Angel Academe Newsletter

Our news

• We're delighted to announce that Barclays Ventures have joined us as a sponsor

• Investor Academe, our events for angel investors, resume with a panel session on Startup Due Diligence featuring 3 experienced angel investors

• Founders: Applications are now open for our screening calls with angel investors (for the November pitch event)

• Now share your screen: investing remotely in female founders

• Jodie O'Keeffe walks through the Angel Academe (virtual) pitch event

• Our CEO, Sarah Turner, & Higher Steaks founder, Benjamina Bollag, will be talking about startup funding at the Good Growth Summit

• Sarah also made this video for Barclays Eagle Labs about how to get the most from your network

• Read about our recent Thrive webinars on: Innovation, Female Investment & Entrepreneurship, Reputation and People

Portfolio, partner & network news

• Fiskl, Streeva, Nuggets and Akoni named in 2020 ranking for Top 100 Fintech Disruptors

• Alex Willard joins Pivigo as their new CEO

• Higher Steaks are hiring for a Senior Bioprocess Engineer with stem cell bioprocessing experience. Contact career@highersteaks.com

• Pip Jamieson, Founder and CEO of The Dots spoke on the Lens Bitesize podcast

• Fintech Fridays - monthly mentoring for fintech founders from Barclays Rise

• Nuggets were featured in Business Leader's UK's Top 32 Fintech Leaders

• 180 days, and counting - Nick Chiarelli, Head of Trends at Unlimited, on trends since lockdown

• Century was featured in the UKTN story London leads European Edtech revolution

• haysmacintyre have produced a guide to tax reliefs for the creative sector aimed at stimulating investment in film, TV, animation and video games

• Kingsley Napley made up 8 new partners this month, 7 of whom are women!

• KN's latest Tech in Two Minutes podcast examines the legal issues surrounding AI in Fintech

• Diversity in Tech 2020: Computer Weekly and Spinks’ annual event dedicated to diversity in technology with a keynote from the fabulous Dame Stephanie Shirley

News from out there

• Beauhurst analyses The UK start up accelerator scene

• Tech Nation: Three bespoke growth programmes tailored to your tech business

• Nelson Bostock have created a Fintech Playbook for brands

• Farnham Street: A Primer on Algorithms and Bias

• BBC: Citi names Jane Fraser new chief in Wall Street first

• Oliver Wyman: Women in Financial Services report

• Singularity Hub: Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab

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