Here we go again! Join us for our December show to discover the stories behind the disruptive start-ups movement as we present the companies and individuals who have decided to Rip It Up, Start Again!
Led by Lulu Laidlaw-Smith, these dynamic innovators will take our guests through their experiences in the world of disruption, sharing the stories and insights they have gained along the way.
Kevin Montserrat — @consiliencev
Co-Founder & CEO: Consilience Ventures
An alternative start-up ecosystem that enables traditionally low-risk investors to invest in high growth tech businesses. Family Offices, for example, must choose between: investing directly (high risk and don’t have the skills or time), or have VCs do it for them (forced to pay high fees, and have poor visibility of investment performance). Consilience Ventures charges zero fees to investors. It is essentially an invitation-only community comprising investors, start-ups and advisors, whose interests are aligned by a token based ‘Digital Share’ (a token - but not Bitcoin!). Token value is expected to reflect the aggregate value of the entire portfolio as it grows (and as exits occur), so all token holders benefit – at far lower risk than equity in a single start-up. Liquidity is built-in - users can exchange their tokens for cash via the CV online platform. This AI-powered platform also provides far greater transparency by analysing and reporting start-up performance on a continuous basis and in unprecedented detail. These proprietary metrics are also used to drive CV’s unique funding model - Sprint Financing - that enables CEOs to focus completely on growing the business, rather than having to go part-time for long periods while raising successive VC investment rounds.
Benjamin Knott — @FabriqHQ
Founder & CEO: Fabriq
Benjamin is the founder and CEO of Fabriq, an award-winning online platform that helps optimise building operations, reduce energy consumption and increase health & well-being of tenants. The driving idea behind Fabriq is to combine the collective intelligence of users with advanced analytics in order to deliver actionable insights into building optimisation opportunities at scale.
Daisy Pledge — @_ThePledge_
Founder: Surreal Studios
Daisy Pledge is the founder of Surreal Studios, an augmented-reality gaming studio using multiplayer games to help people connect in person at events. Surreal Studios believes business networking needs to fundamentally change to focus on people rather than products and services – putting people back at the heart of business.
