Jag Singh

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Jag Singh is an Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and former US & British political strategist. He was previously the managing director of Techstars. [1]

Career

He founded Labourhome, MessageSpace, [2] and YouFundMe. [3] LabourHome was acquired by the New Statesman Magazine in 2008. [4]

In 2011, Singh worked as Director of Digital for the No To AV referendum campaign. [5] Singh co-founded WESS Digital with Matthew Elliott, Paul Staines, and Andrew Whitehurst in 2013. The firm created a database based on issue-based campaigns to be used by political parties to analyse how people vote. [6]

He was listed in Iain Dale and The Daily Telegraph's list of top 100 left wingers in 2008. [7] In 2018, Singh was in the Financial Times list of the UK's top 100 black and minority ethnic leaders in technology. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The UK's top 100 black and minority ethnic leaders in technology". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "'We own the political market', says MessageSpace co-founder Jag Singh". Campaign Live. 26 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Guido Fawkes editor in big data analysis venture". Research Live. 15 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "New Statesman co-owner buys LabourHome blog". The Guardian. 24 July 2008.
  5. ↑ Singh, Jag (16 May 2011). "Jag Singh: Labour's digital expert on the No to AV campaign". PR Week.
  6. ↑ "Campaigners target political parties with ambitious plans". PR Week. 14 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 left wingers: 100-76". The Telegraph. 19 September 2008.


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