Our experience selling MILLIONS of records, generating BILLIONS of streams and investing in nearly ONE HUNDRED companies, enables ME Ventures to identify high potential companies. Our diverse experience & professional community from the Music Industry to Wall St. provides us access to leading edge deal flow, strong vetting expertise and a powerful ecosystem to launch our companies and grow our investments.
our team
Jalen James Acosta
Founder & CEO of World Artists United
Co-Founder of Music Entrepreneur Conference
General Partner
Paolo Privitera
Visiting Partner at Lombardstreet Ventures
CEO of Evensi
General Partner
Rachel Lynn Karry
Founder of Music Entrepreneur Conference
Co-Founder of World Artists United
General Partner
Tony Parisi
Former Global Head of AR/VR at Unity
Metaverse OG
Investor & Advisor
Mike Pell
Chief Envisioneer at Microsoft
Tech inventor with dozens of patents
Advisor
Sergio Sotolongo
Managing Director at Golden Sachs
Founder of Student Funding Group
Visiting Partner
Kwasi Asare
CEO at FEEDIA, Co-Founder at ESAIYO
Fast Company Exec Board
Visiting Partner & CMO
Jeff Hammer
CEO Hammerforte Consulting
Wealth Management at NorthWestern Mutual
Financial Literacy Advisor
Cathleen Lyu
Director of Strategic Partnerships at Creator Startup
Start-up Advisor
Fund Committee
Harrison Lee
CEO & Founder of Riff
Innovation at Bell Media
Fund Committee
Vickie Nauman
Founder & CEO of CrossBorder Works Consulting
Music tech, rights, licensing veteran
Advisor
Thomas Lee
Business Advisor for Algorithmic Creations, ALTAVA GROUP
Advisor
Brandon Pankey
Founder of Artist Presented Experiences (APEX)
VP Business Development & Operations at Live Nation
Advisor
About Us
ME Ventures was started by an international team of seasoned professionals from music, and media tech to global business development; enabling us to identify high potential music and media companies, breakthrough technologies and industry leaders. The team’s creative approach to investing employs a non-traditional investment strategy centered on empowering underserved creative communities, providing hands on mentorship and developing a direct to consumer ecosystem.
We are Music & Media Innovators, Leaders and Entrepreneurs
After starting with the Music Entrepreneur Conference at Harvard University’s Science Center in 2018, we’ve become a global community hub for music and media innovation, industry leadership and education series for the rising creator economy (as seen in Billboard, Forbes, NYU Music, and more).
With years of successful experience as music entrepreneurs touring the world, selling millions of records, and working with today’s top artists, athletes and celebs the ME team knows the challenges and opportunities of rising creative entrepreneurs.
After years of developing our events, online education programs and working with industry leaders; our global network of partners, speakers, educators, sponsors and investors has given us the ability to pinpoint tech needs and high potential opportunities.
As we continue to build the global ME community, we invest in the very technologies and services they need to create, grow and succeed. We cultivate a direct link to a global community of artists, influencers and entrepreneurs to promote our future investments and accelerate the growth of our companies.
The future of the creator economy begins here.