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Take the Leap with Jackie Vullinghs
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Jackie Vullinghs

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Jackie Vullinghs started her career in equities at Citigroup. Now, she is Principal at AirTree Ventures.
Take the Leap with Bex Eastwood
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Bex Eastwood

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Bex Eastwood’s squiggly line career started from the moment she graduated law. Now, she is Partner at Ignition Lane.
Take the Leap with Hannah Field
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Hannah Field

By

Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Hannah started her career in the music industry, launching and managing a classical record label while freelancing as a violinist. Now, she's an investor at Folklore Ventures.
Take the Leap with Sophie Taylor
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Sophie Taylor

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August 15, 2025

Sophie Taylor started her career as a corporate lawyer in the intellectual property team at K&L Gates. Now, she is Chief of Staff at Blackbird Ventures.
Take the Leap with Anna Turvoll
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Anna Turvoll

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Anna Turvoll began her career at Goldman Sachs as an Analyst. Now, she is COO at v2food.
Take the Leap with Anna Prell
Women
Career

Take the Leap with Anna Prell

By

Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Anna Prell was a corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills. Now she is Chief of Staff to the CEO at Forage.
Syncing Success: How AsyncBrain is using AI to change business decision-making for the better
Accelerator

Syncing Success: How AsyncBrain is using AI to change business decision-making for the better

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

‍In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a butterfly flaps its wings, and across the globe a poor business decision is made. Good decisions are at the heart of business success, however today most businesses cannot afford to spend hours contemplating the “right” decision.
How syndicates benefit founders, investors and the ecosystem to boot
First Believers

How syndicates benefit founders, investors and the ecosystem to boot

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Kylie Frazer

August 15, 2025

Syndicates can benefit founders who are unable to secure much-needed capital at their earliest stages and angel investors who may not be able to access the cap table directly.
Stories of the Fellowship - Nicole Meaker, Winter20 Fellow
Women
Career

Stories of the Fellowship - Nicole Meaker, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

As we conclude our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort), we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Nicole Meaker.
Meet Woman Fellow: Simone Barakat (Autumn 23)
Women
Career

Meet Woman Fellow: Simone Barakat (Autumn 23)

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Jessica McKellar

August 15, 2025

Before the fellowship Simone was a Senior Product Manager at water monitoring and management company, Farmbot. Now she’s the Chief of Staff at Number 8 Bio – a synthetic biology start-up.
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