Naomi Walkland

Associate Director, EMEA Marketing at Bumble

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Growth Angel Investor
Dec 2024
Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm. We find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. We invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.
Investor
Jan 2023
We’re JENKI MATCHA. The new caffeine hit on the block and want to say a friendly HEY to any matcha lovers out there. And an even friendlier HEY to any matcha haters out there (we’ve all tried one that’s lumpy, bitter or a bit grassy!) We’re shaking things up at JENKI Matcha, and chances are we’ll convert you into a matcha JUNKI. We’ve just about to move into our flagship matcha bar on 43 Brushfield Street E1 6AA, serving up fresh ceremonial grade (the best kind) matcha into lattes, lemonades, shakes and shots. Spread the word! COMING JULY. www.jenki.co.uk www.instagram.com/jenkimatcha/ JENKI is a matcha focused drinks company, offering a playful alternative to your daily coffee, afternoon pick-me-up, morning health kick, or post-workout snack. With the rapid shift to health conscious consumerism, some of our cultural stables are being turned on their head. Last year there was a 59 percent increase in people going alcohol free, smoking is at a record low, and conversely yoga and meditation have taken off, with 44 percent of people saying theyre eager to try new wellness practices or products. One of the last bastiens to this wellness shift is coffee culture. Over 80 percent of people in London visit a coffee shop weekly, but there is increasing evidence linking the coffee consumption to the rise in anxiety and mental health problems. Over 72% of people believe that mental health is paramount to their wellbeing, and JENKI is all about providing a calm, focused energy packed with immunity boosting antioxidants, that can slip straight into people’s daily routines.
Investor
Jan 2021
Transforming the way we consume fashion, By Rotation is the worlds largest shared wardrobe. Rent, lend and resell quality fashion with our community. #SustainableFashion #CircularFashion
Board Member
Oct 2019
Ok Mentor offers free online crash mentorship, educational workshops and events to help more creative women succeed faster.
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2024
Growth Angel Investor
Dec 2024
Ada Ventures is a pre-seed inclusive venture capital firm. We find and fund the Ada Lovelaces of today. Backing European founders building businesses for a better human future. We invest £250K - £1M in technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.
2023
Investor
Jan 2023
We’re JENKI MATCHA. The new caffeine hit on the block and want to say a friendly HEY to any matcha lovers out there. And an even friendlier HEY to any matcha haters out there (we’ve all tried one that’s lumpy, bitter or a bit grassy!) We’re shaking things up at JENKI Matcha, and chances are we’ll convert you into a matcha JUNKI. We’ve just about to move into our flagship matcha bar on 43 Brushfield Street E1 6AA, serving up fresh ceremonial grade (the best kind) matcha into lattes, lemonades, shakes and shots. Spread the word! COMING JULY. www.jenki.co.uk www.instagram.com/jenkimatcha/ JENKI is a matcha focused drinks company, offering a playful alternative to your daily coffee, afternoon pick-me-up, morning health kick, or post-workout snack. With the rapid shift to health conscious consumerism, some of our cultural stables are being turned on their head. Last year there was a 59 percent increase in people going alcohol free, smoking is at a record low, and conversely yoga and meditation have taken off, with 44 percent of people saying theyre eager to try new wellness practices or products. One of the last bastiens to this wellness shift is coffee culture. Over 80 percent of people in London visit a coffee shop weekly, but there is increasing evidence linking the coffee consumption to the rise in anxiety and mental health problems. Over 72% of people believe that mental health is paramount to their wellbeing, and JENKI is all about providing a calm, focused energy packed with immunity boosting antioxidants, that can slip straight into people’s daily routines.
2021
Investor
Jan 2021
Transforming the way we consume fashion, By Rotation is the worlds largest shared wardrobe. Rent, lend and resell quality fashion with our community. #SustainableFashion #CircularFashion
2019
Board Member
Oct 2019
Ok Mentor offers free online crash mentorship, educational workshops and events to help more creative women succeed faster.
Associate Director, EMEA Marketing
Sep 2019
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
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