Thomas Trenker
Education
University of St.Gallen
lic. oec. HSG, Finance & Capital Markets 1993-01-01 - 1998-01-01
NYU Stern School of Business
MBA, Finance -Work Experience
FilmAngels
Current
FilmAngels
Film Angels
Current
Film Angels
Institute for Int'l Film Financing (IIFF)
Current
Institute for Int'l Film Financing (IIFF)
[stealth-mode startup]
Current
[stealth-mode startup]
VentureDev Partners
Current
VentureDev Partners
START International
2002-03-01 - 2003-06-01
START International
CoWeave Corp.
2001-06-01 - 2001-12-01
CoWeave Corp.
Eveo
2000-08-01 - 2001-08-01
Eveo
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
1998-06-01 - 2000-08-01
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
Skills
Summary
"Entrepreneur, Instigator, Innovator. Connectioneer between Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Dealer in Powerful Ideas." Educated in international finance and economics at Switzerlands leading business school and NYUs MBA program, Mr. Trenker's professional career spans the fascinating and cutting-edge worlds of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. As a technology banker in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, Mr. Trenker participated in numerous equity, debt, and M&A transactions for clients from the software, internet, and biotech industries. He helped raise approx. $3B in growth capital through public stock offerings alone. Moreover, Mr. Trenker worked on M&A mandates ranging from billion-dollar mergers to LBO-type industry rollups to strategic divestitures. Mr. Trenker eventually left Deutsche Bank to complement his banking credentials with a hands-on management role as a startup executive. As CFO at digital entertainment startup Eveo, Mr. Trenker helped raise $15M in VC funding, managed M&A projects, and oversaw Eveos corporate planning, strategy and finances. Eveo was among a handful of startups that pioneered digital distribution of independent film over the Internet. The company made Fortune magazines list of Cool Companies / Hot Ideas and, unlike most peers, survived the Internet bubble. More to come... Specialties: Finance, fundraising, venture philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, planning & strategy, business development, product development, team building, independent film, motion pictures, film financing, film funds.
