Meet the mentors
behind our mission

Alex Saunders works in Venture & Growth at HSBC Ventures, supporting companies from Series A to pre-IPO. With prior experience in Equity Finance at BofAML, M&A at Nomura, and Big Tech at Qualcomm, Alex combines technical skills in development (PHP, JS, Python) with marketing expertise, amassing 100k+ followers on social media.

Ayelen Denovitzer, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, is an experienced founder and former leader at Revolut. As CEO of Solvo, she led a $3.5M seed round to simplify crypto investing. She later co-founded Qubit Wallet, pioneering a non-custodial Web3 wallet tailored for gamers through advanced account abstraction.

Dipika Sawhney is a results-driven leader with a record of scaling technology businesses, exceeding revenue targets, and managing Forbes 100 CXO partnerships. Recognized as a Top 100 Tech Woman UK, she’s known for building and transforming businesses, and excelling in customer acquisition, P&L management and mentoring.

Elif Sancak is a startup accelerator and investment expert with a background in Computing Sciences. She has mentored over 900 early-stage tech startups globally, organizing events to connect founders with investors and industry leaders. Elif is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs driving digital disruption and creating successful businesses.

Giuseppe Battista leads early-stage startup solutions architecture at AWS UKIR and hosts a startup-focused show on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws, where he shares insights and resources for new founders.

James Massey, now at Google, leads cloud innovation strategies for web3 and AI in the UK and Ireland, focusing on technical scaling and go-to-market plans. Previously, he founded Lifestylecard, exited, spent four years at AWS, and now supports Degen Distillery, a web3-driven startup disrupting the drinks industry.

Kosta Kolev is an accomplished startup mentor and product coach, known for organizing the first-ever hackathon on a plane and helping MIT establish an innovation lab in Hong Kong. At BCG Digital Ventures, he has supported 30+ startups like Atfarm and MachineMax. He’s also the CEO of Calliper, an analytics platform, and the author of the Investor Relations Field Guide.

Ollie George leads Sequoia's Go-To-Market (GTM) network in Europe, helping outlier founders build strong leadership teams. Previously an executive recruiter at Google, he focused on GTM leadership for Google Cloud in EMEA. Ollie also mentored startups in Google for Startups' accelerator, collaborating with the UN on high-potential African tech ventures.

Sophia Draper is an emerging leader in venture and innovation, with experience as a Visiting Analyst at Antler and a former Venture Scout at Baby VC. While pursuing her Master’s in Social Innovation and Development at LSE, she won VISA's Sprint Week competition, securing first place among 18 teams for her vision on the future of cashless payments.

Uzay Macar is the co-founder and CTO of Heba Care, a digital health startup supporting individuals with developmental differences. He also co-leads Aiphabet, a nonprofit focused on K-12 AI education. With a background in healthcare tech and a degree from Columbia University, Uzay has a passion for innovation in startup environments and mentoring emerging entrepreneurs.

Vlad Niculescu is the CEO and co-founder of Flowpoint, a platform designed to optimize website conversion rates for marketing teams. Prior to Flowpoint, he led QwertyBit, a software agency specializing in mobile and web app development. Vlad also participated in the Entrepreneur First accelerator, supported by top investors like Reid Hoffman and the Collison brothers.

Zoë Webster is an experienced AI strategy advisor. She led BT’s AI Centre of Enablement, which she built from the ground up, driving the deployment of AI and data science across the business. Previously, Zoë worked at Innovate UK, where she led teams to accelerate UK innovation in AI, manufacturing, and emerging technologies.