Daniel Waterhouse

Current

• Partner at Wellington Partners

Past

• Sector Partner - Internet, Media & Technology at 3i Group
• Corporate Development (Corp Dev) at Yahoo!
• Management Consultant at PwC

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Education

• ACCA
• University of Oxford
• University of Oxford

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Industry

Internet

Daniel Waterhouse’s Summary

An experienced investor and strategic operator in consumer internet companies having spent 6 years in Yahoo!s strategy and M&A team and working in the venture capial/private equity industry since the beginning of 2006.

Daniel Waterhouse’s Specialties:

venture capital (VC), private equity, corporate development (corp dev), mergers & acquisitions, private equity, strategy development, operational improvement, financial management, corporate finance, financial planning, financial modelling, financial control, due diligence, competitive analysis, market analysis

Daniel Waterhouse’s Experience

• Partner

  Wellington Partners

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Sector Partner - Internet, Media & Technology

  3i Group

  (Internet industry)

  January 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 8 months)

  Working for one of the world's largest venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) players. Develop view on internet space to identify and make new investments in companies. Work on deals across EU and N America. Have a unique perspective on global internet trends. Covers deal sourcing, pitching for deals, diligence, presenting to investment committee, working with boards and managements teams on strategy, recruiting, operational improvement, investment pitches.
  
  Ex. of companies I have am involved with: Demand Media (next gen online media co), Fotolog (world's largest photo blogging site), Habbo Hotel (teen virtual world/community), Garlik (online ID mgt), BuyVIP (shopping community), Home Decor Products (leading home improvements e-tailer), Blue Lithium (behavioural ad network), Taptu (mobile search engine), Agent Provocateur (luxury lingerie retailer), Intermediar (online recruitment site), Twenga (product comparison) and Fastbooking (direct Internet hotel bookings).

• Corporate Development (Corp Dev)

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  August 1999 — August 2005 (6 years 1 month)

  Corporate development (corp dev) role, covering strategic development and mergers/acquisitions across the European region. Acquisitions included price comparison site Kelkoo ($600m) and mobile VAS Zed. Led strategy work in areas of search, online advertising, classifieds, mobile, content, communication platforms, entertainment products.
  
  Prior to this at Yahoo! was responsible for Business Planning, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Strategic Planning

• Management Consultant

  PwC

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 6 months)

  Part of an advanced business modelling team developing strategic, transaction, financial and information modelling projects to a wide variety of clients including those in the energy, pharmaceutical, postal delivery, PFI and water utility areas.

Daniel Waterhouse’s Education

• ACCA

  CDipAf , Chartered Diploma in Accounting & Finance , 1997 — 1998

• University of Oxford

  PhD , Mathermatics , 1992 — 1995

  Jesus College

• University of Oxford

  BA , Mathematics , 1989 — 1992

  Jesus College

  Activities and Societies:

  Tennis, Football