Maximilian Bleyleben
Founder whisperer | investor | scale-up operator | board director | privacy professional | AI policy wonk
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
COO / advisor
2024 - Current
Baneco is on a mission to build a healthier and fairer planet by using agri-waste from banana plantations to sequester carbon and produce sustainable materials and energy.
Director
2024
Checkstep provides AI content moderation and orchestration, enabling seamless management of human and technology elements, while automating compliance with the DSA and other regulations.
Partner
2024
LFG Holdings partners with founders building wonderful B2B businesses at the intersection of youth audiences and entertainment.
Trustee
2021
Inspiration Inc provides philanthropic funding and operational support for creative triple-bottom line projects that tackle social and environmental challenges facing our world. Some of our amazing grantees include DOT Glasses, City Girl In Nature, The Fathom Trust, Kindred Studios, Ancient Forest Guardians, Quinta Esencia and the Mafalala Museum.
Senior Director, Privacy. Head of Family Experience.
2020 - 2023
- Founded and led the Family Experience cross-functional team - Led project to harness AI-based age assurance technologies for Verifiable Parental Consent - Led team to design and roll out kid-safe Epic/Fortnite accounts & enhanced parental controls - Contributor to the digital safety framework for UEFN and LEGO Fortnite initiatives - Supported executive leadership and public policy teams on multiple initiatives
Epic Games is an interactive entertainment company that develops games and offers its game engine technology to other developers.
Raised $7,860,000,000.00 from IPOSharks, BCS Capital, E1 Ventures, Stableton Financial, Bracket Capital and Christian Edler.
COO, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer
2015 - 2023
Part of the Epic Games family since Sept 2020, SuperAwesome builds kidtech infrastructure to make the Internet safer for kids. Our products are used by hundreds of developers, kids’ brands and content creators to engage kids in compliance with global data privacy laws, age-appropriate design codes and advertising best practices. As COO and then MD, I led operations and: - scaled the company from 30 to 200 people, $5m revenue to $100m - established SuperAwesome as the recognised global thought leader on children’s privacy tech with industry and data protection authorities - raised $20m+ of growth capital - managed a successful exit to Epic Games, delivering a significant return to lead investor Mayfair Equity Partners
Contributing Editor
2014 - 2015
Introducing Leaders circulates with Fortune China and features the views and visions of leaders in politics, business, investment and philanthropy from around the globe.
Strategic Adviser
2014 - 2014
On behalf of investor Actis, I led a full strategic review of the product portfolio, market strategy and sales tactics of a leading global mobile monetisation platform business, with a particular focus on emerging markets. Worked with internal team of ~25 to create a new organisational plan to support 80%+ growth in revenues and profits.
COO, CFO, Head of Business Development
2011 - 2014
Beamly was a ground-breaking social TV app and engagement platform for broadcasters and content owners. As COO and CFO, I built the operations from our base in London, managing the finance, HR, legal and analytics teams; set up our joint-venture with Network TEN in Australia; ran business development globally; product-managed our ground-breaking digital advertising platform, B2B content management system and web syndication products. Beamly was acquired by Coty in 2015.
Director
2010 - 2013
Independent non-profit organisation producing in-depth journalism in the public interest. Its mission is two-fold: to shed light on underreported current events, and to broaden the reach of quality journalism among the next generation of voters, consumers and leaders. http://www.threadnews.org/.
Education
MBA
1997 - 1997
Executive Education
2023 - 2023
BA
1989 - 1991
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1987 - 1989