APRIL 2021

BY ANDREW BOTT

EVENT ASSISTANTS:
EVANGELIA MITSA,
ASHIS LIMBU & VERONIKA US
DISCOVER AN INSIDE VIEW ON START-UP
INVESTMENT
Start-up investment or raising finance is often an opaque hidden mystery to most
seeking it. Our elite panels of investment industry insiders will shine a spotlight
on this process. This rare inside view will educate, entertain and give you solid
advice from those who know.
GET FUNDED
April 27th, 2021
5:45pm - 9:00pm British Summer Time
(9:45am PT, 12:45pm EST)

5:45pm-6pm
Doors Open: Welcome by Andrew Bott

6pm-6:45pm
“Managing people in a Startup”
This panel will focus on the people’s management within a startup. How startups should react when the team is increasing, what’s a
founder’s role and how they should communicate any changes with the team? Join this panel to get more familiar on managing your
teams.

“Common Questions for VCs ”

Which are some common questions that you wish that could ask to a VC? Join this panel to listen to some of the most common
answers startups address to VCs and listen to their answers.

6:45pm-7:30pm
“VC Advice – Cap Tables”
This panel focuses on explaining the importance of cap tables and how to accurately structure them. Where do VCs paying attention to,
how you should present that and what are some common mistakes most startups do.

“Spotlight - EdTech”
Join this panel if you’re currently working on your EdTech startup and want to listen to industry’s experts discussing o EdTech trends,
the evaluation of that type of startups and where VCs pay high attention to.

7:30pm-8:15pm
“Angel Investing in the UK”
A unique panel focusing on Angel Investors within the UK. Join this panel if you want to learn more on how Angels invest, how do they
differ from a regular VC and how is the UK’s Angel investment ecosystem.

“Funded Founders”
This panel welcomes recently funded founders and focuses on sharing their funding journey. Join the panel, if you’re a founder,
currently preparing for your fundraising round and looking for some great tips from successful founders.

8:15pm-9pm
Video Networking
Our software allows attendees to be matched automatically every 5 minutes in 1:1 video chats! Network, make connections, and find
opportunities through some great conversations
PITCH NIGHT
April 28th, 2021
5:45pm - 9:00pm British Summer Time
(9:45am PT, 12:45pm EST)

6:00pm-7:30pm
Start-up Pitches & Feedback from the Judges
Start-ups pitch to judges for Investment and are given feedback from our judges who are all currently investors. Investors from around
the world attend and watch the pitches, and start-ups/investors have the chance to

7:30pm-9pm
Video Networking
Our software allows attendees to be matched automatically every 5 minutes in 1:1 video chats! Network, make connections, and find
opportunities through some great conversations

MAR 28TH| 6 PM - 7:30 PM BST
IMPLY
Industry: Biotechnology
Country: United Kingdom
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £10.5M
CREATIVE BEING
Industry: Training, health,
and wellbeing
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £150K
CHEAP SKATE
Industry: Retail Tech
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: Seed
ORANGE POWER
Industry: Energy
Country: UK/EU
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £150k
HUBHOUZE
Industry: Construction
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £650K
HAPPANING LTD
Industry: MediaTech
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Pitch Night Start-ups
TUBR
Industry: AI
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £500K
NOICE CARE
Industry: eCommerce /
Sustainability / Health
Country: US/UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: $150K
DIGI SHARES
Industry: Blockchain / Real
Estate
Country: Denmark
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: $5M
OFFSCHOOL
Industry: EdTech
Country: EU
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £250-500K
HINDSIGHT
Industry: Sports Technology
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £900K
AIRFUNDERS
Industry: Financial Technology
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
RENTCOUNT
Industry: FinTech/Property
Country: US/UK/Canada
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: $700K
KNOWLEDGE PILLARS
Industry: Education
Management, Skills
Assessment, EdTech
Country: US
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: $1M
VEGAMONEY
Industry: FinTech
Country: UK
Amount raising: £2M
HELLOELLA
Industry: Travel/ Saas
Country: Netherlands
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: 400K
UMAZI
Industry: FinTech
Country: UK/Europe
Amount raising: £400K
Millie
Industry: EdTech
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £500K Amount raising: £200K Amount raising: $1M

WEDO
Industry:Fintech/SaaS/Marketp
lace/Social Network
Country: UK
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: £2.6M
DEALOGIKAL
Industry: Ecommerce
Country: Philippines
Company LinkedIn: link
Amount raising: $1MM
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 “Managing People in a Startup”
APR 27TH | 6 PM – 6:45 PM BST
Carrie Babcock
INVESTMENT MANAGER, BERINGEA

Carrie, as the Investment Manager at Beringea is responsible for sourcing and analysing new
deals, due diligence on potential investments, managing deal execution processes, and
monitoring and advising portfolio companies. She previously oversaw investments in logistics,
security, education and agriculture at specialist seed funds Breed Reply and Mustard Seed.
Prior to this, she began her career in corporate investigations firm Kroll. Carrie has lived and
worked in the US and Europe and has an MBA from INSEAD and a BA from Barnard College,
Columbia University.

Hannah Williamson
INVESTMENT MANAGER, EDGE INVESTMENTS
Book Recommendation: Venture Deals by Brad Fled and Jason Mendelson

As an Investment Manager, Hannah’s role includes deal flow generation and assessment,
particularly focusing on retail tech and content businesses. Prior to Edge, Hannah worked at the
online retailer ASOS for 3 years, within the operational side of the business. Hannah holds a first-
class honours degree in Fashion and Textile Management from Nottingham Trent University.

Jake Wombwell-Povey
INVESTOR, VALA CAPITAL

Jake is the founder and former CEO of Goji, a fintech asset management platform. Jake led
the company through a number of VC-led investment rounds from some of Europe’s largest
fintech VCs including Axa and Anthemis. Goji now provides asset management services to
clients across Europe administering over £400m of assets.

Leo Davies
MANAGING PARTNER, MOSCAR CAPITAL L.P.
Book Recommendation: The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital by Robert A.
Finkel

Leo is an experienced venture capitalist who has previously led investment across technology,
media and finance. Leo has successfully exited numerous Pre-Series-A and Series-A growth
capital opportunities.

Handem Audrey
INVESTOR, SPEEDINVEST
Book Recommendation: Zero to One by Peter Thiel

Pre-seed investor at Speedinvest since Sept 2020. Audrey is an investor in pre-seed startups.
Prior to joining Speedinvest, Audrey worked as a Life Science venture debt consultant for the
European Investment Bank where she did market research and evaluation of the technical
viability of investment projects. Audrey holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Neuroscience
from Cardiff University, and following a growing interest in the startup ecosystem, she decided
to pursue a Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the London School of
Economics.
 “Common Questions for VC’s”
APR 27TH | 6 PM - 6:45 PM BST
Maria Georgopoulou
MODERATOR, MEETFOUNDERS
Book Recommendation: Integrated Investing: Impact Investing with Head, Heart, Body,
and Soul by Bonnie Foley-Wong

Maria has completed her BSc in Business Economics at Cardiff University and recently
completed her MSc in Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School. She is particularly interested
in marketing, sales and business development and has related work experience in the
pharmaceutical and energy & oil sector in London, UK and Athens, Greece.

Eva Tarasova
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, WHARTON ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Book Recommendation: Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of
Silicon Valley by Corey Pein

Veteran of the family office space with over 10 years of first hand experience. Currently
investment director at Wharton asset management, private single family office office in London
with a strong focus on biotech and life sciences where I lead cross sector origination, analysis
and development of investment opportunities on scale of 0.5 to 20 million per investment.

Maxence Drummond
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, BREEGA

Maxence joined Breega’s invest team in 2018 on his return from San Francisco, bringing to
Breega his international outlook and love of helping startups to develop. Maxence graduated
with a degree in Finance from Sciences Po. Passionate about cinema, he co-founded two
ventures; Moot-Moot Production, specialized in producing short and arty films, and WeArts, a
peer to peer marketplace for artists, during his master’s studies at Sciences Po. Maxence also
worked at XAnge and Middle East Venture Partners (VC fund in Lebanon and Dubai) before
moving to San Francisco to help French startups in their U.S. development. He joined
Breega's investment team in late 2018.

Vlad Tropko
MANAGING DIRECTOR, DIGITAL HORIZON VC
Book Recommendation: Zero to One: by Peter Thiel

Vlad is seasonal Venture Capital investor with more than 15 years’ industry experience and >30
VC deals. He is Managing Director of Digital Horizon (early stage VC fund focused on European
fintech and b2b software startups). During his venture he invested in leading companies such as
Zipline, Cuvva, Ably, etc.
Timo Kilp
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, YAMAHA MOTOR VENTURES& LABORATORY SILICON VALLEY
Book Recommendation: Blitzscaling, The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively
Valuable Companies by Reid Hoffman & Chris Yeh

Timo Kilp is a Senior Associate at Yamaha Motor Ventures, where he is responsible for sourcing
and leading due diligence activities. Previously, he was an associate at Sony Innovation Fund,
the venture capital arm of Sony Corporation, where he was investing in early-stage companies
and pursuing partnership opportunities for Sony’s business groups. Prior to Sony, Timo worked
at JetBlue Technology Ventures, a corporate venture arm of JetBlueAirways.
 “VC Advice – Cap Tables”
APR 27TH | 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM BST

Maria Georgopoulou
MODERATOR, MEETFOUNDERS
Book Recommendation: Integrated Investing: Impact Investing with Head, Heart, Body, and
Soul by Bonnie Foley-Wong

Maria has completed her BSc in Business Economics at Cardiff University and recently
completed her MSc in Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School. She is particularly interested
in marketing, sales and business development and has related work experience in the
pharmaceutical and energy & oil sector in London, UK and Athens, Greece.

Augustin de Cambourg
INVESTOR, REFLEXION CAPITAL
Book Recommendation: Venture Deals by Brad Fled and Jason Mendelson

After 5 years preparing 20+ tech startups to raise funds in Paris and Singapore, I recently
switched side to invest in entrepreneurs capable of combining high-growth and profit.

Douglas Lidgitt
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, IW CAPITAL
Book Recommendation: Zero to One: by Peter Thiel

Douglas has over 10 years experience in transactions including a wealth of corporate finance
experience in investments, M&A and financial diligence. He has focused on mid and lower
market transactions within the private equity space including direct investments and providing
board level advice on growth strategy, exit objectives and board augmentations. He currently
sits on 3 Boards with Transcend Packaging recently being identified as a Sunday Times 10 Fast
Track Ones to Watch.

Orson Stadler
PARTNER, ANTLER
Book Recommendation: Doing Capitalism In the Innovation Economy by William Janeway

Orson is a Partner at Antler in the UK, co-heading the London operation. Orson was formerly
part of the early team at Mustard Seed, a leading European early-stage impact venture capital
fund with ~€100m in AuM with investments including what3words, Winnow Solutions and
OLIO. Orson was involved from all aspects of fund set up, fundraising and deployment
strategy, before leading investments in 12 (twelve) notable European startups across 6 (six)
geographies including co-investments with funds including Seedcamp, SpeedInvest,
InVenture, The Fund and Octopus Ventures amongst others.

Erika McIntyre
PARTNER, TAYLOR VINTERS
I’m a corporate lawyer specialising in working with fast-growing companies and their investors
at all stages of the life cycle, from incorporation to exit. I've been principally focused on venture
capital (and investor-backed companies) for the last 14 years and particularly appreciate the
opportunity to get early stage companies off to a good start, enabling them to avoid potential
issues further down the road.
 “Spotlight – EdTech”
APR 27TH | 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM BST
Ivy Cavendish
FOUNDER & CEO, THE SCIENCE WRITING REVOLUTION
Book Recommendation: No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer

I am the founder and CEO of The Science Writing Revolution, a disruptive EdTech startup that
sells a game-changing digital approach to the writing of scientific papers. Our early investors
include Bethnal Green Ventures (Spring 2021 accelerator cohort) and a university (soon to be
announced)..

Sarah Bertram Smith

INVESTOR, BRIGHTEYE VENTURES
Blog Recommendation: Andrew Chen
My investment experience spans public markets, debt markets, angel investing, VC investing,
working as a fundraising consultant, and also raising funding myself for my own startup! I spent
4 years on the trading floor before throwing myself into the nebulous world of Angel Investing
which is where I really learned about the intricacies of early stage investing. I've now been angel
investing and working as a fundraising consultant, primarily in high growth impact businesses,
for almost 4 years, and working as a full time VC focused on learning technologies for just under
a year.

Shinaz Navas
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, EMERGE EDUCATION
Book Recommendation: A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College by Ryan Craig

2.5 years of venture investment experience including edtech-focused investment at Emerge,

and corporate venturing experience at Deloitte Ventures.

Piyush Hemnani
INVESTMENT MANAGER, MEDIAHUIS VENTURES
Book Recommendation: Zero to One by Peter Thiel

Following a brief entrepreneurial journey in Africa, I have been working for more than 2 years in
Venture Investments in Europe. In total, I have been part of 9 investments ranging from Seed
to Series C, of which 1 recently exited to SAP.
 “Angel Investing in the UK
APR 27TH | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM BST

Maria Georgopoulou
MODERATOR, MEETFOUNDERS
Book Recommendation: Integrated Investing: Impact Investing with Head, Heart, Body, and
Soul by Bonnie Foley-Wong

Maria has completed her BSc in Business Economics at Cardiff University and recently
completed her MSc in Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School. She is particularly interested
in marketing, sales and business development and has related work experience in the
pharmaceutical and energy & oil sector in London, UK and Athens, Greece.

Colin Spiller
LONDON ANGEL CLUB MANAGER, ANGELS DEN
Book Recommendation: Show Me the Money: How to Raise the Cash to Get Your Business
Off the Ground by Alan Barell, David Gill & Martin Rigby

Colin worked for 6 years as the Business Development Manager for an early stage Tech focus
VC, and generated an extra £1.5m into investee companies. Launched and manages the
London Angel Club for Angels Den, which typically raises £1m to £2m for 5 to 8 business pa
and also delivers their Masterclasses for new Angel Investors. Colin Co-Leads the meetings of
the 3Cs Community on a probono basis, which encourages entrepreneurs based on a “pay it
forward” principal.

Justin Waghray
FOUNDING PARTNER, ÆVUS VENTURE PARTNERS
Book Recommendation: What You Do is Who You Are - Ben Horowitz

I invest in pre-seed and seed deals, my group has done 18 investments in 16 companies
ranging from fintech to proptech to SaaS.

Muhammad Altalib
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE, IFG.VC
Book Recommendation: Anti-Fragile by Nassim Taleb

Muhammad is an investor at IFG.VC - an early-stage angel syndicate based in London.

IFG.VC funds pure-technology startups at the pre-seed to seed stage. A key focus for IFG.VC
is diversity, with 80% of its founders coming from a minority background.
 “Funded Founders”
APR 27TH| 7:30 PM - 8:15 PM BST
Luca Cartechini
VC & ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, ESCP
Book Recommendation: The Lean Startup by Eric Riles, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel
Kahneman & Zero to One by Blake Master & Peter Thiel

Luca is an early-stage tech investor and currently also serving as a guest Lecturer at ESCP
Europe in London and Turin, and advising several early stage technology companies. He was
previously Equity Associate at Jefferies and Financial Analyst at Bloomberg.

Rachael Grimaldi
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, CARDMEDIC
Book Recommendation: That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph

CardMedic has received two of the highly competitive business-led de-minimis Innovate UK
grants, as well as a seed round of angel investment. We will be fundraising again in Q3/Q4. We
have also the generous and invaluable investment of time from many volunteers nationally and
internationally, in developing our technology and growing our content.

Philipp Buschmann
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, AAZZUR
Book Recommendation: The Lean Start Up by Eric Reiss

Tech entrepreneur with a strong interest and experience in FS/IT, fintech and challenger
banking.Philipp started as a coder but then switched to being a strategy consultant, before
trying his hand at entrepreneurship. His first venture went public.He’s got an MBA from the
London Business School, loves being part of the startup world and is also a Techstars
alumnus.

Aisling Byrne
FOUNDER & CEO, NUW
Book Recommendation: The Lean Start Up by Eric Reiss

Have raised £400k to date. Currently raising a seed round. Have been funded by Bethnal green
Ventures, Sustainable Ventures and the London Fashion Fund..
 Mo Khodadadi
FOUNDER & CEO, SATIS.AI
Book Recommendation: Venture deals by Brad Feld

Mo have been through 3 funding round with Babylon health, a unicorn valued at more than
2b$. Last experience was his own venture, going from step 0, raising his seed.

Sean Andrew Sanders

CEO & FOUNDER, REVIX
Book Recommendation: Shoe Dog by Phil Knite

An ex-portfolio manager, a CFA Charterholder and today the founder and CEO of Revix, a
platform that enables everyday people to grow their wealth by investing in emerging themes,
sectors and asset classes in an automated and effortless way.
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 “Judges for Live Pitch Event”
APR 28TH| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM GMT
Pitches Moderator: Ashis Limbu
INVESTOR RELATIONS, MEETFOUNDERS

Ashis is currently an Intern as Investors Relations at MeetFounders. His educational

background includes Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from the
University of Surrey in the UK

Pitches Moderator: Veronika Us

STARTUP PARTNERSHIPS, MEETFOUNDERS
Veronika is currently an Intern as a Startup Partnershiips at MeetFounders. Her educational
background includes BSc in Business Management with Digital Innovation and
Entrepreneurship from CASS Business School in the UK.

Lyubov Guk
PARTNER, BLUE LAKE ACCELERATOR
Book Recommendation: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building
a Great Company by Bob Dorf and Steve Blank

Partner at London-based Blue Lake Accelerator, investing in early-stage start-ups from the
United Kingdom and Eastern Europe. Helping start-ups to create winning go-to-market
strategies leveraging seven years of practical work with the corporate sector in the United
Kingdom, Europe and Ukraine.

Natasha Jones
FINTECH INVESTOR, OCTOPUS VENTURES
Book Recommendation: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

Natasha is part of the Future of Money investment team and takes a keen interest in financial
services, insurance, blockchain and climate risk. Prior to joining Octopus, Natasha worked as an
algorithmic trader at Credit Suisse where she gained a deep understanding of the trading
infrastructure involved in capital markets equity trading as well as the various data, regulatory
and administrative systems used in large financial institutions.
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 Muhammad Altalib
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE, IFG.VC
Book Recommendation: Anti-Fragile by Nassim Taleb

Muhammad is an investor at IFG.VC - an early-stage angel syndicate based in London.

IFG.VC funds pure-technology startups at the pre-seed to seed stage. A key focus for IFG.VC
is diversity, with 80% of its founders coming from a minority background.

Frederick Hamilton
ASSOCIATE, OXFORD INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS
Book Recommendation: Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of
Bubbles and Golden Ages by Carlota Perez

I've sourced, analysed, negotiated and executed deals with a number of spinout companies
from Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the fields of AI/ML, Quantum and Photonic
Computing, Advanced Engineering, Digital Health, Cleantech and Pharma Tools.

Stefan Lemper
VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTOR, MASCHMEYER GROUP

Stefan Lemper is a longtime venture capital investor, entrepreneur and corporate executive.
He invests with a special focus on insurance and fintech related startups for the family office of
a well-known entrepreneur. In that role he also supports one of the largest German insurance
groups to identify and execute international corporate venture investments.

Martijn van Heeswijk

GROWTH EQUITY INVESTOR, PRIME VENTURES
Book Recommendation: The Most Important Thing Illuminated : Uncommon Sense for the
Thoughtful Investor by Howard Marks

Martijn is a growth equity investor at Prime Ventures - a leading European growth equity firm. We
invest sector-agnostic in technology companies that can become leaders in their space.

Thomas Dadashi
FOUNDER, SHARELINE & ANGEL INVESTOR
Book Recommendation: The Lean Startup by Eric Riles

Pre-seed to pre-IPO investor. Founder of Shareline (pre-IPO investment platform) and

business angel. 10+ years experience in tech investments. Past investments include
Darktrace, Voodoo, Depop, Onfido, Bike24
 Sarah Bertram Smith
INVESTOR, BRIGHTEYE VENTURES
Blog Recommendation: Andrew Chen
My investment experience spans public markets, debt markets, angel investing, VC investing,
working as a fundraising consultant, and also raising funding myself for my own startup! I spent 4
years on the trading floor before throwing myself into the nebulous world of Angel Investing which
is where I really learned about the intricacies of early stage investing. I've now been angel investing
and working as a fundraising consultant, primarily in high growth impact businesses, for almost 4
years, and working as a full time VC focused on learning technologies for just under a year.