CEO Mxit, founder World of Avatar, chasing History & Coffee in Africa via the Mobile WebRead More

Anna Sofat has over 20 years experience in financial services and advising private clients (the last 10 years have been focused on advising women).

Anna created Addidi, the financial services boutique for women,
their partners and families Addidi create and manage wealth to empower women to live more fulfilling lives ...Read More

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Alex left school to join Acorn Computers in the 1980s, where he was extensively involved in the BBC Microcomputer project. He subsequently co-founded ANT Ltd in 1990 to produce networking products, including Web Browser software licensed to the Oracle Corporation. ANT plc was listed on the London AIM market (AIM ...Read More

Tom Speechley is a Senior Partner of Abraaj Capital and the Chief Executive Offer of Riyada Enterprise Development (RED), Abraaj’s US$500 million small and medium enterprise investment platform. He joined Abraaj in 2006 and is a member of the Abraaj Holdings Board of Directors, as well as the ...Read More

A surgeon, with extensive experience in business strategy and transactions, focussed towards life sciences, healthcare, medical technology and pharmaceuticals.

I have a specific interest in venture capital and start up businesses, with experience of managing several businesses of my own and in establishing, stabilising and growing start up ventures funded ...Read More

Aspiring to be all we can be is rarely enough on its own. Supplement ambition and aspiration with a solid network and deep insights. This recipe works to assist you to be all you can be.

Bill specializes in listening with a view to opening up channels for people to ...Read More

Peter Hiscocks has spent a number of years in the private sector working in product development in large companies before starting his own businesses. He has founded eight new ventures of which three have been sold, one has closed and he is Chairman or Director of the others. These businesses ...Read More

I have worked in sales all my career and simply love selling and training others in sales and general management.

I am also an active Business Angel and am currently really enjoying working with some of the companies I have invested in (especially the Canadian ones).

I am a very ...Read More

Working with early stage companies, venture funds, incubators or interesting venture opportunities. 15+ years of experience covering investments in and work with high profile technology start-ups. Worked in a blue chip venture capital firm as an investor and Board member with a number of investments, mergers, exits, company development, etc ...Read More

Rosemary has been the General Partner of the Forsyth Group since she founded the company in 1981. Recognizing the potential growth of Information Technology within business, the Forsyth Group was the first Executive Search Consultancy to focus on the emerging technology market.

Rosemary has developed extensive search experience across all ...Read More

I'm an Analyst at Arts Alliance Advisors, an early stage investor in digital media and internet companies.

I've been on the founding teams of a couple of startups, and worked for a couple more. I've spent time in the UK, and the US trying to figure how ...Read More

Marija is a Founding Member and Board Advisor of Incito Ventures. Incito invests in, and mentors, female-led start-ups in TMT, retail, life sciences and cleantech drawing upon the capital and rich industry experience of its mostly female club members. Incito provides a series of highly-tailored master classes and hands-on training ...Read More

An engineer, angel investor with Angellab and advisor to seed funds. She set up Incito Ventures for FinanceSE, an angel network for women-led tech start ups, co-founded Protos Capital, a £30m startup VC fund looking to spin out corporate tech assets and was on the Advisory Board of the PoCKet ...Read More

Matt is an experienced tech entrepreneur and investor. He is co-founder of FreeRunner, founder of Diagonal View, the UK’s number one YouTube channel, founder of Mysapient and an adviser to and founding investor in JustGiving, the global leader in online giving. Previously, Matt was an adviser at Channel 4 ...Read More

Iain has some 20 years experience in corporate finance and investment, gained with Lazard Brothers, Robert Fleming and Fleming Family & Partners. More recently he has been involved as a director and shareholder of a range of emerging and established businesses. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and was called ...Read More

Lord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE spent the first 20 years post university as a serial entrepreneur; then for 15 years chaired large companies (Pearson plc, GPA plc and HBOS plc); now reverted to entrepreneurial roots mainly through direct investing and a VC company, Loudwater Investment Partners. He also set up ...Read More

An active business angel, Gita has held senior positions at NatWest, Arthur Andersen and Gulf Oil before co-founding StarGate. She created the Trapezia funds to invest in women focused businesses and is a fund manager of the Trapezia funds. Gita was identified among the most influential Asians in the 2005 ...Read More

David serves on the Board of several private companies and charities. He is Senior Adviser to a listed options market-maker.

David read engineering at Downing College, Cambridge before spending three years with PW in London training to become an ACA. Read More

I'm an Analyst at Arts Alliance Advisors, an early stage investor in digital media and internet companies.

I've been on the founding teams of a couple of startups, and worked for a couple more. I've spent time in the UK, and the US trying to figure how ...Read More

An internet entrepreneur and angel investor, Paul is engaged by how the Internet can be evolved to build a better, fairer and more rational society. He is co-founder of Bebo and BirthdayAlarm, founder of Cominded.com, and more recently is the fourth member of a new venture: Housebites.Read More

Nic has been prominent in venture capital since the early 2000s. As a Director at DFJ Esprit, one of Europe's leading venture capital firms, he personally focuses on digital media, consumer internet and online advertising ventures. He is also the author of The Equity Kicker, a popular venture capital ...Read More

Andrin brings both entrepreneurial and investment experience to Piton. He was a co-founder of Glocalnet, which became Sweden's 3rd largest consumer telecom service provider and was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange before being acquired by Telenor. He was a partner at M/C Venture Partners, one of the ...Read More

Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years' experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, both in the US and in the UK. Having appeared in the first and second series of Dragons' Den, Doug is the Founder of School for Startups,and a non-executive director ...Read More

MeidaTaylor is a specialist media company who focus on the education market. We develop our own projects, which range from MARCOMS, business intelligence and online games to strategic consultancy and trend analysis for major companies and investors.Read More