Miruna-Ioana Girtu

Alma Angels is a diverse and active community with a bold mission: Generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050. Since 2020, we have brought together and trained over 500 angel investors who have invested into 200+ women (co)founders building tech or IP-rich ventures with global ambitions. These companies have gone on to raise more than £300m to date. Alma Angels is committed to training 10,000 angels and backing 10,000 women founders by 2035.

Endeavor is the leading global network of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs innovating Elsewhere. We support 3,000+ high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurs across 50+ markets.

Founders at the University of Cambridge is a new strategic initiative to bridge the gap between groundbreaking research and market success through capital investment, growth programming and curated access to a global community of more than 190 experts, delivered by Cambridge Enterprise. Cambridge, often hailed as the science unicorn capital of Europe, is already at the forefront of science-based innovation. The University of Cambridge has a record of game-changing discoveries. Think DNA, IVF, jet engines, computer games, Artificial Intelligence and so much more. It consistently stand out as one of the worlds top three innovation ecosystems.

Heritage is the modern investment office. Built by families and entrepreneurs, for families and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to transform investing for families, entrepreneurs, and leading advisors, through modern technology, superior portfolio construction, and access to top alternative assets and managers.

We are the home of inclusive finance for refugees. Skylight is a community-led fund set-up specifically to meet the significant financing gaps for refugee entrepreneurs looking to develop their business ideas. We currently offer interest-free micro-credit up to £1 000 to successful applicants via a quick, community-led and accessible online process.

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 •