{"id":210,"date":"2023-10-10T06:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technation.io\/research-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:18:36","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technation.io\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"page-header-block_0ffc7c777fe402f0170d1a7c243adb90\" class=\"padding-section page-header-full-img-block flex flex-col flex-justify-end section page-header-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-header-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\trc=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Future-Fifty-25-Sam-Churchill-2042-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"html\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-container padding-none page-header-inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-1 lg:grid-container-full grid page-header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-item lg:grid-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/h1><p class=\"margin-bottom-none\">Supporting Startups from Seed Stage to Success Story<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t    #page-header-block_0ffc7c777fe402f0170d1a7c243adb90{\n\t        background: #ffffff00;\n\t\t    color: var(--white);\n\t    }\n\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"tabbed-content-block-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c\" class=\"section padding-section tabbed-content-block-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-1 grid-l lg:grid m:grid-container-1 lg:grid-container-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-one lg:grid-4 grid-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-row tab-trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-1\" class=\"btn btn-inv-outline active-btn\">What we do<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-2\" class=\"btn btn-inv-outline \">Mission<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-3\" class=\"btn btn-inv-outline \">Promise<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-one lg:grid-7 grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-wrapper\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-1\" class=\"tab-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The Leading Growth Platform<\/h4>\n<p>Tech Nation is the leading growth platform for tech insights, connections, collaboration and talent, empowering ambitious founders and their teams with the access and knowledge they need from seed stage to success story.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by the Founders Forum Group, our approach unites the tech ecosystem whilst placing founders from all corners of the UK and beyond at the forefront, amplifying their needs and challenges and empowering them to grow their businesses so they can positively transform our world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-2\" class=\"tab-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tech Nation\u2019s mission is to be the independent voice of the tech ecosystem, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amplifying the needs and challenges of ambitious tech founders and their teams and providing them with the support they need to unlock growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We occupy a unique position in the tech ecosystem, which allows us to address challenges that extend beyond the realm of business and delve into issues deeply intertwined with societal and environmental impact. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an exceptional network encompassing business leaders, advocates and experts across the tech sector, our objective is to drive growth for the good of the entire tech ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabItem-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c-3\" class=\"tab-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Our Promises<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through our powerful networks we<\/span><b> aim to:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Unite tech leaders, founders, investors and policy makers to drive important conversations to accelerate the tech ecosystem, <\/span><b>amplifying the founder perspective at the forefront<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Focus on impact, with founder needs at the core, and f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acilitate<\/span><b> \u00a310bn into startups within the next 5 years<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Champion startups from all corners of the UK, collaborating with regional ecosystems and<\/span> ensuring <b>50% of programme participantes are based outside of London<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Be a global connector, celebrating the UK as a place to scale as well as <\/span><b>supporting international collaboration <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to collectively fuel investment and impactful innovation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8211; Move the needle in the investment landscape for underrepresented founders, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libra &#8211; our early stage growth programme focused on diversity driving innovation &#8211; and Creo &#8211; our new <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community for disabled founders or founders building technologies for the disabled community<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this is only the beginning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our vision is create a world in which all founders have access to the knowledge and communities they need to succeed on their scaling journeys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to be a part of it?\u00a0 Fill out the form below to enquire about the sponsorship opportunities or apply to one of our programmes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/programmes\/climate\/\">Climate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/programmes\/libra\/\">Libra<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/programmes\/future-fifty\/\">Future Fifty<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t    #tabbed-content-block-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c{\n\t        background: var(--white);\n\t        color: var(--brand);\n\t    }\n\n\t    \t#tabbed-content-block-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c .tab-trigger .btn{\n\t    \t\tborder-color:var(--brand);\n\t    \t\tcolor: var(--brand);\n\t    \t}\n\t\t    #tabbed-content-block-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c .tab-trigger .btn.active-btn {\n\t\t    \tbackground-color: var(--brand);\n\t\t    \tcolor: var(--white);\n\t\t    }\n\t\t    #tabbed-content-block-block_9ebba1445634dc563eae994c0143340c .tab-trigger .btn.active-btn:hover{\n\t\t    \tcolor: var(--brand);\n\t\t    }\n\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"stat-counter-block-block_ea2c807699dbf611c03d74378e94271f\" class=\"section padding-section stat-counter-section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-1 grid-m m:grid-container-1 lg:grid-container-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-one lg:grid-4 grid-item lg:padding-right-xxxxl lg:flex lg:flex-col lg:flex-space-between \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Our Impact<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past decade, Tech Nation has engaged with 5,000+ businesses, accelerating 1,250 of them through 48 growth programmes.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThese companies have collectively raised \u00a328.1bn, contributing over \u00a3600m in GVA to the UK economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-one lg:grid-8 grid-item lg:padding-left-xxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-1 grid lg:grid-row-l m:grid-container-2 lg:grid-container-2 stat-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-1\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">\u00a328.1bn+<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Investment raised by alumni companies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-2\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">\u00a3600m+<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Gross Value added to the UK economy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-3\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">17,000<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Global Talent Visa applications processed and counting<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-4\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">5000+ <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Companies engaged<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-5\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">35%<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Of all UK unicorns ever created graduated from a Tech Nation programme<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<div class=\"stat-item padding-bottom-m lg:padding-bottom-l lg:padding-right-xxxl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<h2 id=\"countup-stat-6\" class=\"margin-bottom-base\">40%<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<p class=\" margin-bottom-none\">Of all UK decacorns ever created have graduated from a Tech Nation programme<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t    #stat-counter-block-block_ea2c807699dbf611c03d74378e94271f{\n\t        background: var(--brand);\n\t        color: var(--white);\n\t    }\n\n\t    #stat-counter-block-block_ea2c807699dbf611c03d74378e94271f .stat-item{\n\t    \tborder-color: var(--white);\n\t    }\n\n\t    #stat-counter-block-block_ea2c807699dbf611c03d74378e94271f .stat-item h2{\n\t    \tcolor: var(--pred);\n\t    }\n\n\n\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"team-block-block_3df5ae73a260ccf8ea328bc3496594b5\" class=\"section padding-section team-block-section\">\n\t<div class=\"anchor-wrap\" id=\"all-advisors\">\t<div class=\"padding-container container\">\n\t\t<div class=\" container-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap txt-l clear\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-box flex-space-between flex-y-align content-container padding-bottom-l\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"margin-bottom-m\"><strong>Meet our team<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-wrapper grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-2 lg:grid-container-4-equal grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t \n\t<a href=\"#team-modal-764\" data-modal=\"team-modal-block_3df5ae73a260ccf8ea328bc3496594b5\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div 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class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-782x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-782x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-768x1006.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-1173x1536.jpg 1173w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680-1564x2048.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-3858-scaled-e1698167176680.jpg 1683w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Ellie Steel<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">General Manager, Tech Nation<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-684x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-684x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SHP_2385.jpg 1202w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Emily Miller<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Group Director of Marketing<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-1024x856.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-1024x856.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-1024x856.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879-1536x1284.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChantelleYoung-scaled-e1698158425879.jpg 1868w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Chantelle Young<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Head of Early Stage programmes<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Johnny-Headshot-e1698226857340.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Johnny-Headshot-e1698226857340.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Johnny-Headshot-e1698226857340.jpg 713w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Johnny-Headshot-e1698226857340-300x287.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Johnny Mayo<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Future Fifty Lead<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div 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data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Sammy Fry<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Director of Climate<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-683x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-683x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TO-USE-scaled.jpg 1707w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Yasmine Messaikeh<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\"> Senior Programme Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04-674x1024.png\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04-674x1024.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04-674x1024.png 674w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04-768x1167.png 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-13.46.04.png 998w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Charlotte Laws<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Head of Partnerships<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-4543-scaled-e1698159015651-796x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SamChurchillFFHeadshots-4543-scaled-e1698159015651-796x1024.jpg\" 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class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Ailsa Mealings<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Event Operations Manager<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SHP_1710-684x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SHP_1710-684x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SHP_1710-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SHP_1710-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SHP_1710-768x1150.jpg 768w, 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marco-De-Novellis.webp\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marco-De-Novellis.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marco-De-Novellis.webp 500w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marco-De-Novellis-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marco-De-Novellis-150x150.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Marco De Novellis<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Head of Digital Content &#038; Insights<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45-735x1024.png\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45-735x1024.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45-735x1024.png 735w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45-768x1070.png 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-11.29.45.png 804w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-xs\"><strong>Demi Crook<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Marketing Executive<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-683x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-683x1024.jpg\" 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Malhotra<\/strong><\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Event Operations Executive <\/p>\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-item flex flex-col team-item padding-bottom-xs lg:padding-bottom-m \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-683x1024.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"bg-img lazyload\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-683x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8-FFHeadshots-SamChurchill-200x300.jpg 200w, 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class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>Brent Hoberman<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">Co-Founder &#038; Executive Chair, Founders Forum Group<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($320m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 120+ unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded made.com in 2010 which went public last year with a valuation of $1.1bn, and lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn.<\/p>\n<p>Brent has backed nine unicorns at Seed stage and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn and include Karakuri (provider of robotics, AI and automation systems), Founders Intelligence (entrepreneur-powered consultancy &#8211; recently acquired by Accenture), EQL:HER (network taking action to change the underrepresentation of women in technology), Founders Keepers (technology executive search firm), Founders of the Future (network that identifies and supports aspiring entrepreneurs), Founders Pledge (community for entrepreneurs committed to finding and funding solutions to global challenges), Grip (AI-powered event networking solution), 01 Founders (a network of free-to-access coding schools with a job guarantee), Founders Law (full-service tech law firm), Founders Makers (a creative partner for challengers and forward-thinking corporates), and Polygo (graduate talent accelerator).<\/p>\n<p>Brent sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud, The Tessa Jowell Foundation, the UK Government Digital Service and the WEF Digital Europe Group. He was also a founding Champion of Change for The Global Tech Group, has been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and in 2015 was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"team-modal-item\" id=\"team-modal-766\">\n\t<div class=\"has-brand-background-color has-white-color padding-m lg:padding-xl content-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"close-modal\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/themes\/base-theme\/assets\/svg\/assets\/XCircle.svg\" alt=\"Close Modal\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\" padding-right-xxl flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:flex-nowrap flex-bottom-align team-member-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-member-thumb padding-right-m\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aspect-ratio-31-37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-mask-container image-mask-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp\" data-src=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp\" alt=\"CEO, Founders Forum Group\" class=\"lazyload bg-img\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-768x889.webp 768w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-259x300.webp 259w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot-884x1024.webp 884w, https:\/\/technation.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Carolyn-Dawson-Headshot.webp 1191w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" flex flex-col flex-justify-end margin-bottom-s\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"margin-bottom-s\"><strong>Carolyn Dawson OBE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-none sml-text\">CEO, Founders Forum Group<\/h6>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-top-m lg:margin-top-xl team-member-bio med-text\">\n\t\t\t<p>Carolyn Dawson is Chief Executive of Founders Forum Group, overseeing all FF events and businesses, and steering the strategic development of our global network. Previously, Carolyn was President at Informa Tech, a FTSE 100 UK company championing specialists in their core markets. Carolyn led a global portfolio of Digital Media, Research, Events, and Training across a variety of technology sectors and presided over the joint venture between Founders Forum and Informa Tech, prior to her assuming her role as FFG CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn was recently appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to London Tech Week, which she\u2019s led for the past seven years. In this time, she built its global profile and advanced its mission to showcase the best of UK tech. Carolyn is passionate about growing a dynamic and inclusive tech community to realise the positive impact of technology on our world and to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t    #team-block-block_3df5ae73a260ccf8ea328bc3496594b5 {\n\t        background: var(--white);\n\t\t    color: var(--brand);\n\t    }\n\n\t    #team-block-block_3df5ae73a260ccf8ea328bc3496594b5 .label:not(.selectric .label){\n\t    \tborder-color: var(--brand);\n\t    }\n\t<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"gf-form-block_6b40f26c0dba3666a2e2b6517bfd7f01\" class=\"section padding-section gf-form-section align-form- bg-form-brand\">\n\t\t<div class=\"page-container common-wrap clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-row-auto grid-container-1 md:grid-container-2 lg:grid-container-full grid \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-item 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