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A minority owned venture studio, advisory and VC investment firm. We are based in San Francisco, and identify early, overlooked or dismissed talent from outside Silicon Valley, with special attention to Black, female and Middle Eastern founders and help them crack Silicon Valley in weeks instead of months or years on their own. We like to back resilient, ambitious driven founders who are building technology startups that are truly defensible, which we define as having deep technology moats with strong network effects. The ingredients for building truly transformative companies that can impact billions! Founders are welcome to reach out to us anytime here https://transform.vc/founders/

Gender Equity Diversity Investments (GEDI) is a global impact ecosystem advancing women-led, tech-enabled innovation across the Middle East and North Africa. Working at the intersection of investment and capacity-building, GEDI unlocks inclusive growth, climate resilience, and long-term regional stability. Our platform is built on three interconnected pillars: GEDI Foundation: Builds founder capacity through mentorship, skills development, and technical assistance, while partnering with donors and multi-laterals to derisk early innovation and expand access to opportunity. GEDI VC: Designs blended-finance partnerships to catalyse private and institutional capital into scalable, women-led enterprises delivering inclusive, climate-aligned growth and measurable impact. GEDI Network: An engaged and growing coalition of 270 + investors, operators, and domain experts providing market access, fractional executive support, and cross-border expertise. The Network actively sources pipeline, supports portfolio ventures, and drives value creation across the region. Together, these pillars connect capital, capacity, and community to transform overlooked talent into investable opportunity, proving that women deliver financial value, sustainability, and stability.

A minority owned venture studio, advisory and VC investment firm. We are based in San Francisco, and identify early, overlooked or dismissed talent from outside Silicon Valley, with special attention to Black, female and Middle Eastern founders and help them crack Silicon Valley in weeks instead of months or years on their own. We like to back resilient, ambitious driven founders who are building technology startups that are truly defensible, which we define as having deep technology moats with strong network effects. The ingredients for building truly transformative companies that can impact billions! Founders are welcome to reach out to us anytime here https://transform.vc/founders/

A new revolution in asthma care is on its way. We are developing a new, inhalable daily medication that halts and reverses the structural lung damage that occurs in asthma.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.

Leeds is among the top ten universities for research power in the UK. Our academic breadth, commitment to quality and determination to make a genuine impact on the world around us enables us to achieve extraordinary results in: • Creating knowledge through research and innovation. • Disseminating it through excellent student education. • Applying it to make a difference to society, culture and the economy. We have over 34,000 students, over 7,000 members of staff and a global network of more than 240,000 alumni. Integrating research and learning and teaching is at the heart of our strategy. Our courses are taught by staff who are engaged in world-class research and cutting-edge professional practice. We have strong ties with industry, and work with organisations of all sizes. Our outstanding entrepreneurial record of commercialising our research has seen us launch more spin-out companies on the AIM stock market than any other UK university.