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VIVIAN BARING United Kingdom Deputy Chairman | DMGT International Vivian started working for his family business DMGT in 1981 originally with Northcliffe Newspapers Group. Vivian then went onto become Chairman of A&N International Media, building a collection of digital businesses in nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe, concluding with a successful exit in 2012 when the Group decided to refocus on core markets. In 2011, he became Deputy Chairman of DMGT International, looking for digital businesses that will complement existing DMGT businesses worldwide with a particular focus in Latin America. Vivian is also Founder and President of Seagrass Capital Partners, who are investing in angel and early stage digital start up businesses in Latin America. CENK BAYRAKDAR Turkey CEO and Co-Founder | REVO Capital Cenk is a co-founder and the CEO of REVO Capital, a $50M VC fund focused on early/growth technology ventures in Turkey. He has nearly 19 years of experience in technology ecosystem of Turkey, including 13 years at Turkcell. At Turkcell, he established and lead numerous key initiatives influencing Turkcell's entire non-voice VAS (Value Added Services) lineup as the Chief Product/New Technology Businesses Officer. In this role, he and his team have effectively developed an innovation ecosystem of 350 technology startups around Turkcell. Cenk served on the Board of Directors for Corbuss, Fizy and Turkcell Interaktif. NICK BEIM United States Partner | Venrock Nick Beim is a Partner at Venrock, one of the leading venture capital firms in the United States. Over the past 10 years, Nick has invested in a number of category-leading internet and software companies including the Gilt Groupe, Care.com, Intent Media, TheLadders.com, Conductor, JBoss and OatSystems. Before Venrock, Nick was a General Partner at Matrix Partners and worked at McKinsey & Co. and in the High Technology Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. Nick graduated from Stanford University and holds an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. Nick is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Global Board member of Endeavor Global. ROHIT BODAS United States Vice President, Strategic Investments| American Express Ventures Rohit Bodas is a Partner at American Express Ventures and is responsible for early-stage investments for American Express' $100 Million Digital Commerce Initiative. Prior to American Express, Rohit was founding member of Hartford Ventures and made investments in DriverSide Inc and Coulomb Technologies. Prior to Hartford Ventures, Rohit held various positions at Motorola in R&D, business development and at Motorola Ventures. Rohit has developed key mobile video and security technologies and holds two US patents. Rohit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, a MS in Computer Science, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management 6

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