Luca Ascani (investor)
Luca Ascani (Entrepreneur)
Luca Ascani is an Italian entrepreneur and investor.[1][2] who founded several companies including BuyCentral[3], Advance[4][5] and Populis [6]
Entrepreneurial Career
BuyCentral
In 1999, Ascani founded BuyCentral, an Italian shopping comparison website[7] and he managed the company until it was sold to Lycos Europe in 2004.[8][9]
ADVance
In 2002, he founded ADVance[10] a digital media agency in Italy that was then sold to Netbooster in March 2007. [11]
GoAdv/Populis
In 2004, Ascani cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis. He listed GoAdv on the Paris Alternext stock exchange on the 1st of August 2007.[12] and the following year an 11 million euro bond subscription. [13][14]through which he launched one of the major digital media consolidations in Europe through the acquisitions of : Excite in 2007 [15][16] Blogosfere in 2009 [17] Blogo [18]and Mokono in 2011.[19]
Populis became one of the most important media companies also in Brasil through the acquisition of CidadeInternet in 2012[20] In 2009, Ascani led GoAdv to launch a hostile take over on another French listed company Leguide.com[21] In 2010, GoAdv was delisted from the Alternext Paris Stock Exchange [22] and afterward rebranded as Populis [23][24] to focus on the content on demand new generation of Journalism [25]. He also led the GoAdv/Populis group to win several awards : RedHerring[26], GpBullhound, [27]MediaMomentum[28] and was also named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. [29]
Events
Ascani attended the E-G8 conference in 2011[30][31] with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors and accelerating the developments of the Italian digital industry. Ascani organised the TechCrunch Italy conference[32]in 2012 and 2013, and in 2017 with Riccardo Zacconi Ascani organised the Founders Forum Italy [33]
Recently Luca coFounded TAG DCU in Dublin[34][35], a co-working campus inside the university, the aim being to create a hub for startups in Ireland.
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- ↑ Landi, Stefano. ""«Our unusual career» From zero to Europe. And a thirty year old has 500 online information sites in his hand"". Corriere.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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|website=(help) - ↑ ""ADVance also opens in Milan. For 2007 expected a + 30% turnover"". www.adcgroup.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Luca Ascani"". www.key4biz.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Populis International Limited"". www.solocheck.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Menorca Tech Talk"". www.menorcatechtalk.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Carmeni, Nathalie. ""Buycentral goes to Lycos Europe"". www.e-marketing.fr. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""BuyCentral connects to Lycos"". www.capitalfinance.lesechos.fr/. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Luca Ascani"". www.key4biz.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Acquisition of the Italian ADVance"". www.journaldelintro.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Grandontagne, Yves. ""GoAdv is admitted to the stock market (Alternext) this August 1st"". www.silicon.fr. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Bryan, Garnier & Co. successfully completes €11.5 million convertible bond placement for GoAdv"". "www.bryangarnier.com/". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Russell, Jon. ""https://techcrunch.com/"". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Williams, Christopher. ""Ask.com firm palms off Excite Europe"". www.theregister.co.uk/. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Warner, Bernhard. ""Excite is back, and this time it makes sense"". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Menneveux, Richard. ""GoADV acquires blogosfere"". www.frenchweb.fr. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Populis to buy blog network for €6m"". www.siliconrepublic.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Percival, Geoff. ""Populis buys blog network for €8.2m"". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ "" Populis acquires its way into South America with purchase of Brazil's Cidade Internet"". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ "" More Consolidation In Europe: GoAdv To Acquire LeGuide.com For €50 Million"". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Launch of a buy-back offer at the initiative of GOADV's key shareholders"". "ww.boursorama.com/". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Andrews, Robert. ""GoAdv Rebrands As 'Populis' To Make A European Content Farm"". www.gigaom.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""European Leader in Content on Demand GoAdv Announces Group Rebrand to Populis"". www.indianweb2.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Slattery, Laura. ""Content to make money from online writing"". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Occhipinti, Nicolò. ""Populis: how to create a media world"". www.eccellere.com/. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Goadv : Integrated with 'top 20' of gp bullhound"". www.tradingsat.com/. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Kennedy, John. ""Dublin-based Populis one of Europe's fastest-growing digital media firms"". www.siliconrepublic.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Populis tops in Deloitte Technology Fast 50"". www.techcentral.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""The Internet: Accelerating Growth eG8 Forum"". g8.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""THE MEETING BETWEEN STATES AND THE INTERNET INDUSTRY LEADER"". ilsecoloxix.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ Butcher, Mike. "" TechCrunch Italy – Join Us In Rome On Thursday For An Italian CrunchUp"". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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|url=value (help). www.startupbusiness.it. Retrieved 15 June 2018. - ↑ ""Talent Garden Dublin will be an IoT powerhouse"". Siliconrepublic.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ ""Talent Garden and DCU announce groundbreaking Innovation Partnership"". DCU.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
