Rob Kniaz
Rob Kniaz (born May 1979[1]) is an American venture capitalist based in London. He is a co-founding managing partner of Hoxton Ventures, an early-stage investment firm, investing across Europe.[2][3] and a former early Google product manager for AdSense.
History[edit]
Kniaz was a National Merit Scholarship recipient at St Mary's Ryken High School.[4] Subsequently, he graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. degree in Computer Science.[5] He studied at Stanford University and worked for Intel and was later an early product manager at Google in Silicon Valley where he led a team in the ads division focusing on the AdWords ad auction and Cost per action advertising.[6]
Intellectual Property[edit]
While working at Google on AdSense, he filed significant US patents for advertising technology particularly around pay-per-action ads, ad syndication and ad tracking. A number of patents remain in the application process[7][8] both in the US as well as the EU.[9]
This portfolio of patents has been cited over 161 times in subsequent patents by others in the advertising field.[10]
Notable patents include:
- A method for selecting ad pricing model dynamically[11]
- Allowing publisher preference of ads shown[12]
- Identifying complementary ads[13]
- Determining ad value in selection[14]
- Syndicated ad content[15]
- User-generated ads[16]
Hoxton Ventures[edit]
In 2014, Kniaz and Hussein Kanji[17] founded Hoxton Ventures, an early stage European venture capital firm.[18] Hoxton has been cited as one of Europe's leading "unicorn hunter" VCs with two portfolio companies valued at over $1b as of 2018.[19] Along with his partner, he has been noted by Business Insider as one of Europe's "coolest tech investors" in 2018.[20]
His notable investments include Deliveroo[21], Mavrx (acquired), and Immunio (acquired) among several others across Europe as part of his firm.
Technology[edit]
Kniaz is often cited in major news sources for commentary on the European venture capital ecosystem.[22][23] He also regularly comments on macroeconomic trends as they relate to the venture capital industry as well as international travel trends.[24][25]
Post Brexit he has provided regular commentary around the position of UK venture capital in Europe.[26] [27][28]
He is a regular guest on BBC Radio[29] and BBC World Service[30] news on the impact of public sector technology companies (especially Google and Apple), as well as on CNBC television[31].
References[edit]
- ↑ "Robert Karol KNIAZ - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Business - Rob Kniaz". bloomberg.com. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Hoxton Ventures Raises new $40M Early Stage European VC Fund". theguardian.com. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS". Washington Post. 1997-06-19. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ "Maryland C.S. Alumni - Rob Kniaz". cs.umd.edu. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Google Adsense Blog". Inside AdSense (Official Google AdSense blog). 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Metrikumsetzung für online-werbung, 2008-02-04, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ "Rob Kniaz - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ↑ Automatically switching between pricing models for services, 2012-07-26, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ Publisher preference system for content selection, 2012-08-20, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ Determining complementary product content from primary product document information and providing such complementary product content in association with the primary product document, in an online environment, 2012-05-31, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ Advertising value tools, 2009-10-28, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ Syndicated trackable ad content, 2006-04-20, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ User generated advertising, 2007-10-26, retrieved 2018-05-29
- ↑ "Hoxton Ventures Launches a European Early Stage Venture Capital Fund, Bringing U.S. Investing Perspective to Europe Accel and Fidelity Alumni Open Microcap Venture Fund in Europe". Hoxton Ventures. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Hoxton Ventures: Official Website". Hoxton Ventures. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Overview of top Unicorn hunters amongst European investors". blog.dealroom.co. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "The 36 coolest tech investors in the UK". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Series A - Deliveroo - 2014-06-26 | Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "British Tech students shunning Silicon Valley". sky.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Hoxton Ventures takes aim at Europe's unicorns". Red Herring. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Fed Keeps Interest Rates on Hold". CNBC. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "How to Breeze Through Airport Immigration like a Diplomat". Wall Street Journal. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Theresa May wants to make up for a potentially massive shortfall in UK VC funding". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Haworth, Elliott (2016-09-23). "Brand Britain: How will Brexit affect our image abroad?". Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "British CEOs Bemoan Election Disaster". Bloomberg.com. 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "27/02/2017, Today - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "UK and EU Agree Brexit Transition Terms, World Business Report - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ "Apple executing according to plan: Pro". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
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