Vinny Lingham
Keynote Speaker: Serial Entrepreneur & Technology Innovator; Founder of Gyft & Civic; Blockchain & Crypto Investment Leader; Co-Author of "I'm In"
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Vinny Lingham Biography
Vinny Lingham is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and technology innovator recognized as a leading tech founder from Africa. His career in technology began with the founding of incuBeta, an incubator and investment firm that developed into a large enterprise focused on digital marketing and technology solutions. Lingham later launched Yola, formerly SynthaSite, a platform that enables users to build websites without coding skills. Yola secured significant venture funding and served millions of users.
Lingham gained further prominence when he started Gyft, a mobile gift card company backed by Google Ventures. Gyft became a leading service in the mobile gift card sector and was acquired by First Data Corporation for more than $54 million. Leveraging his e-commerce experience, Lingham identified the need for a universal solution to address identity fraud, leading to the founding of Civic, a startup that encrypts identity information on the blockchain. Civic raised over $33 million in funding during its initial coin offering. Civic has since shifted its focus to agentic identity and access management.
Beyond his ventures, Lingham has played a significant role in the blockchain investment landscape. He served as a general partner at Multicoin Capital, a crypto investment firm, where he led the seed investment round for Solana and advised the project. His investment portfolio includes early stakes in Filecoin and Render. Lingham also co-founded Praxos Capital, a cryptocurrency money market hedge fund. He is the co-founder of the Silicon Cape Initiative, an organization aimed at developing the Western Cape into a high-tech startup hub, and the co-founder of Newtown Partners, an investment fund through which he has led early-stage investments in startups such as Sweep South and Augmentors.
Lingham's entrepreneurial expertise has established him as a public figure and media personality. He appeared as an investor, referred to as a dragon, on South Africa's Dragons' Den reality TV series and later became one of the sharks on the South African version of Shark Tank. He made headlines by investing in a company on Shark Tank using bitcoin, encouraging the company Augmentors to adopt blockchain technology for their augmented reality game. Lingham also served as an angel on National Geographic's not-for-profit program Undercover Angel. He is the co-author of the book "I'm In: Essential Advice for Entrepreneurs."
Selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Lingham has raised over $50 million in venture capital funding for his companies. A recognized speaker in the technology industry, particularly on blockchain and cryptocurrency, he has been listed among the top 500 CEOs globally. Lingham's influence in cryptocurrency and blockchain has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and TechCrunch. With a career spanning digital marketing, mobile commerce, decentralized identity, and crypto investing, Lingham brings a combination of founder experience and investment expertise to the technology sector.
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Vinny Lingham is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Finance, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Executive Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Technology, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Futurism, Business Authors and Venture Capital.
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Vinny Lingham is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Finance, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. The estimated speaking fee range to book Vinny Lingham for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $30,000 - $50,000. Vinny Lingham generally travels from Austin, TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are R "Ray" Wang, Jack Shaw and Amin Toufani. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Vinny Lingham for an upcoming event.
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How do I book Vinny Lingham to speak at my event?
Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Vinny Lingham for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Vinny Lingham, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Vinny Lingham or any other speaker of your choice. -
How much does it cost to book Vinny Lingham for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Vinny Lingham, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Vinny Lingham are $30,000 - $50,000 for live events and $30,000 - $50,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Vinny Lingham, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Vinny Lingham speak about?
Vinny Lingham is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Finance, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Executive Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Technology, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Futurism, Business Authors and Venture Capital. -
Where does Vinny Lingham travel from?
Vinny Lingham generally travels from Austin, TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Vinny Lingham?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Vinny Lingham for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Vinny Lingham for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Vinny Lingham or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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