Location Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male Also Known As Matt
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Internet entrepreneur, investor and businessman who founded and exited Creative Spark, a digital agency, which was acquired by UK-listed firm M&C Saatchi PLC (LSE: SAA). Buckland now runs Burn Media, a suite of technology publishing businesses he founded which includes Memeburn, Ventureburn.com, Gearburn.com and others. Ventureburn is a site
that reports on the startup, entrepreneur and investor ecosystems in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. Buckland was Master of Ceremonies at the Silicon Cape Initiative launch event and was elected to its inaugural board. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a South African-based organization which aims to turn the Western Cape into a high-tech startup hub. Buckland credits this organisation for inspiring him to move out of the corporate world into entrepreneurship. Buckland was recognised in Destiny's Power of 40: 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40 "Doing Interesting Things", featured in Fast Company Magazine’s "Most Creative People in Business" and was a Startup Judge for NextWeb's Startup World – Cape Town. He is also an Endeavor Mentor and was a member of the Cape Town chapter of Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) for two years.