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VINNY LINGHAM FOUNDER & CEO, CIVIC "Your connection to Endeavor may be the most important one you ever make in business." 4 0 EN D E AVO R I M PAC T R EP O RT 20 17–1 8 4 MULTIPLY Successful entrepreneurs reinvest in their communities and networks, multiplying their impact. Ninety percent of Endeavor Entrepreneurs go on to serve as angel investors, mentors, and active promoters of high-impact entrepreneurship. Serial entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has blazed the trail from Cape Town, where he was raised, to Silicon Valley. A successful founder of four companies, Vinny has grown to be a high- profile role model for successive generations of entrepreneurs. More than that, he has taken on paying it forward as a job itself. Vinny is a true pioneer. His company Gyft was one of the earliest adopters among businesses to accept Bitcoin as a payment, and his latest venture Civic uses blockchain technology to provide secure and low cost access to identify verification. He has championed ICOs as a promising tool for entrepreneurs to fund their ventures in early stages, and, true to his own belief has shown talent doing just that—Civic raised in excess of $33 million in funding during its ICO in June 2017 with backing from investors including Ashton Kutcher. He amplifies his thought leadership by serving on the boards of multiple blockchain and tech companies, including the Bitcoin Foundation, and bolsters other entrepreneurs as a mentor and an angel investor, serving as a partner in cryptocurrency-enabled investment funds Multicoin Capital, 2L Investments, and Newtown Partners, which he founded. 1994 2002 1998 2000 2003 T H E M U LT I P LI E R E FFEC T I N AC T I O N VINNY'S BUBBLE IN 2018 YA H O O E P I P O L I VA LU EC L I C K VA LU EC L I C K R O DA N + F I E L DS I N CU B E TA COMPANY FOUNDED YEAR