Jude Gomila
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| Born | 23 June 1984 Harrow, London |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Engineering |
| Alma mater | Caius College University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
Jude Gomila (born June 23, 1984) is a British entrepreneur[1][2][3][4][5] and co-founder of the website Heyzap.[6][7][8]
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Education [edit]
Gomila grew up in Harrow, London and attended Nower Hill High School, Middlesex and Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.[9] He then graduated from Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge with a Masters in Engineering and Management.[10]
Career [edit]
During his final year at University, Gomila started Sugar Global,[11][12] an electronics brand specialising in the sale of digital photo frames to UK stores.[13]
The following year, along with fellow-Londoner and childhood friend Immad Akhund, Gomila founded social gaming website Heyzap.[14][15]
In 2012, Gomila was named in the Inc. (magazine) 30 under 30 [16] for co- founding Heyzap.
Gomila blogs about technology and business [17] and wrote a guest post on Ashton Kutcher's blog in 2012.[18] Gomila is an advisor for Seedcamp[19] and mentor for Springboard.[20] He has also conducted interviews for intruders.tv in the past, interviewing web entrepreneurs such as Kevin Rose, Jessica Mah, Werner Vogels and Khris Loux.[21]
Gomila invested in InDinero in 2010.[22]
References [edit]
- ^ "Cambridge duo deals games to websites via Heyzap". San Francisco Business Times.
- ^ "Heyzap lets users "check-in" to Android games". VentureBeat.
- ^ "Heyzap Brings Social Discovery And Check-In For Games To The iPhone". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Speakers of Engage! Conference and Expo". Engage!.
- ^ "Angelist Profile of Jude Gomila". Angel List.
- ^ "Profile for Jude Gomila". CrunchBase.
- ^ "17 reasons to attend GamesBeat 2011". VentureBeat.
- ^ "Online games reach the long tail". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Jude Gomila". Text " Inspiring Young People " ignored (help)
- ^ "Social Gaming Summit Speakers 2010". Mediabistro.
- ^ "Life in the Post-Viral Era: Jude Gomila, Albert Lai, Prita Uppal, Josh Rose, Jay Moore". Casual Connect.
- ^ "Angel investors: Social Gaming Distribution 2.0: Life in the Post-Viral Era". Casual Connect. Text " Jude Gomila, Albert Lai, Prita Uppal, Josh Rose, Jay Moore " ignored (help)
- ^ "Jude Gomila". Springboard.
- ^ "Heyzap creates widgets to put casual games on any website". VentureBeat.
- ^ "Virtual Goods: Runaway Growth Opens New Opportunities to Monetize". VLab MIT Stanford Venture Lab.
- ^ Inc 30 under 30 2012 - Geeky & Proud - How we built Heyzap
- ^ Jude Gomila's Blog
- ^ Ashton Kutcher's blog - The Power of Gaming
- ^ http://seedcamp.com/pages/mentors#entrepreneurs
- ^ Springboard- Jude Gomila
- ^ http://intruders.tv/en-tech/?s=jude+gomila
- ^ "InDinero Closes $1.2 Million Seed Round: An Investor Roster". TechCrunch.
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