Jonathan Lloyd

Founder & CEO at CGHero

Jonathan Lloyd has been a successful entrepreneur and executive in the tech industry since 2005. In that year, they co-founded Circular Studios with their business partner Nathan. In 2006, they co-founded Falling Pixel Ltd, where they assumed the role of managing director and lead the development of the company. In 2010, they joined makeurmove as Technical Director, and in 2009 they were a Global Scholar at Hint : NYC / CHI / KC, where they shadowed various departments and familiarised himself with the inner workings of an established motion design and VFX company. In 2008, they were a NCGE Flying Start Global Entrepreneur at the Kauffman Foundation. In 2011, they joined TurboSquid as VP Product Development, where they were responsible for overseeing the development and management of new and emerging products. In 2014, they joined PixelSquid as VP Product Development, working with the team to conceptualize, plan and design the feature set for the site launch. In 2016, they co-founded CG Hero Ltd, where they served as Co-founder & CEO. In 2017, they were selected as a Portfolio Company at Ignite Accelerator, where they received pre-seed capital from the Ignite Angel network and Accelerated Digital Ventures.

Jonathan Lloyd attended the University of Portsmouth from 2005-2008, where they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Animation. Prior to that, they obtained an Associate's Degree in Music Technology from Coleg Llandrillo, Grwp Llandrillo-Menai between 2002-2005.

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  • Founder & CEO

    July, 2016 - present