Carolina Monck, PhD

Episode 1, the backer of successful companies like Carwow, CloudNC, Raft, Robin AI, TouchSurgery, Zoopla, Omnipresent and Attest, is a VC firm investing in B2B software startups at Pre-Seed and Seed. Episode 1 invests £500k to £3m into extraordinary teams with real insight into markets that are emerging or evolving. As an early stage fund, we invest in the best opportunities, but are particularly interested in how emerging “deep tech” technologies are disrupting industry, and how technology is reinventing markets. We are the company builders focussed on helping you raise a successful Series A.

Imperial Graduate Biotech Network (GradBio) was formed in 2022 to provide a platform for graduates at Imperial College London to connect across University departments and with industry professionals. By acting as an information hub and through the events we run, we are building a community for individuals to expand their network, build bridges with industry and launch their careers.

Global Biotech Revolution (GBR) is a youth-led nonprofit which connects and develops future leaders to accelerate the growth and advancement of the global biotech ecosystem. The flagship event of GBR is the GapSummit, an annual student-run world-class biotechnology leadership summit with the core objectives of substantively discussing pressing challenges facing the bio-economy and catalysing innovation to solve these challenges. As the only intergenerational conference of its kind, the GapSummit competitively selects 100 Leaders of Tomorrow from around the world to attend, and recruits current leaders across the global biotech community to inspire the next generation. Keep your eyes open for the next selection round!

Hummingbird Ventures is an agile investor in entrepreneurial genius. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. Often the first institutional investor, we’ve helped start-ups scale from zero to category-defining multi-billion dollar businesses across 3 continents. We work best with outsiders who challenge industry boundaries and conventions, transforming tiny miracles into impactful companies. Hummingbird Ventures teamed up with transformative companies, including Deliveroo, Showpad, Kraken, Peak Games, Amplidata, Gram Games, Shutl, Merlin, Billiontoone and many others.