Lauren Currie OBE

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.

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe. We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as a company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup: from talent management to business development, further fundraising and international expansion. Founded in 2015 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including BioTech, Financial Services, Blockchain, Advanced Manufacturing and more. Over 80+ investments to date include Hutch (acquired), Thought Machine, Amenitiz, LabGenius, THIS, Enterprise Alumni, and many more. • Seek the Truth • Plant the Flag • Put People First • Keep your Word •

Lots of partners promise change and transformation. NOBL delivers. We serve ambitious leaders who demand a new approach to business transformation: one focused on immediate action, measurable outcomes, and internal capability building. With our Change Making approach, complex change initiatives become achievable, “safe to try” experiments in different ways of working. Executive teams at companies like Google DeepMind, Calvin Klein, Taco Bell, Reddit, and other Fortune 500 companies can attest to our results.

On a mission to support 1 million women with confidence. Join Bond 8 today. Bond 8 is an exhilarating six-week online experience where you learn to build your confidence and the confidence of those around you. It all happens live alongside hundreds of curious women from all over the world. We promise three outcomes: youll learn to love the thing you are scared of, find your people, and 10x your confidence.