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Overview
- Gender
- male
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Investor Stage
- Seed
Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.
He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to develop websites.
Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006.
He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.
Personal Investments
| Date | Company Name | Round | Money Raised | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2022 |
Sweatcoin
|
Series Unknown | $13M | Apps | Detail |
| Apr 19, 2022 |
Hedge
|
Seed | $3.70M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Feb 15, 2022 |
Dequency
|
Seed | $4.50M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Dec 21, 2021 |
RNDR Token
|
Initial Coin Offering | $30M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Oct 26, 2021 |
Minima
|
Series A | $6.50M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Oct 19, 2021 |
Concept Art House
|
Series A | $25M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Jul 29, 2021 |
Secured Finance
|
Seed | $4M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Jun 8, 2021 |
Flare Network
|
Series Unknown | $11.30M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Feb 2, 2021 |
Huddle 01
|
Grant | $1.80M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Jul 12, 2018 |
Stronghold
|
Seed | $3.30M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Dec 15, 2017 |
Blockfolio
|
Seed | $3.15M | Bitcoin | Detail |
| May 3, 2017 |
Swiftly
|
Series Unknown | $2.50M | Analytics | Detail |
| Mar 9, 2016 |
Chronicled
|
Seed | $3.42M | Blockchain | Detail |
| Mar 19, 2015 |
Airdog
|
Seed | $2.49M | Drones | Detail |
| Jan 20, 2015 |
Trustatom
|
Pre-seed | $100K | Bitcoin | Detail |
| Jul 1, 2014 |
Swiftly
|
Seed | $550K | Analytics | Detail |
Jobs
| Organization Name | Title At Company | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vault12
|
Crypto Advisor | Jan 1, 2018 | — | Detail |
Multicoin Capital
|
General Partner | Dec 1, 2017 | — | Detail |
Civic
|
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer | Jan 1, 2016 | — | Detail |
Propy
|
ICO Advisor | — | — | Detail |
ChromaWay
|
Member of the Board of Advisors | — | — | Detail |
Trixta
|
Advisor | — | — | Detail |
Credit Hydra
|
Advisor | — | — | Detail |
