Aïda Aït-Ahmed

HERMESA is a UK based angel syndicate investing in extraordinary female (co)founded start-ups. We are a community of operators who know what it takes to build successful start-ups and we invest smart money – capital and expertise – to help change the funding landscape for women founders.

HERMESA is a UK based angel syndicate investing in extraordinary female (co)founded start-ups. We are a community of operators who know what it takes to build successful start-ups and we invest smart money – capital and expertise – to help change the funding landscape for women founders.

Nextoria | Tech-powered M&A for digital-first businesses Nextoria is a global, VC-backed M&A advisory firm and technology platform helping founders of digital-first businesses achieve the best exit—whether full or partial. We combine proprietary AI tools with deep M&A expertise to get founders the best deal. Our proprietary technology continuously maps the global investor and corporate landscape to surface the most relevant matches for each company we represent—including those that would typically get overlooked. Our approach enables a level of reach and relevance that’s hard to achieve through networks alone. Each mandate benefits from a highly curated, data-informed set of potential buyers and investors—tailored to your business, not drawn from a static list. Tech-powered matching + human-powered execution. Selling a business requires more than just technology—it demands experience, preparation and judgment. That’s why we pair our platform with hands-on support from M&A professionals and tech entrepreneurs who’ve built, grown, and exited their own businesses. Together, we execute every step of the process to ensure a successful transaction. We help founders run smarter, more strategic exit processes—with carefully curated buyers and better outcomes.

Via is on a mission to create public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. Our platform serves as the technology backbone for modern transit networks, transforming antiquated and siloed public transportation systems into smart, data-driven, and efficient digital networks. With hundreds of agency partners in 30+ countries, Via is recognized as the leading transportation technology and service provider for governments. Via’s platform has pioneered microtransit — a new mode of mass transit — and today offers a comprehensive, end-to-end public transit solution that helps our customers design, operate, and optimize their transit systems using software, services, and billions of proprietary real-world trip data points. The result: lower costs, equitable access, and better passenger experiences.