Founders Roundtable
Brunch Club Experience in partnership with Atomico, pbm people, Mountside Ventures & Ventures Together.
Elevate your career and create meaningful connections for 2024.
Location: The Riding House, Bloomsbury
Join us for an exclusive Founders Roundtable session at The Riding House, to discuss the common challenges Founders face, as well as quiz our industry experts on how to build teams and culture for startup success in 2024.
Guest Speakers
Andrew Duncan
Talent Director @ Atomico
Based in London, Andrew supports portfolio companies in finding and hiring elite executive talent. He’s responsible for advising founders on the evolution of their leadership teams and oversees the Atomico Expert Network (AEN), designed to provide portfolio companies with access to proven technology leaders regardless of function or geography.
Andrew enjoys partnering with early-stage founders who challenge themselves to hire top leaders across their organisation. Whether you’re at Seed stage or pre-IPO, strategic hiring is one of the most effective ways for entrepreneurs to find leverage and ensure that their businesses and teams can scale - and a tool that’s key to building diverse leadership teams.
Directly before Atomico Andrew spent five years as a member of the senior team at The Up Group - a specialist executive hiring firm that was successfully acquired in 2020.
Philippa Munitz
People Consultant @ pbm people
After serving as People Director at Capital on Tap and previously as People Partner at Improbable, Philippa has set up pbm people, which specialises in supporting startups and tech companies in building scalable people foundations in place.
Philippa has taken her skill for coaching people teams from years of coaching CEOs, senior government officials, and ex-military leaders, so they could excel at high-performance leadership through strategic hiring, comprehensive benefits, and career progression aligned with company values.
Philippa has experience driving company growth and has implemented scalable talent processes, onboarding up to 60 employees per month. She has also automated HR technology to enhance efficiency and employee experience and shaped pay strategies for approximately 85,000 employees.
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Guest Partners
Mountside Ventures
We have partnered with Europe's leading accelerator and early-stage advisory firm. They are the first port of call for founders and investors looking to fundraise and are on a mission to optimise the fundraising process. For pre-seed and seed startups, they run investment accelerator programmes. For Series A and Series B companies, they provide interim CFO and fundraising support, enabling them to raise their next round of funding faster, more efficiently and causing the least disruption to their business. For VCs, they provide warm introductions to vetted, relevant and investor-ready companies and through their LP conferences, facilitate connections to Limited Partners & Family Offices. For Limited Partners, they provide access to best-in-class emerging venture capital firms raising their next funds.
If you want to learn more about Mountside Ventures and get involved, feel free to check their website - Mountside Ventures.
Ventures Together
Ventures Together is a community of 150+ leading tech entrepreneurs and operators who angel invest and help companies in the European Start Up Ecosystem. They invest in ~2 companies a week at pre-seed and seed stage. They are responsible for building some of the biggest startups like Wise, Klarna, Beamery, Onfido, Citymapper, Huma, Monzo and Deliveroo. There are few mistakes we haven't made, lessons we haven't learned and people we don't know!
Their aim is to be the maximum impact investors on your cap table per $/£ received (our usual cheque size is ~£50-100k, so we don’t take lots of room). They know the best founders want thoughtful, experienced people backing them - those who know what it’s like to build standout companies - but also want a quick, easy fundraising process and clean cap table (we invest as a single entity).
If you want to learn more about Ventures Together and get involved, feel free to check their website - Ventures Together.
During this small group session, Zanda Co-Founder Andrew will guide the group through our founder-focused topics, with a focus on building knowledge and sharing experiences with the bonus of hearing from our esteemed guests.
What you can expect:
A private and exclusive event with high-value members of our Founders community.
Insights into the different experiences and topics.
Q&A opportunity with experienced industry leaders.
We understand how challenging being a Founder can be, and that is why we wanted to create like-minded peer group sessions, for you to connect, learn and dedicate time to stop and assess with. Andrew will share industry trends and facilitate open discussions with fellow Founders in similar situations.
This informal roundtable is a private event with pre-sign-up requirement. If you wish to attend, send us an email using the button below.
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