Gregory Slayton
Managing Director @ Slayton Capital
Gregory Slayton is a seed investor at Slayton Capital focused on Gaming and Sports. Gregory Winston Slayton is an American author, diplomat, professor, businessman, and philanthropist.Born in Ohio, Slayton now resides in Hanover, New Hampshire with his wife and children. After graduating from Dartmouth College magna cum laude in 1981 Slayton was a Fulbright Scholar to Asia – earning a Masters in Asia Studies in 1982 from theUniversity of the Philippines. He then ran regional programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America for international non-profits such as World Vision International. In 1990 he graduated with honors from the Harvard Business School and then worked for McKinsey and Company for five years. Hired out of McKinsey to help run Paramount’s Technology Group in Palo Alto, California – Slayton remained in Silicon Valley for 10 years as a public and private company CEO and then a venture capitalist. As a CEO he was responsible for a number of successful turnarounds such as Paragraph International and MySoftware. As the Managing Director of Slayton Capital he was on the Board of Advisors of Google and Salesforce.com as well as Bloom Energy.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Industries Gregory Slayton invests in
Stages Gregory Slayton invests in
Countries Gregory Slayton invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 1 (100%)
- Sports 1 (100%)
- Video Games 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Kek.tv
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Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans. | $2.5M / Seed / May 03, 2016 |
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About Slayton Capital
Slayton Capital was founded in 2001 in Silicon Valley California by the Honorable Gregory W. Slayton as an early stage venture/angel capital firm. Slayton Capital invests primarily in early stage high tech companies – and only in companies where Mr. Slayton knows the principals personally and well. Slayton Capital was an early investor inSalesforce.com, Google, Oakley Networks and Bloom Energy – some of the more successful Silicon Valley companies of the past 20 years. In each case, Slayton Capital addressed an agreed to need of the company in addition to its equity investment. Slayton Capital does not consider unsolicited business plans or proposals.
Slayton Capital Contacts
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Gregory Slayton
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What does Gregory Slayton invest in?
Gregory Slayton invests primarily in Gaming, Sports and Video Games startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Gregory Slayton last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gregory Slayton closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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