Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Primary Job Title Board
  • Primary Organization 
    MobiTV
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Simon Bax is the chairman of WiSpire, a provider of a rural broadband service in areas not supported by other service providers as well as Archant, an independently-owned regional media business. He also holds director positions at SVG Capital, MobiTV, and Inmarsat. He recently joined the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association Ltd as a

non-executive director.

Bax has held a number of senior executive positions in the media industry, including chief financial officer of Chiat, CFO and president of Studio Operations of Fox Filmed Entertainment, and subsequently as the executive vice president and CFO of Pixar Animation Studios. In 2008, he co-founded and became chief executive officer of Encompass Digital Media, an international company in the provision of network origination services and fiber transmissions and digital media encoding services.

Bax holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Cambridge.

Number of Investments 2
Simon Bax has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Pre Seed Round - WYSPR on Jun 8, 2021, when WYSPR raised
£450K
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 8, 2021
WYSPR
Pre Seed Round - WYSPR
£450K
May 9, 2021
Recast
Yes
Seed Round - Recast
£5.9M
Number of Past Jobs 1
Simon Bax has had 1 past job as the CEO at Encompass Digital Media.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Encompass Digital Media
CEO
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Simon Bax is the Board at MobiTV.
Number of News Articles 3
Funding RoundJun 8, 2021
WYSPR raised £450,000 / Pre Seed from Alan Gross and 6 other investors
Funding RoundMay 9, 2021
Recast raised £5,875,000 / Seed from Christopher Henry Gayle and 3 other investors