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Meet the 16 female-led UK tech firms listed in Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) 2020 Scale Up Club

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Back in 2006, co-founders Reid Hoffman, Sherry Coutu CBE, and Ellen Levy felt compelled to fuel global tech entrepreneurship, where knowledge and investment at that point of time felt siloed within Silicon Valley. 

And thus, Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) was born.

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Not-for-profit program

Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SVC2UK) is a not-for-profit program that exists to support entrepreneurs on their journey to scale by removing barriers and opening up the ecosystem. Generally, the annual summit takes place in November each year with prominent serial entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley visiting London, Cambridge, and Oxford.

2020 list unveiled

In this regard, Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SCV2UK) recently unveiled the list of high-growth technology businesses joining the 2020 ‘Scale Up Club’. In the list, over 50 companies have been named in the roster including companies in innovative and competitive sectors – urban (26%), life sciences (17%), and technology (17%).

Female entrepreneurs on roll

Notably, the companies led by female entrepreneurs also make up over a third of this year’s Scale Up Club list. The 2020 recruits from Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SCV2UK) join the alumni such as TransferWise and Skyscanner with 2019 newcomers including Elvie, Trouva, and The Drum. 

Mentors list for 2020

Mentors lined up for Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SCV2UK) 2020 include David Hornik (August Capital), Rahul Vohra (Superhuman), Anthony Fletcher (Graze), Sahar Hashemi (Skinny Candy), Jenny Gove (Google), Sherry Coutu CBE (Founders4Schools) and Saul Klein (Local Globe). A series of workshops are delivered throughout the CEO Summit, mentoring Scale Up Club members to reach their growth potential.

A positive movement for gender equality in the workplace is gaining momentum. Thousands of women-owned businesses are popping up every day creating new jobs, strengthening their community, and of course bringing a positive influx in the local businesses. 

Tania Boler, CEO and Founder, Elvie says, “My involvement with the SVC2UK community has played a fundamental role in my entrepreneurial journey. Over the years I’ve attended some amazing events as both a speaker and a Scale Up Club member and I’ve made incredible connections with inspirational business leaders in both the UK and US. SVC2UK has helped me to grow as a female founder alongside supporting the growth of Elvie to the point where I am now expanding into new markets in the US and China.” 

As we mentioned above, female entrepreneurs also make up over a third of this year’s Silicon Valley comes to the UK (SCV2UK) Scale Up Club list. Let’s have a quick look at it:

Air Doctor

Founder: Efrat Sagi-Ofir & Jenny Cohen Derfler​​

Air Doctor is a developer of an online doctor marketplace designed to connect travellers to local practitioners while abroad. This platform offers customers a very intuitive and easy way to find a trusted and licensed doctor near you and schedule an immediate appointment. 

Aparito

Founder: Dr Elin Haf Davies

Aparito provides wearable devices and disease-specific mobile apps to provide remote patient monitoring outside of the hospital environment. It delivers relevant, and real-time data between patients and clinicians in a way that actively supports and enhances diagnosis, treatment, and drug development.

Biorbyt Ltd

Founder: Qun Yang

Biorbyt Ltd. is an experienced online antibody and protein company dedicated to delivering high-quality scientific reagents. The company is on a mission to provide the best service to the global scientific community.

Circulor 

Founder: Veera Johnson

Circulor provides enterprise software-as-a-service to monitor and track the provenance of raw materials in manufacturing and recycling supply chains. 

ClearPeople

Founder: Katya Linossi

ClearPeople develops software and services tailored to the evolving modern digital workplace. The company has developed Atlas – the people-first digital workspace and it is used in 100 countries. 

DebateMate

Founder: Margaret McCabe

DebateMate provides leadership and communication training across a wide variety of industry sectors.

Everledger

Founder: Leanne Kemp

Everledger is the digital technology company for supply chain traceability. The platform combines blockchain, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence to create a digital identity of an item’s origin, characteristics, and ownership. An ecosystem of trust is where all stakeholders within a network can collaborate through a trusted data protocol. 

FilmChain

Founder: Irina Albita

FilmChain is the only automated, real-time fintech solution for the collection and distribution of revenues in film, TV, and digital. Based on Ethereum Blockchain, FilmChain provides an automated money flow, rights tracking, and performance insights.

Fiskl

Founder: Alina Lapusneanu

Fiskl is a mobile-first global SaaS platform enabling small businesses to manage their business finances and teams from anywhere. Fiskl supports 153 currencies, 60 invoice languages, and is used by customers in 120 countries.

Frohub

Founder: Rahel Tesfai

FroHub is an online booking marketplace for black hair and beauty. The company aims to reshape the hugely fragmented and under-served black hair industry.

HANX

Founder: Farah Kabir

HANX makes sexual wellness products that are kind to your body and the planet.

KoruKids

Founder: Rachel Carrell

Koru Kids is all about childcare services, starting with nannies in London. The company recruits, trains, matches and manages nannies — helping parents with one of the most difficult purchases of their lives.

MeeTwo Education Ltd

Founder: Kerstyn Comley

MeeTwo Education is a fully moderated app, which delivers peer support and expert help to teenagers aged 11 – 25.

Speechmatics

Founder: Katy Wigdahl

Speechmatics provides automatic speech recognition technologies that can be used anywhere, by anyone, in any language. The company’s speech recognition technology is used by enterprises in scenarios such as contact centres, CRM, consumer electronics, security, media & entertainment, and software.

Tiney

Founder: Stephanie Leung

As the second-largest childminding agency in the UK, Tiney is a trusted early years education platform that enables micro-entrepreneurs to deliver market-leading childcare from their homes. With a current shortfall of a million childcare places in the UK, Tiney increases the childcare and early education options for working parents creating a marketplace of high-quality childcare partner providers. 

Voi

Founders: Carolina Hjelm

Voi is a Swedish micro-mobility company offering electric scooter sharing in partnership with cities and local communities.

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