Gil Beyda

Current

• Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures

Past

• Business/Technology Advisor at Early Stage Companies
• EVP, Corporate Strategy & Development at TACODA (acquired by AOL)
• CTO & EVP Engineering at TACODA (acquired by AOL)

• Founder & CTO at Real Media (24/7 RM acquired by WPP)
• Chief Technology Consultant at Beyda Consulting Group

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Education

• California State University-Northridge
• California State University-Northridge

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Gil Beyda’s Summary

Gil Beyda is a seasoned entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Gil launched his first company Mind Games in 1982 to develop games for the original Apple II. Gil then started a software consulting firm with Fortune 100 clients in the U.S., Asia and Europe. In 1995, Gil helped pioneer Internet advertising by founding Real Media, the first online ad network and ad server company. After Real Media was acquired in 2001, Gil pioneered the next wave of online advertising as CTO of TACODA, the first behavioral targeting, ad network. Following AOL’s acquisition of TACODA in 2007, Gil founded Genacast Ventures in partnership with Comcast Interactive Capital to invest in seed-stage, technology-centric, Internet start-ups.

Gil has a MBA and BS in Computer Science from California State University. He lives with his wife and four daughters in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Gil Beyda’s Specialties:

Online Advertising
Digital Media
Consumer Internet
Web x.0
eCommerce
Saas

Gil Beyda’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  Genacast Ventures

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  A venture fund focusing on seed stage start-ups in the northeast looking to raise up to $500,000 in new media, digital marketing, consumer Internet, Saas, web 2.0 and e-commerce. GV was formed in partnership with Comcast Interactive Capital.

• Business/Technology Advisor

  Early Stage Companies

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

• EVP, Corporate Strategy & Development

  TACODA (acquired by AOL)

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)

  Responsible for corporate strategy, financing, strategic partnerships, mergers & acquisitions and international development. Acquired by AOL for $300MM in 2007.

• CTO & EVP Engineering

  TACODA (acquired by AOL)

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  February 2003 — April 2007 (4 years 3 months)

  Responsible for strategic technology and product vision; the architecture, design and development of TACODA’s behavioral targeting ad network; leading research and technology initiatives; and managing software engineering department.

• Founder & CTO

  Real Media (24/7 RM acquired by WPP)

  (Internet industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years)

  Founded company in 1995. As CTO, led the development of Real Media’s software product, Open AdStream, enabling over 2,000 websites to streamline management, delivery and reporting of digital advertising. As head of technology division, established company as the global leader in Internet advertising technology. Customers included the world’s largest and most prominent websites such as Weather.com, NYTimes.com, USAToday.com, Forbes.com and CBS.MarketWatch.com. In 2001, merged with 24/7. Acquired by WPP in 2007 for $650MM.

• Chief Technology Consultant

  Beyda Consulting Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1985 — 1995 (10 years)

  Founded international software services company specializing in the architecture, design, development and implementation of large, complex software systems for Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Clients included IBM, AT&T, NCR/Teradata, UNISYS, HSBC and Siemens.

Gil Beyda’s Education

• California State University-Northridge

  MBA , 1985 — 1991

• California State University-Northridge

  BS , Computer Science , 1980 — 1985