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Niccolo Pantucci

COO & Head of International Expansion at WaystoCap

United Kingdom

Overview 

Niccolo Pantucci is currently the Operating Partner at ATEX Africa's AFCFTA B2B Marketplace, with previous roles including COO & Head of International Expansion at WaystoCap (Acquired). He also served as Executive Vice President at LiveRail, Inc. (acquired by Facebook) and was recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Highlights of Niccolo Pantucci's career include leading international expansion efforts at WaystoCap and holding a key executive position at LiveRail, Inc., which was later acquired by Facebook. His current role as Operating Partner at ATEX Africa's AFCFTA B2B Marketplace showcases his expertise in strategic partnerships and digital marketing within the start-up and digital media industries.

Work Experience 

  • Operating Partner

    2022 - Current

    Managing and operating the Africa Trade Exchange (ATEX) platform for Afreximbank, UN Economic Commission for Africa, AfCFTA, and the AU.

  • COO & Head of International Expansion

    2017

    The premier African focused B2B marketplace. Helping African SMBs all over the continent grow. WEF technology pioneer. Founder. Grew sales 30x in 1 year. Hired a team of over 120 in 5 countries. Including European development hub, and 4 West and North African offices. Built the first technology led experience in the market.

  • Technology Pioneer

    2019 - 2020

  • Venture Partner

    2015 - 2017

Beast Ventures is a venture capital firm

  • Co-founder

    2012 - 2014

    Siasto (YCombinator W11 and VC backed) is a collaboration tool for companies - Exited. https://goo.gl/gGCQYd https://goo.gl/EW28Hb An amazing experience in building collaboration tools with Courtland Allen, through YC and to seed funding with hundreds of SaaS customers; with eventual exit to one of the existing investors.

  • Executive Vice President

    2008 - 2011

    LiveRail is a web video advertising technology company. LiveRail was acquired by Facebook in July 2014. http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/02/facebook-liverail/ Employee #1 and first BD hire; in the first year achieved over $1m in recurring revenue.

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