Hear from the individuals behind some of the most innovative brands in the world.
We invite leaders from globally recognised companies to share their insights on key themes such as marketing, culture, finance, growth and more. No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, you'll find what you need to succeed and thrive in business.
More 2021 speakers to be announced!
Startup Summit 2021 themes
People
Marketing & Sales
Finance & Legal
Innovation & Technology
Growth & Scaling
SUS21 Speakers
Chris van der Kuyl CBE, FRSE
Co-founder & Chairman / Principal
4J Studios / Chroma Ventures
Mike Welch OBE
President & CEO
Tirebuyer.com
Dr. Susan Aktemel
Executive Director
Homes for Good Social Business Group
Alex Alleyne
Regional Sales Manager, EMEA
Lacework
Kate Afanasyeva
Growth mentor
Google for Startups and Femtech Lab
Victor Paugh
Customer Success Manager
Fiverr
Darren Auld
Co-founder
ClearSky Logic
Ozzie Clarke-Binns
People Lead
Aula
Andrew Stevens
Director of Small and Medium Business (SME)
Vodafone
Ira Krachanovskaya
Growth Marketer
bp Launchpad
Milosz Falinski
Founder
Lumi
January Barnes
Founder
ParlayMe
Andrew Holloway
Head of Entrepreneurial Tax
Johnston Carmichael
Anna Flockett
Editor
Startups Magazine
Hazel Jane
Entrepreneur Engagement Manager
Tech Nation
Hugh Craigie Halkett
Managing Director
Stamp Free Limited
Lynne Darcey Quigley
Founder & CEO
Know-it Global Ltd
Christian Arno
Founder & CEO
Pawprint
Rupert Read
Former Spokesperson, Extinction Rebellion
Dr University of East Anglia
Angela Wylie
Business Development Director
STV
Sheila Roche
Co-founder
Hive
Zoi Kantounatou
Co-founder & CFO
FutureX
Bruce Walker
Co-founder & CFO, FutureX
FutureX
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- Previous Startup Summit Speakers
Simon Beckerman
Founder, Depop
Simon’s lightbulb moment occurred when he had a coffee table full of items he’d been meaning to sell. “That’s when it hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew we needed to add a selling feature to Depop. The idea just fell into my lap: Twitter’s feature is what people are thinking, Instagram is what people are doing, and Depop is what people are selling.”
After a successful soft launch in Italy in 2012, Simon moved to London, where he is currently based along with Depop HQ. Simon has raised around $40M to date and the company has now 100+ employees and offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney. Today, Depop has over 20 million users in 147 countries.
Simon Beckerman
Founder
Depop
Marta Krupinska
Head of Google for Startups UK
Google
Leela Srinivasan
CMO
Survey Monkey
David Wilding
Director of Planning
Twitter UK
Amali de Alwis
Managing Director
Microsoft for Startups UK
Duncan Logan
Founder
Rocketspace
Alice Zagury
CEO
The Family
Matt Davey
COO
1Password
Nicola Sturgeon
First Minister of Scotland
Scottish Government
Sir Tom Hunter
Philanthropist
The Hunter Foundation
Oluchi Ikechi
Head of Business Restructuring & innovation, Capital Markets UK
Accenture
Priya Guha
Partner
Merian Ventures
Gary Turner
Co-founder & MD
Xero
Monique Woodard
Founder & General Partner
Cake Ventures
Ben Ebbrell
Co-founder and Chef
SORTEDfood
Irana Wasti
Regional President EMEA
GoDaddy
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SUS20 Competition
The Startup Summit Competition offers startups the opportunity to win a fully funded place on the 2021 SVS programme, plus a massive business support package worth over £60k from our partners at Johnston Carmichael, STV and AAI (with lots more still to come!). The final of the Competition takes place at Startup Summit, where three finalists will pitch to our expert judging panel for a chance to win the top prize.
Meet the SUS20 Competition finalists!
Tayyaba Nafees
Founder & CEO
CyberShell
Phil Worms
CEO
Frog Systems
Caroline McKenna
Founder & CEO
Social Good ConnectMeet the SUS20 Competition Judges!
Priya Guha
Partner
Merian Ventures
Hugh Lightbody
Cheif Officer
Business Gateway
Richard Williams
Managing Director
STV
Elizabeth Fairley
COO & Founder
Talking Medicines
Audience Vote!
Vote in Slack
Competition Prizes!
FX Silicon Valley Scale
Fully funded place on the FutureX Silicon Valley Scale programme (worth £4K+)
Winner
Johnston Carmichael
Initial business consultancy support from Johnston Carmichael
Winner, finalists & semi-finalists
FX Plus
1 year membership to FutureX Plus
Winner, finalists & semi-finalists
STV
£50,000 from the STV Growth Fund for marketing on STV
Winner
AAI Employability
Inclusive recruitment support package (worth £2100)
Winner (free) & finalists (50% off)
Purpose HR
HR consultancy support package (worth £800)
Winner (free) & finalists (50% off)
Rekall consulting
Consulting session with Rekall’s D&I
Winner
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