Benjamin Heywood

High school and college leave substantial gaps in students’ ability to work in teams, lead, communicate, drive their own growth, and perform professionally. Futures Forge helps students develop these skills, equipping them with the skills they need to thrive in their careers and personal lives. Futures Forge’s immersive, hands-on programs instill critical thinking, leadership, and real-world problem-solving abilities. Our curriculum, crafted by serial founders from MIT and Oxford sets up students to tackle dynamic, project-driven challenges, preparing them to excel in college, internships, and their future careers. Our grads have the skills and confidence to stand out and succeed in a competitive world.

Material Evolution produces MevoCem, a high-performance, ultra-low carbon cement replacement - with an 85% reduction in emissions compared to traditional cement. Our Mevo A1 Production Facility in Wrexham, Wales, has a capacity of 120,000 tonnes of MevoCem per year, making us the UKs largest producer of ultra-low carbon cement. Find out more: www.materialevolution.com

Braingels is not a typical angel group or syndicate. It’s a unique community dedicated to supporting early-stage ventures focused on the brain, mind, mental health, and related themes, and a portal to a broad and rich network of advisors, mentors, and sometimes investors. Interests range across the spectrum of brain-related research, development, and commercialization – from deep neurotech devices to platforms promoting wellness, spanning products that impact neurological, psychiatric, and mental health. We believe that by creating a collaborative ecosystem that brings together diverse expertise, we can drive significant progress in understanding and innovating within these critical areas.

High school and college leave substantial gaps in students’ ability to work in teams, lead, communicate, drive their own growth, and perform professionally. Futures Forge helps students develop these skills, equipping them with the skills they need to thrive in their careers and personal lives. Futures Forge’s immersive, hands-on programs instill critical thinking, leadership, and real-world problem-solving abilities. Our curriculum, crafted by serial founders from MIT and Oxford sets up students to tackle dynamic, project-driven challenges, preparing them to excel in college, internships, and their future careers. Our grads have the skills and confidence to stand out and succeed in a competitive world.

Material Evolution produces MevoCem, a high-performance, ultra-low carbon cement replacement - with an 85% reduction in emissions compared to traditional cement. Our Mevo A1 Production Facility in Wrexham, Wales, has a capacity of 120,000 tonnes of MevoCem per year, making us the UKs largest producer of ultra-low carbon cement. Find out more: www.materialevolution.com

Braingels is not a typical angel group or syndicate. It’s a unique community dedicated to supporting early-stage ventures focused on the brain, mind, mental health, and related themes, and a portal to a broad and rich network of advisors, mentors, and sometimes investors. Interests range across the spectrum of brain-related research, development, and commercialization – from deep neurotech devices to platforms promoting wellness, spanning products that impact neurological, psychiatric, and mental health. We believe that by creating a collaborative ecosystem that brings together diverse expertise, we can drive significant progress in understanding and innovating within these critical areas.

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. The nine-month program employs an objectives-based mentoring process to enhance the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, with the goal of maximizing equity-value creation. Founded by Professor Ajay Agrawal in 2012 at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded and now has 11 sites across six countries: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, Paris, Madison, Seattle, Estonia, Berlin, and Melbourne. The program combines 5 elements to help companies transition from science projects to scalable and financeable companies: - An emphasis on objective-setting, helping companies focus on what’s most important to their business - Focused mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs who have founded, led, and sold significant tech companies - Technical advice from world-leading scientists, engineers, and economists - Hands-on support from top business students, who embed within the company to provide business support - Opportunities to raise capital, including angels and VCs from Europe and North America The successful commercialization of cutting-edge science and technology achieved through the program has led to the creation of over CAD $35 billion in equity value.