WELCOME TO INVOLVY
BUSINESS GROWTH IN A GLOBAL INNOVATIVE WORLD
What We Do
We have an exceptional, international network of business executives in EMEA, Americas and Asia. We involve ourselves to our clients projects on building growth and delivering results.
GROWTH
We support the companies' growth in multiple countries by reaching key business partnerships and/or financing opportunities.
GLOBAL REACH
We can build up an
international management team to support the development in different countries.
STARTUP TO CORPORATIONS
Most of our clients are startups or companies that are in the need of growth and/or shift in their business development.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
We support companies in reaching agreements with key business clients that will accelerate their business into specific verticals or in a new market.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to help early-stage companies to maximize their potential, build or expand their infrastructure and roadmap, identify strategic partners, open new markets and raise equity/debt capital.
We accomplish this by leveraging and coordinating our team’s various skills and unparalleled experience in these activities across EMEA and the Americas.
You Always Get the Best Guidance
EXECUTION STRATEGIES
SALES & GROWTH
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
We assist our clients in the localization of the operations in a target market involving key management and/or through an initial setup of managed service operations.
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SALES
Leveraging years of experience in our network in sales and licensing services and/or solutions, we are able to reduce the time and costs when entering a new market, by connecting with key accounts and supporting the initial setup of the sales organization.
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EXECUTION STRATEGIES
FINANCING
FUNDRAISING
We approach financing opportunities involving strategic and/or financial investors and assist in the negotiation of the terms and conditions of the agreement, the negotiations, and final closing involving other parties as tax and legal.
We assist clients with raising capital from both private and public resources.
SALES & ACQUISITIONS
We cooperate with our clients in the process of the sale of the company or in seeking potential acquisitions. When selling we assist them in defining the process, assessing the value and the targets; when acquiring, the value and the opportunity for the buyer aligned with the strategy and pricing set with the acquirer. We are also involved in the negotiations process, integrating other parties as tax and/or legal.
OUR TEAM
We are a team of experienced professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and network in EMEA, Americas and Asia.
MICHAEL JAY SOLOMON
Founder
Chairman of the Board
- Hollywood entertainment executive and industry pioneer Michael Jay Solomon for more than 50 years.
- Michael has chaired major companies in the Entertainment business. He founded Telepictures with a $1M in 1978 and seven years later acquired Lorimar, then sold Lorimar/ Telepictures to Warner Bros. for $1.4 Billion and became President of WB International
- Michael has served as the Founder, President, Chairman and CEO of several of the largest US companies of television producers and syndication and international media content distribution such as United Artists, MCA (VP), Lorimar Telepictures (President) and Warner Bros. (President International).
XAVIER RITORT
Founder
President & CEO
-Xavier has developed different entrepreneurial activities after leaving his responsibility as private Telecoms Manager at the Olympic Committee in Barcelona in 1992 and co-founded in 1993 Doxa Consulting (TMT consultancy firm sold to Ricoh). In 2007 was engaged in different payTV opportunities in Europe and co-foinded Magine TV (OTT platform and TV service) in Sweden in 2012 leaving in 2017.
- Long-standing trajectory in the technological and business consulting space, having led and been involved in the financing of investment opportunities and in the sale of companies.
JO GROEBEL
Board Advisor
- Founder of the Deutsches Digital Institute.
- Member Internet Advisory Commission to German Parliament (since 2011).
- Jo is present in many different boards and associations in Germany and in the Netherlands .
- Published 38 international books having done hundreds of interviews in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Cambridge, Oxford, Le Monde, ZEIT, FAZ, Spiegel, ARD, ZDF, BBC, RTL, and CNN. Lectured at Harvard, Columbia, and Yale.
- Counselor for Heads of States and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
ULLA KOIVULA
Founder
Board Advisor
- Ulla has developed a great performance in marketing, digital customer acquisition and business understanding over the last 25 years.
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- She has been involved in a number of Media & telecom companies as Telia, Telia Mobile, PlusTV, TDF Entertainment and Startups as Magine AB, Moi Mobiili Oy, PodIt Oy.
- Ulla is present in different Boards and other positions of Trust.
- Board Member of the international Emmy Awards Organization from 2013 to 2016.
LORRAINE SPURGE
Board Advisor
- Ms. Spurge began her career in finance in the 1970s and became one of the most successful women on Wall Street. She managed the capital markets group for Drexel Burnham Lambert in the 1980s. At Drexel, she helped raise more than $200 billion for middle-market growth companies and others as MCI Communications, McCaw Cellular, Newscorp, AOL/TimeWarner, Lorimar-Telepictures, Healthrust, Charter Medical, Safeway Stores, and one of the largest financing of its time, RJR Nabisco.
- Beginning 2001 she helped build the corporate credit business for several investment management firms
- She is currently CEO of Maplestone Capital Advisors and is an active motivational speaker (KCBS morning news, CNN and CNBC) and has authored several books.
THOMAS KOCH
Board Advisor
-Thomas Koch has been head of media at GGK and Ted Bates Worldwide in Frankfurt. In 1987 he started "thomaskochmedia" (tkm) in Düsseldorf. tkm becomes the largest independent media agency in Germany.
-In 2002 Koch, as CEO, merged his agency with Starcom to form tkmStarcom (7th largest media agency in the country). In 2010 he co-founded “Plural Media Services” in Berlin. In 2019 he founded "The DOOH Consultancy" as the first consulting agency to specialize in the new trend medium of digital out-of-home.
-In 1995, Capital described Thomas Koch as “the most prominent thought leader in German advertising”. In 2004 he was part of the 15 people who have moved the European advertising industry the most - together with Maurice Levy, Rupert Murdoch and Sir Martin Sorrell. In 2008, he was voted Media Personality of the Year.
ARMANDO NUÑEZ
Board Advisor
- Armando is a CBS media veteran with a strategic and results-focused executive who oversaw a 12-fold increase in the CBS’s international revenue over 20 years, fuelling the network’s marquis franchises, including “CSI,” “NCIS,” and “Star Trek.”
- As President & Chief Executive Officer of the Global Distribution Group at CBS (2016-2019) and ViacomCBS (2019-2020), Armando was responsible for international licensing and syndication, including worldwide multiplatform distribution worth $6B a year. He build lucrative and lasting partnerships, and manage complex M&As.
- Armando is in the Executive Committee of NATPE International, the board and co-chair of the global committee, and the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
PEDRO FONTANA
Board Advisor
- Pedro has an extensive professional background in C-Level positions throughout his career, from banking to Hotels-Tourism and also as COO of the Barcelona Olympic Games Organization between 1989 to1992 and Managing Director of BBVA Bank in Catalonia (Spain).
- Pedro is currently Chairman of the Board of AREAS Worldwide, one of the global leaders in Food & Beverage and travel retail with near to 2B€ revenues.
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- Pedro has had relevant trustee positions in different companies and institutions as the Barcelona Stock Exchange, being today among other positions, a member of the Boards of the Banco Sabadell and the Foundation of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
JOHN (JACK) ROOSA
Board Advisor
- Jack Roosa is currently acting as independent consultant and he is recognised as a highly accomplished and experienced professional leveraging 40+ years of experience in business strategy, leadership and program execution, in dynamic fast-paced business environments.
- Jack has served until year 2023 as Director of Raytheon Missile and Defense, and before until 2008 as Senior Program Manager (Business Development).
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He has also served for 20 years in the United States Air Force as F16-Fighter Pilot.
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Jack has been awarded with the Annual Award for Leadership in Raytheon, he is member fo the Board of Directors of Back to Space, Arizona Make -A-Wish Organization and Advisor of Phantom Space among other positions
JULES HAIMOVITZ
Board Advisor
- Jules Haimovitz is currently President and Board member of Haimovitz Consulting, Inc.
He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Ariad Pharmaceuticals, where he was also a member of the audit committee.
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- Jules also served Dial Global, Inc., where he was also a member of the audit committee; and Imclone Pharmaceuticals, where he served as chairperson of the audit committee.
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- Mr. Haimovitz has also served as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer of the follow companies: Spelling Entertainment, Inc., King World Productions and VJN, Inc. Mr. Haimovitz holds a B.S. and M.A. degree in Mathematics from Brooklyn College.
CHRISTIAN HALSEY SOLOMON
Board Advisor
- Christian is currently Head of Corporate Strategy and a Board member at Talespin, an enterprise software company that leverages immersive technology to transform the way global workforces learn, train, and collaborate.
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- An expert lender in the entertainment sector, Christian has fueled the expansion of dozens of organizations worldwide while generating significant returns for his investors — in total, he’s overseen over $1B in funding for companies and projects in the film and digital entertainment industries.
MARY ANN HALFORD
Board Advisor
- For over 25 years, Mary Ann Halford has been actively building businesses in the media and entertainment industry in the US and internationally.
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- Media partner at the consulting firm Altman Solon. From 2017 through the beginning of 2021, she was a Senior Advisor to OC&C Strategy Consultants. she has also advised Eleven Sports, FIFA, 24i, RCN Television (Colombia) and Pearl TV- Previously as Executive-in-Residence (“EIR”) with the media tech investment banking firm Progress Partners.
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- Key leader in building and developing FTI Consulting’s media and entertainment practice in both the US and EMEA, working largely with broadcasters and content production and distribution companies.
MICHAEL WERNER
Board Advisor
- Michael is a serial intra- entrepreneur. He has been leading the launch of multiple media companies in Europe. All with new tech in common. Everything from satellite TV online, Linear TV, Video on demand gaming, E-shopping self-service shopping and hyper-localnews .
- Michael was one of the top executives at Kinnevik/TV3, BoxerTV and Skandia Media Invest during the late 80th´s and the 90 th´s. Since then, cofounder of several Nordic and European and media companies. The last 10 year focused on new tech for media and publishers.
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- Michael is currently leading the launch of NewsAigency, a group of independent tech companies providing the news publishing industry with new relevant tech.
CHRISTIAN HALSEY SOLOMON
Board Advisor
- Christian is currently Head of Corporate Strategy and a Board member at Talespin, an enterprise software company that leverages immersive technology to transform the way global workforces learn, train, and collaborate.
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- An expert lender in the entertainment sector, Christian has fueled the expansion of dozens of organizations worldwide while generating significant returns for his investors — in total, he’s overseen over $1B in funding for companies and projects in the film and digital entertainment industries.
MARY ANN HALFORD
Board Advisor
- For over 25 years, Mary Ann Halford has been actively building businesses in the media and entertainment industry in the US and internationally.
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- Media partner at the consulting firm Altman Solon. From 2017 through the beginning of 2021, she was a Senior Advisor to OC&C Strategy Consultants. she has also advised Eleven Sports, FIFA, 24i, RCN Television (Colombia) and Pearl TV- Previously as Executive-in-Residence (“EIR”) with the media tech investment banking firm Progress Partners.
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- Key leader in building and developing FTI Consulting’s media and entertainment practice in both the US and EMEA, working largely with broadcasters and content production and distribution companies.
MICHAEL WERNER
Board Advisor
- Michael is a serial intra- entrepreneur. He has been leading the launch of multiple media companies in Europe. All with new tech in common. Everything from satellite TV online, Linear TV, Video on demand gaming, E-shopping self-service shopping and hyper-localnews .
- Michael was one of the top executives at Kinnevik/TV3, BoxerTV and Skandia Media Invest during the late 80th´s and the 90 th´s. Since then, cofounder of several Nordic and European and media companies. The last 10 year focused on new tech for media and publishers.
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- Michael is currently leading the launch of NewsAigency, a group of independent tech companies providing the news publishing industry with new relevant tech.
Involvy acts as the Advisor to GFM Animation on an investment and fund raising to increase its current slate of animated films.
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GFM Animation is a successful virtual studio based in London (UK) which produces, finances and distributes high quality animation feature content and has been developing a strong, dedicated animation feature film slate since inception in 2018.
Involvy acts as the advisor to V Channels in its process of raising funds for the next growth phase and potential acquisitions in the international markets.
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V Channels is a leading US (LA) film channel provider operating in the largest and most diverse network of movie channels in YouTube and other AVOD platforms, with more than 5 Billions movies streamed and 25 Million of subscribers.
Involvy acted as the advisor to Dyler S.L. in the sale to Recalvi Mediterranea, a Spanish leading company in the wholesale trade of automobile parts.
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With this agreement, Dyler will become the base for developing the auto parts business in Catalonia and Spain, with Dyler's client base of more than 650 auto repair shops and around 150 thousand products sold per year.
Involvy acts as an advisor to Lotenik in raising funds for the next growth phase in the German market.
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Lotenik business is the provision of telecoms-media signals (TV and radio, Internet, and other media services) and their feeding into house distribution systems of network level 4 (NE4) for real estate companies, house and apartment owners, and their tenants.
Involvy acts as an advisor to Podit in the German market which includes the introduction to german Publishers and key targeted corporations and involving local investors.
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Podit® is a Finish business podcast and audiobook service that seeks internationalisation and growth in Europe. Podit is a service with over 2500 Podcasts, +750 audiobooks, +7500 h of listening, including + 15 Podit® Originals series.
Following the consultancy support in the development of the internationalization Business Plan, Involvy acts as advisor to Foppa in the entry into the Spanish and dutch markets with the aim to reach agreements with key media agencies and media outlets including local partners.
Foppa is a Finish fintech company specialized in marketing cost management and budget funding. With Foppa, advertisers can manage their marketing spend and optimize cash flows for improved profit growth
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H3
Advisory cooperation in the business and financial plans preparations towards seeking funds for the international development and operations set up.
H3 is a Swedish company that has developed a unique molecular water product enriched with hydrogen and other specific features and new cutting-edge technology, meant for the mass market and initially targeted to the sports and fashion world.
Involvy acted as the Advisor in the equity raising of 596,000€ Euros in Metaworlds (Fire Ember S.L.).
Metaworlds is a Blockchain studio gaming company based in Madrid (Spain), which is building digital ecosystems mixing videogames and NFTs in partnership with Top Tier influencers.
Advisory support in seeking investors for the fund-raising of the new Foton.Ventures fund.
Foton.Ventures is the investment arm of Foton., an established, vertically integrated film, TV and video game developer, producer and financier in the M&A industry, based in Los Angeles.
Advisory support for the development of the European business plan and the tax/legal scenarios for the European company set-up.
ASC is an Argentinean company, a leading company in the Ground-Segment solutions for the Space industry.
Invovly has acted as the Advisor in the sale of Dismarina Mediterranea to Plastimo Group SAS, a leading international recreational equipment manufacturer and distributor, integrated into the French corporation, Alliance Marine group.
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Dismarina is a leading distributor of materials and accessories for the nautical sector in Spain.
Involvy has acted as the advisor in supporting CSI in reaching business partnership agreements to distribute its FIGHTSPORTS channel with Mediaset Spain and Marca (spanish leading sports publisher).
CSI-FIGHTSPORTS is US (NJ) leading syndication and distrutor of Fight sports content with a US distribution of more than 80M users and syndicating to 190 countries
Strategic co-operation with MaginePro in searching for new business opportunities and strategic partnerships at the international level.
Magine is a Swedish high-end OTT company based in Stockholm.
Involvy, in co-operation with NorCapital, acted as Co-Adivsor in the sale of TV Player, a leading independent OTT PayTV player to the French company Alchimie.
Alchimie is an international content aggregator a dynamic distribution company with an extensive portfolio of premium and factual content.
Advisory support for the business plan and financial material preparations for a third-party investment.
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QRRNT AS, a Norwegian clean energy company.
Involvy, in cooperation with Intelligent Consulting, has contributed with strategic and operational support to Space SUR in its European market entry.
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Space Sur is an Argentinean company specialized in Upstream and Earth Observation software solutions.
