AngelsEssex: Female Founders and Investors April 2022

Angels@Essex – Female Founders and Investors is a female-led network that helps female-led tech businesses to find the right investors. This initiative will offer support that addresses the specific needs, challenges and goals of female founders and investors. We welcome both parties into the inclusive Angels@Essex community. Look out for the regular monthly events and follow on Twitter @AngelsEssexFFI

Angels@Essex embraces the Investing in Women Code. This is a commitment to support the advancement of female entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom by improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources, and finance from the financial services sector. Angels@Essex is committed to making that vision a reality.

Guest Speaker: Nicky Browne – Mighty Oak

Nicky trained as a nurse in St Vincent’s Hospital Dublin, and as a teacher in St Mary’s Twickenham UK. She travelled with Up With People and performed the half-time of Super Bowl XVI in Michigan USA.

Having worked in Rome Italy, Perth WA, Mazabuka Zambia and throughout England, Nicky has gained valuable experience teaching primary school children.

She believes that one of the most valuable gifts we can give the next generation is to ensure that every child, whatever their background, can speak their mind with confidence, in a clear, articulate, engaging manner.

Her Mighty Oak Public Speaking Programme started off as a primary school programme and has expanded to include secondary school, university students, early career teachers and CPD for staff. Over 12,000 pupils have benefited from the programme to date.

Mighty Oak can now be sourced online in both direct and hybrid teaching formats.

Guest Speaker: Tim Robinson, TechEast

Tech East is a rapidly growing network of ambitious digital technology businesses. Whether you are a digital product, platform or service company we want you to be part of our vibrant community.

Tim is Chief Operating Officer of Tech East, the digital tech cluster organisation for the East of England. He is a founding board member of the UK Tech Cluster Group member. Prior to returning to the East of England Tim held international general management, strategic marketing and tech product roles at Thomson Reuters, Informa and RICS. He is a non-executive director of UEA’s Norwich Business School and a board member of the New Anglia LEP Cultural Board. He was educated at London Business School and Newcastle University.

Host: Lauren Gräeve- Enterprise Officer for Essex Startups.

Lauren has been part of the Essex Startups team for 2 and a half years. Working with students and graduates to help support them on their business startup journey.

Lauren is no stranger to the business world and has had an entrepreneurial mindset since a young age, from setting up as a freelance beauty therapist to a children’s entertainment company which she still runs alongside her work at the university.

Lauren is very passionate about creativity and embracing new and interesting concepts and always striving to support students startups.

Host: Magda Mahdy – The Weave

Documentary & Creative wedding photographer living in a small coastal town called Leigh-on-sea in Essex, UK. Some fun and colourful facts about me: I’m a notorious travel freak; I’m a cat-obsessed coffee drinker – yes I am! For whatever reason I have a thing for all things pineapples. There is always a reason to laugh out loud, to have a party and to celebrate. Let’s create the business and the life of our dreams! Let’s do it together!