Speakers
Eleanor Kaye
Eleanor Kaye is the Executive Director at Newton Venture Program – a joint venture of LocalGlobe and London Business School. Newton trains aspiring and practising venture capital professionals with an explicit mission to diversify the VC Ecosystem.
Seb Butt
Founder, Future VC
Andy Ayim
Andy Ayim MBE is a father, husband, creator, thinker, investor and founder of The Angel Investing School, with a vision to empower a new generation of angel investors. He has invested in over 15 gap-closing startups such as Farmlend, Ava Estell and Whering. His career has seen him move from consulting VCs in San Francisco, to democratising access for diverse founders in the UK. Andy was recognised in 2021 with a Queen’s honours MBE medal in recognition for his contribution to diversity and technology in the UK.
Rumbi Makanga
Rumbi Makanga is a co-founder of Origin Twenty. She is an operator, investor and advisor with a background in scaling deeptech and B2B SaaS startups globally. She was previously co-founder at non-profit startup Kwanda and has an MA degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University.
Suzanne Ashman
Suzanne invests in consumer and enterprise companies in regulated markets. With a particular focus on education, transport, agriculture and future of work.
Investor in Zego, Tessian, Lingumi, WeFarm, Motorway, Multiverse and a couple of unannounced companies
Cllr Portia Mwangangye
Labour Councillor, Southwark
Kenny Imafidon
Co-founder, ClearView Research
Ibijoke Faborode
Founder/ CEO. ElectHER (Building the largest Pan-African organization championing Women Political Inclusion…)
Cllr Ola Kolade
Cabinet Member for Community Safety
