Jonty Kelt
Founder, Fantail Ventures
Auckland, NZ | New York, US
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9BR Chambers
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Jonty Kelt's Biography
Jonty Kelt is the Founder of Fantail Ventures, a venture capital business investing in innovative early-stage companies that operate in the digital assets, fintech, data and analytics, and marketplace sectors.
Jonty currently serves on the Advisory Boards of digital collectibles marketplace Ecomi/Veve, non-fungible artificial intelligence protocol Altered State Machines; urban logistics software and marketplace provider Relay; commercial real estate technology company, Jasper; private credit technology company, Cadence; and financial data company, Valocity.
Previously, he helped lead the global commercial business of Palantir Technologies, the Silicon Valley technology firm that uses data strategy and technologies to protect and grow government and commercial organizations. Prior to Palantir, Jonty worked in executive roles for Google and DoubleClick; co-founded digital marketing technology and e-commerce companies in the United Kingdom and USA and co-founded a media company in China. Early in his career, he helped establish Macquarie Bank in New Zealand.
Jonty holds a Bachelor... Jonty Kelt is the Founder of Fantail Ventures, a venture capital business investing in innovative early-stage companies that operate in the digital assets, fintech, data and analytics, and marketplace sectors.
Jonty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Philosophy, Finance and Marketing from Otago University, New Zealand. He is also a graduate of Stanford University Law School's Directors' College and holds a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors, London. moreless
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NFTs Are Transforming The Global Art Market, But Are They Worth The Hype?
In this article, Jonty Kelt discusses the value of NFTs regarding demand from the buyer and community, especially in its similarities to the value of art. He also discusses how NFTs have given artists renewed economic interest.
Introduction to NFTs Marketplace ECOMI and Its OMI Token
Jonty Kelt, Founder of Fantail Ventures, is an advisor to ECOMI, a platform that aims to become the world's largest NFT marketplace where users have access multiple brands.
Influential entrepreneurs call for extreme measures to combat coronavirus
A group of New Zealand entrepreneurs is calling on the Government to introduce tougher measures to protect the nation against the impact of coronavirus. The group, which has been communicating on social media, includes Zuru founder Nick Mowbray, founder of Sky TV Craig Heatley, Fantail Ventures founder Jonty Kelt, Valocity founder Carmen Vicelich, MindLab founder Frances Valintine, Smudge programme director Toby Vincent and entrepreneur Guy Horrocks.
Jonty Kelt's Background
Fantail Ventures
Fantail Ventures invests in and advises innovative early-stage companies that operate in the digital assets, fintech, data and analytics, and marketplace sectors.
Palantir Technologies
Jan 2015 - Jun 2018
Palantir Technologies builds software platforms that help human experts perform powerful, collaborative analysis of data at scale. Its software is deployed at public institutions, private enterprises, and in the non-profit sector to address the challenges of responsibly making sense of complex, diverse data.
Onswipe is a mobile web content optimization technology provider.
Group Commerce
CEO and Co-Founder
Nov 2009 - Nov 2013
Group Commerce is an eCommerce technology platform and distribution network, built specifically for the needs of publishers. It was acquired by NimbleCommerce and is now part of Blackhawk Network.
Vice President | DoubleClick International Search
Jul 2005 - Mar 2009
Jonty served as VP of Doubleclick through its acquisition by Google.
Performics
Mar 2004 - Jul 2005
Performics is a digital advertising technology and services company, which was later acquired by DoubleClick.
Frontiers Group
Vice President | Business Development
Sep 2001 - Feb 2004
Frontiers Group was a Chinese sports and entertainment production and rights management company.
MagicButton
Co-Founder and Director of Business Development
Jul 1999 - Sep 2001
MagicButton was an early internet marketing technology platform.
Mar 1995 - Jun 1998
Auckland, NZ
Macquarie Bank is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Current Advisory Roles
Ecomi/Veve
Nov 2017 - Present
Ecomi uses blockchain technologies to create and manage digital assets for the collectibles industry.
Cadence is the leading fintech securitization platform for private credit. It is built on the belief that investing in alternative investments should be more transparent, more accessible, and more liquid.
Jasper's mission is to democratise commercial real estate, providing access, liquidity, and transparency to investments that have traditionally only been available to a select few.
Valocity
Jun 2016 - Present
Valocity is a data and technology provider to the residential and agricultural lending industry.
Relay's technology platform connects restaurants that have pending orders for delivery with couriers that are available to pickup and deliver orders.
Altered State Machine
Altered State Machine is a protocol that enables the creation, training and owning of intelligent NFTs.
Previous Advisory Roles
Swyft
Swyft provides next-generation automated retail store hardware, a cloud software platform and end-to-end services for brands, retailers, vend operators and enterprises.
FinTech Collective
Fintech Collective is New York City's leading fintech venture capital firm.
Babe is an American wine brand produced in California.
Jul 2012 - Apr 2016
Carnival Labs is a leading mobile marketing automation platform, acquired in 2016 by Sailthru.
"Start-up Survival Through COVID-19: Hope is Not a Strategy"
Aera VC Managing Partner Derek Handley and Jonty Kelt from Fantail Ventures partnered with the Icehouse Ventures to host "Start-up Survival Through COVID-19: Hope is Not a Strategy", a virtual presentation and discussion for founders on strategies to survive through COVID-19.
Kea Inspire 2017
Jonty Kelt shares his story at Kea Inspire 2017. He discussed what led him to founding Fantail Ventures, his work with Palantir Technologies, and how he has used his international success to invest in numerous Kiwi startup businesses.
Jonty Kelt's Education
Stanford Directors' College
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce, (Majors in Philosophy, Finance, Marketing)