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About Nick Jones
https://zumo.tech/
Nick Jones is a serial entrepreneur who has worked cutting edge of the digital industry since 2000. He joined the launch team at Goto.com (latterly Overture Services) pioneering the search engine space in the UK. He subsequently held senior positions at Yahoo! following Overture’s acquisition in 2004 including launching Europe’s first mobile advertising solution.
In 2006 he co-founded digital agency I Spy Marketing and led the business to 60+ employees before it was sold to Dentsu/Aegis in 2012. Nick Jones also co-founded spin out business “Upcast Social”, a leading Facebook Ad management platform later sold to Mediamath. Between 2012 and 2018 he was a full time Angel Investor and held multiple Chairman, Non-Executive and Advisory roles in the Tech space. He founded investment syndicate Galvanise Capital in 2012 and now fills the role of non-executive chairman.
In December 2017 the itch to get back into entrepreneurial life in a hands-on capacity grew too strong and he co-founded Zumo with long-time collaborator Paul Roach. Having spent the last 24 months building the product he and his team are now taking Zumo to market.
As the CEO and Co-Founder of Zumo, he has been leading a fully decentralized mobile wallet and payments platform for over five years. He is focused on building a better planet for digital assets by enabling enterprises to effortlessly embed digital assets, engineered with a strong emphasis on sustainability and trust.
Nick Jones, based in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, He brings experience from previous roles at Timecode Systems Limited, Galvanise, Thinksprint and Blackbx. He holds a 1994 - 1998 Master of Arts in History @ University of Glasgow.