Jay Singh

Jay Singh

Jay Singh in 2015
Born (1989-10-22) October 22, 1989
Quincy, Massachusetts
Residence Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Education Randolph High School (Massachusetts)
Alma mater University of Massachusetts Amherst
Occupation Entrepreneur, investor
Known for ViralGains
Title Founder, ViralGains
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Jay Singh Signature

Jay Singh is an American businessman and investor. He is the CEO of PHL Venture Company, a Holding company based in Burbank, California.[1] Singh is a founder and former CEO of ViralGains, an Internet marketing company based in Boston.[2] His writings on Social media and Viral marketing have been featured in The Huffington Post and Yahoo!.[3][4]

Early life, education, and career

Jay Singh studied a year at Suffolk University and then transferred to University of Massachusetts Amherst and graduated with Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing from Isenberg School of Management.

Singh's entrepreneurial career started in a University of Massachusetts Amherst dorm room with the founding of Viral Media Solutions, an internet marketing company whose clientele included Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Sears.[5] Wanting to learn from a successful company, he spent time as the Demand Development Manager for Experience.com, an education technology company.[6] In June 2012, Singh stated his new business ViralGains was made to "supply the massive demand for Viral video seeding and distribution."[7] In July 2012, the company was named as one of Boston's Hottest Showcasing Startups by Tech Cocktail.[8] In an interview with the company, Singh stated the company's marketing platform was for brands and advertising agencies.[9]

In 2013, ViralGains was named as a finalist of MassChallenge, and the company went on to win the program's Diamond Prize of $100,000.[10][11] The company reached $1 million of booked sales in its first year and Singh stated the company was receiving "national reach" from its acceptance to the 500 Startups program.[12][13] A $2.8 million seed round for ViralGains was announced with Singh saying "advertisers are really excited about viral video" and describing a new capability to "scale up our advertising technology platform." There were 45 total investors in the seed round including 500 Startups, Nas, Semyon Dukach.[14][15] Singh finished his role at ViralGains in late 2014.[16]

Philanthropy

Singh's company has financially supported the following non-profit organizations: Wikimedia Foundation, Khan Academy, Feeding America, Kiva, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, and The Animal Protectorates.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Jay Singh - CEO @ PHL Venture Company LLC | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  2. ↑ Manivasakam, Arthi (2013-08-20). "Jay Singh, ViralGains: TiE Challenge Featured Winner". TiE Boston. The Indus Entrepreneurs. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Connecting the Dots: Startups, Viral Marketing, and Early Stage Success". The Huffington Post. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  4. ↑ "Five social media marketing ideas for businesses". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  5. ↑ Bernard, Gillis (2013-12-09). "Secrets to Scale: ViralGains on How Being Good Listeners Yields Big Returns". BostInno. Streetwise Media. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  6. ↑ Brenzel, Hannah (2013-07-19). "Strong Teams Build Great Startups:". masschallenge.org. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  7. ↑ Voakes, Greg (2012-06-19). "A Startup Called 'ViralGains' Pushes for Online Video Advertising With Branded Viral Videos". The Huffington Post. AOL. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  8. ↑ Davis, Zach (2012-07-11). "Who is Boston's Hottest Showcasing Startup? [POLL]". tech.co. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  9. ↑ Davis, Zach (2012-07-24). "Want Your Video to go Viral? ViralGains Four Tiered Approach Can Help". tech.co. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  10. ↑ Borchers, Callum (2013-10-31). "15 start-ups win $1m". Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  11. ↑ Alspach, Kyle. "MassChallenge 2013 names 'final 26' startup teams (full list & descriptions) - Boston Business Journal". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  12. ↑ Lawler, Ryan (2013-10-29). "500 Startups Accelerator Batch 7 Begins, With Everything From Electronic Skateboards To Poop In A Box". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  13. ↑ Alspach, Kyle (2013-12-08). "ViralGains surges with tech for turning YouTube ads viral". Upstart Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  14. ↑ Keohane, Dennis (2014-07-31). "ViralGains raises $2.8 million in funding — with more coming". www.betaboston.com. Boston Globe Media Partners. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  15. ↑ Zhou, Larry (2014-08-01). "This video advertising startup just raised $2.8M to do its thing in more places". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  16. ↑ "Jay Singh - CEO @ PHL Venture Company LLC | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  17. ↑ "Jay Singh - CEO @ PHL Venture Company LLC | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.

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