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Partner & Co-Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Joe Puthenveetil
Biography
Joe is a Partner and Co-Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Raine. Joe joined the firm in 2010 and has worked on principal investment and advisory assignments across the media, entertainment, and technology sectors, helping lead Raine’s global music and live events coverage and broader EMEA strategy.
Joe has advised across the technology, media and telecommunications sectors including the investment in B2B events company CloserStill Media by Searchlight Capital, the sale of Tonic Games to Epic, the capital raise for Moonbug, and various SoftBank transactions, including the acquisitions of Sprint and Clearwire, the investment in Ola, and the sale of DramaFever.
Within the music industry, key transactions include the majority investment in DistroKid by CVC, the sale of Chord Music Partners to UMG alongside several billion in additional catalogue transactions, CVC’s investment in Superstruct, the sale of Stem to Concord, the sale of Quality Control to HYBE, capital raises for gamma and Create Music Group, the sale of Alamo Records to Sony, and the sale of vertical SaaS company FUGA to Downtown Music.
Joe has also helped lead a number of Raine’s investments, including Duetti, Firebird Music, SoundCloud, and C3 Presents (sold to Live Nation). He currently serves on the boards of Duetti, Firebird, and SoundCloud.
Joe holds a B.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.