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Virgin StartUp | Founder Funding, Mentoring, Community for UK Entrepreneurs | Icebreaker

Virgin StartUp | Founder Funding, Mentoring, Community for UK Entrepreneurs

Virgin StartUp | Founder Funding, Mentoring, Community for UK Entrepreneurs

Fuel your startup journey with Virgin StartUp. Access funding, free expert business advice, and a vibrant founder community to launch, grow, and scale your business in the UK.

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John Wedge Auckland

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I've founded/co-founded a number of companies that are creating environmental and social impact. The latest is Seafields, which will pioneer a new approach to fighting climate change by introducing aquaculture to the open ocean using a little-known wonder crop, the brown seaweed, Sargassum. I also founded TribeFirst, the leading global equity crowdfunding marketing agency that's helped more than 120 companies launch their brands and raise their money at the same time. Co-Founded GreenTribe, a pre-seed and seed stage impact investment fund. Also Co-Founder of JustCarbon, which is using Web3 technology to improve the carbon credit certification industry.

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Entrepreneur & Tribe Builder: From crowdfunding eco-tourism villages to growing a global book club and helping 1000s find purposeful careers & build impact startups, I've spent 20 years putting impact entrepreneurship into practice. Current Projects Rebel Book Club (10 years of reading, learning and community) https://www.rebelbook.club/ Raaise (Speeding up investment into Climate Startups) https://www.raaise.co/ Superfly AI (Helping impact leaders get good with AI) https://www.superfly.ing/ Writing > https://tribebuilder.substack.com/ I host/MC at 10-15 events a year including London Tech Week, Global Marketing Summit, Blue Earth Summit, Climate Connection, & Climate Impact Summit. ⚡️"The best guest speaker we have had." Network Rail Current talks & workshops: Tribe Building: How to build stronger communities and human connection. AI for Good? The AI powered ideas building a better world and how to join in. Start Something that Matters: How to get an impact idea out of your head and into the world. ⚡️Modern leadership isn't about control, its about connection. In a world that feels increasingly disconnected, at work, in communities, in movements, leaders who build real connection are winning. 'Tribe Builders' bring people together to create belonging, start entrepreneurial collaboration, and sustain momentum. The best leaders don’t just manage teams. They build tribes. Co-founder of Tribewanted, an award-winning social enterprise that built eco-tourism villages (starting on an island in Fiji), I've spent my career turning ideas into reality. From reinventing book clubs to purposeful career schools, from climate startup fundraising to using AI to for good, I've combined experience from the startup world and social innovation to create success and impact. From the CIA in Las Vegas to a mosque in Myanmar, to global event stages, I've worked with leaders & teams across industries to help them connect their people and grow. "The best speech at the conference by a mile.” Chris Cramer, ex-President CNN International “Thanks to Ben for being a brilliant host for Simon Sinek and myself.”- Sir Richard Branson “Everyone found Ben’s session and presence inspirational.” Dame Jo Williams DBE, Chief Executive, Mencap “Ben Keene gave one of the best presentations I have ever seen.” David McQueen, Executive Coach & Investor

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Award-Winning Head of Operations | Generalist | Entrepreneurial Leader | Exited Founder

Jamaal Brathwaite

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Founder & CEO at Jobseekrs® | Innovator | ED&I Advocate | Board Trustee & Advisory Board Member

Cyrille Guillet

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Senior Director, eCOA Solutions at Clario

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Driving Growth & Innovation | Experienced P&L Leader | Market Expansion Specialist

Nicolas Parmaksizian

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Chief Executive Officer

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Co-Founder & COO @ Shakers | Future of work | IESE EMBA | ESCP | ex-Rocket Internet | Scaleup Spain Network | EsTech | Shaking Founders | Project Europe

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Thomas Panton 🍉

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Climate tech VC 🌱 | Mentoring via Hubble (link below) 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾