Damien Véran

Group SVP, International, Magnite

AdtechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2016

Damien Véran co-founded SlimCut Media with Thomas Davy, a Toronto and Paris adtech company selling outstream video advertising to premium publishers. Telaria acquired it in June 2018 and merged into Magnite in 2020. He stayed on, and is now Magnite's Group SVP, International, covering EMEA, LatAm, JAPAC and Canada.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Damien Veran of SlimCut Media presents Why Drake Might be the Best Advisor for Your Startup

TechTO · August 2016

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Damien ↗

Around the web ×2

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Magnite aligns EMEA leadership team to support SpringServeAdvanced Television

2025

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Telaria acquires SlimCutMedia in Canada

2018

Quick answers

What does Damien Véran do now?

He is Group SVP, International at Magnite, overseeing its teams across EMEA, LatAm, JAPAC and Canada. He was promoted to the role in 2025; his earlier title, SVP and Head of Canada and Latin America, is superseded.

What happened to SlimCut Media?

Telaria acquired it on 12 June 2018 for an undisclosed sum, and it operated as SlimCut Powered by Telaria. Telaria then merged with Rubicon Project in 2020 to form Magnite, where both founders continued.

What did he argue at TechTO?

He read five Drake lyrics as startup advice: talk to customers before over-building, settle co-founder roles before you scale, stay honest about your problems, treat networking and press as distractions next to sales, and enjoy the journey.

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