The eCommerce brand acquiror conference is back!
eCommerce Brand Acquiror Summit
Date & Time: January 16th 2024, 8am - 7pm EST.
Join fellow brand acquirors, reserve your seat today. Tickets are subject to limited availability.
The eCommerce brand acquiror conference is back!
eCommerce Brand Acquiror Summit
Date & Time: January 16th 2024, 8am - 7pm EST.
Join fellow brand acquirors, don't miss out, reserve your seat today. Tickets are subject to limited availability.
Selected Speakers
Peter Fader
Co-Founder & Director, Theta
Peter Fader is Co-Founder and Director of Theta, and the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is considered by many to be the world’s foremost expert on the development and application of models of Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), having won dozens of prestigious awards for his research and teaching on the topic.
Jake Cook
Co-Founder & CEO, Tadpull
Jake Cook is Co-Founder at Tadpull and Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Tadpull uses AI and machine learning to help clients predict future value of customers and measure the probability of repeat purchases. Jake teaches an advanced marketing elective at Harvard that encompasses SEO, paid media, Amazon, influencer marketing and analytics.
Heath Barnett
Head of SMB & Growth, North America, Airwallex
Heath builds and leads Airwallex’s SMB & Growth Sales organization, including developing sales and GTM strategy and building sales teams. Previously, Heath was the Head of Sales for North America at Notch, and before that spent several years in sales management at Uber.In 2017, Heath co-founded Partake, a payment software company that makes it easy to order, purchase, and pay from your smartphone for express pick up or on-demand delivery.He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Finance from Texas State University. Heath lives in Dallas, TX with his family.
Conference Agenda:
The below agenda timeslots may be subject to change. Please check before the event to stay up to date with the latest agenda & timings.
Welcome breakfast will be served from 8am. The conference will start at 9am sharp!
8.00am – 9.15am
Welcome Breakfast & Conference Introduction
01
eCommerce Environment
9.15am – 9.30am
- 2024 economic and sector outlook by Furhaan Khan of UBS.
9.30am – 9.45am
- Data-driven consumer insights by the CEO (Bill Pecoriello) of Consumer Edge.
9.45am – 10.00am
- Data-driven eCommerce insights by the CEO (Moritz Thoma) of Grips Intelligence.
02
Acquirors
10.00am – 10.30am
10.30am – 10.40am
10.40am – 11.00am
- Announcement of a new merger of aggregators. Panel discussion with the Co-Founder of Olsam and the Co-CEOs of a newly merged aggregator.
11.00am – 11.30am
Coffee Break
03
Acquisitions
11.30am – 11.45am
11.45am – 12.15pm
- Shark tank. Speakers: 3 brands that will announce the start of their exit process. Brands will be announced on the day.
12.15pm – 12.35pm
- Valuations: “Uncovering Hidden Valuation Insight through Predictive Customer Value Analysis”, presentations by The Fortia Group and Daniel McCarthy, Co-Founder of Theta. Followed by a live poll.
12.35pm – 12.50pm
- Due Diligence: The Fortia Group’s new buyside diligence solution by Paul Hanley, Co-Founder of The Fortia Group.
“Financials Considerations In The Due Diligence Process” perspective from CPA’s at Withum.
12.50pm – 1.20pm
Lunch & Networking
04
Value Creation
1.20pm – 1.40pm
- “The future of payment in eCommerce” by Heath Barnett, Head of SMB & Growth, North America at Airwallex.
1.40pm – 2.10pm
- Supply chain. Presenter CEO of EastWest, and further panelists: Rupesh Sanghavi , Founder & CEO at Ergode and Jim Stine, VP of sales at ShipPlug.
2.10pm – 2.30pm
- Brand management: Presenters are CEO of Kapoq and Bill Tauscher, CEO of Farallon Brands.
2.30pm – 2.40pm
Comfort Break
2.40pm – 3.30pm
- Technology and data: Presenters & Speakers include Peter Fader, Co-Founder of Theta. Peter’s talk is “Enhancing value creation through customer value metrics”.
William Holtz, Head of Data Operations at Source Medium. William’s talk is “Establishing foundational data infrastructure for customer-centric decision making”.
Naseem Saloojee, Co-Founder of Carbon6 . Naseem’s talk is “Insights and Trends in the Seller Landscape”.
“Seeing Through The Numbers: How Smart Data Shapes Long-Term Acquisition Success” by Balaji Kolli Co-Founder of Saras Analytics and CFO Josh Holley of Bare Performance Nutrition.
3.30pm – 3.50pm
- Marketing: Presenters & Speakers include Jacob Cook, CEO of Tadpull. Jacob’s talk is “Cents & Sensibility: engineering eCommerce value amid rising capital costs”.
3.50pm – 4.30pm
- Finance and operational efficiency: Presenters & Speakers include Heath Barnett, Head of SMB & Growth, North America at Airwallex, Jim Mann, VP of Europe at Getida, the CEO of The Mothership, the CEO of Society Brands, and Joseph Falcao, CFO of Orva.
4.30pm – 4.40pm
- “Creativity in value creation required in the current challenging operating environment” by Alex Urdea, founder of Deep Ocean Partners.
05
Success Stories
4.40pm – 5.00pm
- Presenters are the CEO of Society Brands and Dan Fertig, VP of Agency & Technology Partnerships at BigCommerce.
"Theta's partnership with The Fortia Group for this conference is a testament to our mutual dedication to empowering middle-market companies with the data, insights and strategic tools necessary for their growth and success."
Daniel McCarthy
Co-Founder, Theta
"Theta's partnership with The Fortia Group for this conference is a testament to our mutual dedication to empowering middle-market companies with the data, insights and strategic tools necessary for their growth and success."
Daniel McCarthy
Co-Founder, Theta
"Over the past several years that Tadpull has been working in the private equity space, our team has made it a priority to collaborate with the best service providers and tech partners in an effort to best educate and serve our PE clients. We look forward to supporting the educational and thought leadership efforts brought forward by The Fortia Group’s ecommerce summit this January."
Jenny Mueller
Director of Sales & Partnerships, Tadpull
"Over the past several years that Tadpull has been working in the private equity space, our team has made it a priority to collaborate with the best service providers and tech partners in an effort to best educate and serve our PE clients. We look forward to supporting the educational and thought leadership efforts brought forward by The Fortia Group’s ecommerce summit this January."
Jenny Mueller
Director of Sales & Partnerships, Tadpull
Don't miss out, reserve your spot today!
Tickets are available on a limited basis. This is a strict ticketed event exclusive to acquirors of eCommerce brands: strategics, PEs and aggregators.
Conference Location: Convene Plaza, 1 Liberty St, New York, 1006.
Please use Convene’s private entrance at 165 Broadway, on the corner of Cortlandt Street and Broadway.
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