
Owner iVentures Consulting
San Francisco Bay Area

Owner iVentures Consulting
San Francisco Bay Area
Aurelia Ammour is the co-founder and co-CEO of iVentures Consulting, a stragegy consulting boutique focused on the Internet activities in the Media, Entertainment, Telecom, Travel sectors.
Prior to creating iVentures Consulting, Aurelia spent five years in venture capital at Europatweb and Global Technology as a Incubation Project Director and Senior Associate specialized in Internet, Entertainment, Media and Mobile services.
In 1995, Aurelia took part in the creation of one of the first interactive agencies in France, Lolita, later sold to Havas Advertising Group to become ConnectWorld. Within Lolita/ConnectWorld, Aurelia has been until 2000 Project Director for international multimedia and internet projects for prestigious brands such as Vivendi, Canal Satellite, Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, M6 and RFI.
Aurelia holds a Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation for ESCP-EAP Paris and a Master in Multimedia from Novocom (Institut d’étude et de recherches sur les nouvelles communications).
Venture capital,
Internet, Entertainment and Media expert,
Business development,
Entrepreneurial marketing,
Project & business unit management.
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
December 2003 — Present (5 years 8 months)
Strategy Consulting / New Venture Development
- Internet Strategy,
- Strategic due diligence,
- Business planning,
- Marketing strategy
Clients: AFP, Le Monde, Voyages-sncf.com, Curse.com, Micromania, Notrefamille.com, Boucheron, Puig Group, AGF Private Equity etc.
http://www.iventures-consulting.com
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
November 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 1 month)
VC, M&A consulting
- Investment opportunities screening,
- Portfolio companies support and follow up,
- Business planning.
http://www.gti-llc.com
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Bernard Arnault's fund
- Co-foundation of the incubational activity,
- Member of the projects screening and selection Committee,
- Portfolio companies support and follow up.
(Online Media industry)
September 1995 — January 2000 (4 years 5 months)
Internet Consulting company
- Business Unit management,
- Project management,
- EBusiness Consulting,
- Definition of ConnectWorld’s ebusiness Technology offering.
MS , Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 2003 — 2004
Master , Audiovisual & Multimedia production , 1995 — 1997
Additional activities: - From 2007: journalist for Private Equity Magazine for the Ventures and New technologies column. - From 2006: visiting professor in “Entrepreneurial Marketing” at ESCP-EAP (European School of Management) for Innovation & Entrepreneurship training. - 2004: produced a music & video ambient DVD “Urban Sessions Paris” released in France, London and Dubai Interests - Contemporary art & design - Music - Travelling - Self defense - Trecking - Running
- Founder and member of the artists collective French cancan, specialised in Art Entertainment to promote the art performances within the trendy events, stores and venues,
- Member of the Paris Professional Women Network,
- Member of Paris Entreprendre