Vinny Lingham

Vinny Lingham is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Civic, a visionary company enabling consumers to securely send and receive money, including cryptocurrencies, around the world. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card company, which was acquired by First Data Corporation for more than $50M. He is an active investor and as co-founder of Newtown Partners in South Africa, he has led early stage investments into successful startups, including Sweep South and Augmentors. Vinny was a Shark on Shark Tank South Africa, a Dragon on Dragon’s Den South Africa, and an Angel in National Geographic’s Undercover Angel. He is a co-author of “I’m In: Essential Advice for Entrepreneurs.”

CIVIC BACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Civic launched a non-custodial, multisig wallet. Civic Wallet offers verified digital identity and the ability to send money to friends globally, all covered by a $1 Million Cryptocurrency Protection Guarantee. Civic Wallet holders are able to send and receive BTC around the world to usernames, addresses, and even to QR codes after creating a verified identity. By design, Civic Wallet puts you back in the driver’s seat with more control over your information, easy restoration if you ever lose access to your account, and no more complex seed phrases or passwords to remember. We also recently launched a new solution for organizations called Health Key by Civic to help manage health passports to create safe spaces as we manage economies in a COVID-19 world.