please contact me directly if you'd like to learn more about becoming an MOI franchise partner.
Investment Partner
2016
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a unique investment partnership comprised of 40 Investment Partners, globally located, targeting SEED and early stage FinTech deals, with a particular focus on Block Chain companies. Three of our portfolio companies completed ICO's in the first half of 2018, and our unique network of Investment Partners allows our portfolio companies to scale globally in a fast and efficient manner.
Investor and board member
2010 - 2019
Klasik TV (www.klasiktv.com, join our Facebook Fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/klasiktv), is a 24 hour per day TV channel dedicated to showing the best movies, serials, and documentaries from the region of the former Yugoslavia. Klasik TV is distributed to more than 1.7 million subscribers via cable TV, iPTV, and satellite providers throughout southeast Europe. Company sold to strategic investor June 2019.
Senior Advisor
2016 - 2019
SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Funds) is a global SME Impact Equity Fund manager with more than $500 million in assets under management and operations in more than 20 countries. I am assisting SEAF with asset sales initiatives in Croatia, as well as fund raising initiatives in the Caribbean and South America. www.seaf.com
Investment Director
2015 - 2016
Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) is the fund manager for the SME Growth program of the newly launched $80 million SME Equity Fund sponsored by the Qatar Development Bank. Responsibilities include managing the 4 person investment team to meet the Fund's objectives, including building the investment portfolio, managing the investment portfolio, and successfully exiting the investments. Fund characteristics include: * $80 million in committed capital with a five year investment period; * Minority equity investments in Qatari companies of between $1 - $7 million per investment; * Sector agnostic, although focused on growth investment opportunities with an investment in technology, health, education, infrastructure & agribusiness; * Post-investment value creation strategy including leveraging SEAF's global network to access capital, technology, and markets.
Course instructor, Private Equity and Venture Capital
2001 - 2017
Instruct three day professional training course for Euromoney Training on private equity and venture capital. The course takes place in Paris in May and November each year, with other venues added from time to time.
Executive Vice President - Private Equity
2013 - 2015
Vision is the leading independent investment bank in Oman, with asset management, brokerage, financial advisory, and proprietary investment activities. The Group has over $400 million of client assets under management, which is supported by The Group's $30 million+ equity base. In May 2013, Vision launched its Private Equity division, with an initial goal to raise a $100 million PE fund targeting mid-market transactions throughout the GCC.
Head of Investments, MENA region
2011 - 2013
GroFin MENA (Middle East and North Africa), through its network of country based funds, invests via debt and equity into high growth MENA SME's (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises). In addition to financing, GroFin provides on-going business support to its clients, including financial, marketing, and strategic guidance. www.grofin.com.
CEO
2009 - 2011
MTBS has developed the Open For Business (O4B) software as a service suite. Based on Open Source technologies, O4B is an integrated enterprise 2.0 cloud computing solution combining groupware, CRM, document management, and IP PBX, targeted towards small and mid-sized companies.
Investor and board member
2004 - 2011
Mobitel is a leading mobile marketing and entertainment firm targeting the markets of southeast Europe.
Managing Director
2009 - 2011
Iacta is a specialized consulting firm offering consulting services to private equity and venture capital firms. Areas of expertise include information technology applied in a PE/VC setting, training, and process management through all phases of a PE/VC fund life-cycle.
Education
MBA
1994 - 1996
CFA
1993 - 1996
Bachelors of Science
1985 - 1989