Anthony Venus

Successful Tech/SaaS and Business Services Startup Multi-Time Entrepreneur & CEO

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Anthony Venus is an experienced entrepreneur and chief executive with a successful career spanning technology and software, professional and financial services, marketing and research services, and publishing.

Anthony was the founder and CEO of the US-based venture-backed SaaS firm YayPay from its inception to a successful exit. Under his leadership, YayPay became the fastest-growing company in its space, quickly generating $30 million in software and payments sales. Serving 300 mid-market and enterprise clients across the U.S. and Europe, YayPay earned recognition as a product leader from leading industry analysts like IDC and Gartner and achieved a successful exit via acquisition by a European-based strategic buyer.

In addition to YayPay, Anthony founded and led three successful ventures across the U.S., U.K., and Asia-Pacific. His entrepreneurial accomplishments include:

  • Strategic Intelligence: A venture-backed online publisher and research analyst firm.
  • Marketshare: A tech-enabled market research and services firm, acquired by a US-based strategic buyer.
  • Meridian: A financial services firm, also acquired by a U.S.-based strategic buyer.

Additional corporate roles held in his career include President of Asia Pacific and member of the global leadership team at Harris Interactive, a NASDAQ traded marketing services firm, and SVP & Chief Strategy Officer ICA at Quadient, a Euronext publicly traded software and communications hardware firm.

As a qualified executive coach accredited by the International Coaching Federation, Anthony completed IMD’s International Executive Coaching Certificate Program in Switzerland. His coaching approach fosters deep personal inquiry and transformational leadership growth for CEOs and senior teams. A former client of CEO Coaching International, Anthony advocates for the Make BIG Happen methodology, which he leveraged to achieve significant business success.

Anthony is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) in both the U.S. and U.K. since 2012 and serves as a mentor at Techstars and the London Business School. He also founded Luminous, a philanthropic initiative supporting Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan and India, as well as meditation retreats in Europe.

Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Queensland. In his personal life, Anthony is married and enjoys adventure travel, diving, music and film festivals, and hiking with his two beloved dogs, a fox-red Labrador and a golden retriever. He resides in London.

Featured Podcast:

Listen to Anthony’s podcast episode, “A Proven Process for Achieving Strong Culture, Rapid Growth, and a BIG Exit from Anthony Venus