Marc Philips

Bio

Whilst completing a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne in 1990, Marc built tools to analyze website analytics which he commericalized into APT Strategies, an online business which mined log file and user profile information from web servers. Nasdaq listed Jupiter Research (NASDAQ: JUPM) acquired the business in 1999. Monetizing online content across his portfolio of domain names resulted in Marc co-founding Commission Monster in 2001, which grew rapidly to become Australia's leading affiliate company providing adserving technologies to 10,000 publishers. The company was acquired by IPMG Group in 2007. With the video YouTube phenomena in 2006, Marc co-founded Silicon Valley-based GlanceGuide Inc, an early pioneer of online video metrics firm which was acquired by The Nielsen Company (NYSE: NLSN) in 2010. Marc was a founding shareholder in WebIP in 2011. Marc was instrumental in growing early enterprise customers as WebIP grew to manage over 25,000 domains across 150 corporate clients. London based NetNames Ltd., the leading global online brand protection and corporate domain name management firm, acquired WebIP in 2014 and Marc led negotiations during the acquisition process. Marc is the author of "Inside the Valley: How deals get done". The book provides entrepreneurs with advice on how to construct a start-up investment pitch deck using real examples of pitch decks, how venture capitalists think, some war stories and how to pitch business ideas in Silicon Valley to raise money. Based in Palo Alto in Silicon Valley - California, Marc has been an investor, shareholder and board advisor for iiNet Ltd, Contivio Inc., AdSemble Inc, Geodelic Inc, Playhaven Inc, SessionBox Inc, Retargeter Inc and SearchForecast.