Prof. Dr. Kai Buehler

Unterrichte und forsche im Bereich Digital Entrepreneurship, VR&AR Technologien, Finanzierung und Bewertung von Startups

Help portfolio companies with strategy, growth, funding, product decisions and execution

KARMAKARMA is a social impact community that works with 150+ nonprofits allowing users to see and track their impact on the world (think: linkedin for social good profile).

Direct investor and advisor to a number of startups in Blockchain, VR&AR, eCommerce, mobile loyalty, media (boku, Honey, Vire, storrito, RewardFX, MightyVR, metroplex, KarmaKarma). Also, acting as Interim CEO/CMO for European companies entering the US market (iStoryTime, test.io, youtoo Technologies, mimik technology).

After the acquisition of Watchpoints by Viggle (NASDAQ: VGGL), I became their SVP and GM to spearhead the integration of new acquisitions and to manage the existing Loyalize business platform with customers such as Motorola, yahoo Australia, Spike and MTV. Viggle (now perk.com) is an entertainment marketing and rewards platform with an average monthly total reach of 23.6 million users.

mobile messaging solutions (mms), Inc. was divested out of Verisign in 2009 (NASDAQ: VRSN). While serving as CEO of mms Inc, we processed over 1 billion premium and standard text messages for America’s top TV-shows such as American Idol, America's Got Talent, Deal or No Deal, Sabado Gigante, Survivor and Big Brother. Developed Watchpoints, first loyalty program for TV, which was acquired by Viggle in September 2011 (NASDAQ: VGGL).

I started MindMatics’ iTV-business in the US in 2006 and the company soon became the major mobile service provider for TV networks such as Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, Univision, BET, endemol. Successfully created new revenue streams and generated ancillary revenues of over $50M for interactive TV shows like Deal or No Deal and BET - Take the Cake. The MindMatics iTV business in the US was merged with mms, Inc. in early 2010.

CEO der plan_b media AG in Köln, Wien und New York, die wir als führenden Anbieter von mobilen Entertainment-Diensten im Jahr 2005 an das T-Mobile Venture, mopay (jetzt boku.com) verkaufen konnte.

Strategieberatung und diverse Projekte im Bereich E-Commerce für führende deutsche Großunternehmen.

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