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Innovation has always been the natural reaction to problems. Yet innovation today still suffers from three main blind spots – how, where and why new ideas are funded (as noted in Ross Baird's The Innovation Blind Spot).

1% of all venture funding goes to businesses founded by all-female teams. 'Warm intros' reportedly make 82% of funded IC decisions. How can access to funding be improved?
As our world is reemerging from Coronavirus, we are given an opportunity to build a more equitable, inclusive world.

Diverse companies are 43% more likely to see above-average profits, showing a significant correlation between diversity and performance.

What can be done to address the systemic issue of team homogeneity and lack of diversity in venture capital and STEM industries?

Hear from:

Bosch, one of world's largest engineering and electronics companies.

Talis Capital, a unique Venture Capital investment firm funded by a group of ultra successful and strategic high net worth entrepreneurs (Deploying more than $100m per year in Data/IoT, Cyber Security, Fintech & Insurance, RegTech, Digital Health, Direct to Consumer, Proptech, Food & AgTech).

Amplo, the global venture capital firm building companies that matter (early investor in Robinhood).

Playfair Capital, an active London-based seed stage investor(backed 60+ teams in 11 countries) that is hosting a nationwide Female Founder Office Hours with 30 leading UK VCs and 100 female founders in June.
They will reflect on the existing biases and structures that are obstructing the fundraising process in venture capital and innovation efforts in large corporations.

Speakers
Eman Martin-Vignerte, Director, Political Affairs and Government Relations, Bosch

Sheel Tyle, Founder and CEO, Amplo

Chris Smith, Managing Partner, Playfair Capital

Beatrice Aliprandi, Senior Associate, Talis Capital

Moderated by Tzvete Doncheva

Special guest: Francesca Baillieu on how Associated Podcast broadens access to venture capital.

Timings(BST)
15:00: Start

15:50: Q&A

16:10: End

ABOUT

Eman Martin-Vignerte was born in Qatar and studied Electrical Engineering at Paderborn University followed by Medical Equipment Engineering at the University of Ulm. Eman joined Bosch in 1999 as SW Engineer to work for common rail diesel engine, where she developed hardware and software for the Electronic Diesel Control system. In 2004, she moved on to the automotive division responsible for Hyundai customer to become a team leader for change management activities. Three years later she took on responsibility for business development for Healthcare Telemedicine in the UK. In 2013, she became responsible for Political Affairs and Government Relations.

Sheel Tyle is the Founder & CEO of Amplo, a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. Amplo portfolio companies include Robinhood (democratizing access to financial services), Parsley Health (reinventing functional medicine), and 1Concern (artificial intelligence for disaster response). He is a member of the Board of Directors for Andela, most recently named the #1 most innovative company in Africa by Fast Company. As an angel investor, Sheel has invested in the seed or Series A of Casper, Flutterwave, Robinhood, and The Wing. Sheel graduated from Stanford University in three years, at the age of 19. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School and is a Member of the State Bar of Texas.

Chris Smith is Managing Partner at Playfair Capital. He focuses his investing activities on seed (and pre-seed) deals in the UK and Israel. Chris is particularly interested in autonomous transportation, business and industrial automation (especially through AI, ML and computer vision), HealthTech (except diagnostics and therapeutics) and B2B SaaS. He loves finding companies operating in unloved/overlooked sectors that are ripe for disruption. Prior to joining Playfair, Chris was an angel investor (14 deals; 3 exits), operator (Vannin Capital/plan.com), corporate lawyer (Weil) and founder.

Beatrice Aliprandi joined Talis Capital in 2018 after spending three years working at Jefferies in their Investment Banking division, where she has been involved in several transactions primarily in the Technology, Media and Telecoms space with a combined value of c.$4 billion. Beatrice holds a MSc in Risk and Finance from The London School of Economics and a BSc in Business Administration from Bocconi University. She speaks three languages and loves travelling, mindful meditation and wine tasting.Beatrice supports a number of portfolio companies including Ynsect, Medbelle, Kimaï, Clausematch, import.io & The Plum Guide.

Tzvete Doncheva is а start-up advisor, consulting companies on positioning and strategy. She’s most recently helped develop the ecosystem and portfolio initiatives at a London- based PropTech venture capital firm. A core activity of her work has been identifying innovative solutions (PropTech and Mobility) and connecting the key stakeholders in the public and private sectors (transport and real estate) to enable open dialogue and future progress.

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