Letizia Gionfrida

Imperial Venture Mentoring (IVM) is Imperial’s flagship mentoring programme, supporting the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs with an elite group of industry mentors. The objective is to provide Imperial’s growing population of entrepreneurial students and staff with unbiased advice and expertise through a structured mentorship programme which helps these ventures realise their true potential. Modelled on the successful MIT version of the programme which has been running for 20 years and includes unique elements such as team mentoring (each venture will always be mentored by 2 or more during the mentor sessions).

Imperial Venture Mentoring (IVM) is Imperial’s flagship mentoring programme, supporting the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs with an elite group of industry mentors. The objective is to provide Imperial’s growing population of entrepreneurial students and staff with unbiased advice and expertise through a structured mentorship programme which helps these ventures realise their true potential. Modelled on the successful MIT version of the programme which has been running for 20 years and includes unique elements such as team mentoring (each venture will always be mentored by 2 or more during the mentor sessions).

Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers

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