Ariadne Capital Investor Forum Showcases GameChangers

June 27, 2007; 09:43 AM

LONDON -- Ariadne Capital (Ariadne), www.ariadnecapital.com, the investment and advisory firm backing leading entrepreneurs in digital media, communications and life services, is hosting a forum for the top Internet entrepreneurs from the first wave of the Internet’s development to share their visions of 2.0 and beyond.    The Ariadne Capital Investor Forum, is sponsored by Morse, the leading IT consultancy, and is taking place Thursday, June 28 in London.

With the theme of ‘Engineering Business Take Off’, the Ariadne Capital Investor Forum will bring together 250 venture capital and private investors, as well media, analysts and other leading entrepreneurs.

Keynote speakers include:
• Brent Hoberman [lastminute.com and mydeco],
• Christina Domecq [SpinVox],
• Nick Ogden [Worldpay and VoicePay],
• Sabeer Bhatia [hotmail and arzoo],
• Laurence Alexander [O2 and ROK Mobile],
• Fabrice Grinda [Aucland, Zingy, OLX],
• Mattias Kroner [Direkt Anlage Bank and FIDOR],
• Alastair Lukies [epolitix and Monitise],
• Wayne Lochner [BetBrokers],
• Marin Muyser [Travel Intelligence],
• Jack Lang, Entrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge University,
• Errol Damelin [Supply Chain Connect Ltd and Wonga]
• James Alexander [Zopa], and
• Martijn Tjho [IndependentIP]

Ariadne founding Investors who will be at the Forum include
• Candace Johnson, founder of SES Astra, and leading telecoms entrepreneur,
• Jo Wood Goodson of MediaGold/Avanquest,
• Ian Powell and Francis Goodwin of Maiden
• John Redford of Element 14/Broadcom,
• Finn Helmer, founder of Giga, now Intel
• Richard Emanuel, DX Telecom, and
• In addition to Ogden, Bhatia, Lochner and Hoberman who are also Ariadne shareholders.

The CEO’s of Ariadne portfolio companies who will be presenting to investors include:
• Marc Vrijhof of GravityZoo – the framework for application development in Net 3.0
• Kevin Meagher of Intamac – remote home monitoring and management
• Peter Bond of Otodio – eyes-free documents
• Christian Braun of Auctioning4u – the online auction
• James Akin-Smith of BeCheeky – the leading online lingerie site
• Marcel Puyk of Cellectivity – the mobile gaming enabler
• Jennifer Allsop of MC3 Global – an entertainment and media channel for horse-racing
• Mark Biegel of Raceo – the super jackpot for sports events

Morse, the FTSE 250 IT Consultancy, is a partner of Ariadne Capital, and has sponsored the Investor Forum.   They provide in-depth understanding and extensive experience in helping their clients understand all the implications, options, risks and most importantly present and future costs that must be considered when looking to outsource.

“Ariadne is 200% on the side of the entrepreneur who is bringing to life his or her vision.   These “gamechangers” are why we exist.   They are going 200 mph, and they engage with Ariadne to accelerate their momentum by bringing together capital, talent, access to the right partners, insight and courage.   We are conviction investors.   Our appetite for large market opportunities to de-risk is tremendous, and we never give up or accept no.” said Julie Meyer, the founder and CEO of Ariadne Capital.