Wicks Walker is a serial entrepreneur and investor in the internet and media sectors who has appeared four times among the top 100 of the Inc. 500® list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S, as well as the fastest growing lists of the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Deloitte Technology Fast 50.

He plays the role of strategist and dealmaker in each organization, and has closed 16 deals securing more than $100 million for startups, middle and late stage growth companies, and non-profit institutions. His articles and coverage have been published in media including Advertising Age, Business Week, Internet Retailer, The Los Angeles Times, and myriad online media.

Wicks also travels often (while looking for the best food), rides motorcycles, collects some art, and serves on the board of the Downtown LA Art Walk.

Possibly interesting companies/projects/investments:

Online advertising marketplace we founded in 2009, serving customers like GroupOn, Experian, FTD, Hearst, ShoeDazzle, Spark, Omnicom, Havas.

Online advertising company we also built, named fastest growing internet company in 2007 by Inc. Magazine, AdKnowledge acquired

Invested in this mobile-only facebook alternative for real friends, with instagram and foursquare replacements built in. Growing very fast.

Downtown Art Walk in Los Angeles is the largest public art event in the U.S.-

Evertune is a solid state automatic guitar tuning bridge that works by using spring tension to set string tuning automatically and permanently.