Llew Claasen

Business leader, Change agent, Idea generator, Investor, Marketer, Web guru

Llew Claasen is the Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, a venture capital firm founded by him and Vinny Lingham. The firm invests globally in early-stage, emerging technology startups that drive economic activity in a fundamentally positive way. Llew has over 12 years of executive management experience in digital marketing and product management. He co-founded Clicks2customers, SynthaSite (later Yola) and TrafficSynergy, international digital marketing properties with current billings in excess of $100 million a year. Llew is the Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation (http://www.bitcoinfoundation.org/ ), the largest and oldest Bitcoin advocacy organization globally. He is also an advisor and mentor in acceleration and corporate innovation programs for 2 Pan-African banks and a telecommunications company. He is a member of international marketing advisory boards The Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience, The Customer Experience Board and the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council Advisory Board for Africa. Llew has a Masters degree in the Management of Technology & Innovation.

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