| @MrDylanCollins |
Dylan Collins is Executive Chairman of Fight My Monster (www.FightMyMonster.com), the leading online game for boys in Europe.
Dylan is one of the most experienced Internet entrepreneurs in Europe, building three companies with three successful exits over the last decade. He was recently named as Enterprise Ireland’s Startup Ambassador.
In 2007 Dylan founded Jolt Online Gaming, which became one of the pioneering social games publishers in Europe. Jolt successfully launched a range of free-to-play games on browser and Facebook including Championship Manager, Legends of Zork, Utopia Kingdoms and Playboy Party. The company was the first to attract major licenses into the social games space, signing deals with Eidos, Playboy and several others. Jolt was acquired by GameStop (NYSE: GME), the largest video games retailer in the world in 2009 to spearhead their digital media strategy.
As founder and CEO of DemonWare in 2003, he led the company to become the leading online games technology firm in the global console games market. DemonWare technology was used to connect millions of players on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles in some of the biggest games in the world such as Call of Duty, Splinter Cell, Guitar Hero and many others. In 2007, DemonWare was acquired by Activision Blizzard (NYSE: ATVI), the world’s biggest video games publisher.
Dylan’s first company, Phorest (launched in 2000), was one of Ireland’s leading mobile messaging (SMS) companies. Providing a range of SMS products and services to the small business sector, the company enjoyed rapid growth. In 2002, Phorest was acquired by MBO and is now the leading appointment management software company in the beauty sector across Ireland and UK.
Dylan advises several startups and more mature companies in Europe and North America on strategy and other matters. He blogs at www.founderware.co and can also be found on Twitter as @MrDylanCollins.
