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Experienced entrepreneurs, investors and leaders who give their time and capital to support the next generation.

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Ben Midworth

HealthTech / MedTechSocial Impact / CommunityHRTech / TalentTechEdTechLife Sciences / BiotechAI / Data / Machine Learning

Ben specialises in accompanying leaders, emerging leaders, entrepreneurs and C suite executives at pivotal moments where they have to handle critical situations in conditions of uncertainty, crisis and stress. Whether the sources of the leader’s difficulties are personal or professional, Ben enables them to see through the crisis, make the hard choices and take the high-stakes decisions. He is especially known for his ability to handle the particular power of the irrational when it inevitably rears its head in threatening dilemmas.

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Chris Dalrymple

GreenTech / Energy & RenewablesTransport / MobilityHealthTech / MedTechAI / Data / Machine Learning

Co-founder of Trove, investor at Sheffield Angels, Non Exec Director, and mentor.

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Clive Flood

AI / Data / Machine LearningMarTech / AdTech / SalesTechHRTech / TalentTechFinTechAdvanced ManufacturingEdTech

Runs Novated's 35-hour Sophisticated Investor course with Steve Scruton — a structured path from corporate professional to certified angel. Lead Fellow for NAYA AI. The certification pipeline that feeds new angels into Venture.Community.

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David Leon

AI / Data / Machine Learning

Joined Venture.Community as a Fellow in 2026, contributing through Synoptique.

John Holmes

CreativeTech / MediaTechEdTechSocial Impact / Community

Director at Advantage Creative. Angel investor and board member of the Venture.Community co-operative. Backed Tickets for Good in the Summer 2025 accelerator round; Lead Fellow for both MiniVox and Tickets for Good in Cohort 2.

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Mark Rahn

Life Sciences / BiotechHealthTech / MedTechAdvanced Manufacturing

Dr Mark Rahn — Designated Member of Dinmore LLP (trading as Toki Ventures). Working with Tim and Gabriela Smith to turn the Venture.Community co-fund into a lead fund. Lead Fellow for Kinematic Trees. Based in the North East, active connector across health innovation networks.

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Meg Blight

AI / Data / Machine LearningGreenTech / Energy & Renewables

Fellow at EdgeSynergies and member of Venture.Community.

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Nick Black

CybersecuritySemiconductors / HardwareIoT / Devices

Senior operator with Crypto Quantique, working at the intersection of semiconductor and IoT device security.

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Paul Ridgway

AI / Data / Machine LearningEdTechFinTechHealthTech / MedTechCybersecurityRetailTech / eCommerceIoT / DevicesSemiconductors / HardwareAdvanced Manufacturing

Founder of The Curve. Cross-sector operator across D2C, manufacturing, healthcare, fintech and enterprise — known for building and leading early teams, finding product–market fit, and getting companies from idea to first customers.

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Peter Hopton

AI / Data / Machine LearningGreenTech / Energy & RenewablesSemiconductors / Hardware

Built VeryPC, Iceotope and others, supporting founders in having their shot. One question I ask "how does this get more valuable as AI gets better"

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Stephen Goldthorpe

CreativeTech / MediaTech

HNWI- and Sophisticated-Investor certified Fellow. Member since February 2025.

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