About Brent Hoberman

Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($250m seed fund with global remit, backed over 100 unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded lastminute.com in 1998, was CEO from its inception, and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn and include [made.com](http://made.com) (leading European direct-from-factory consumer homewares retailer), Karakuri (provider of robotics, AI and automation systems), PROfounders Capital, Founders Intelligence (entrepreneur-powered consultancy), accelerateHER (network taking action to change the underrepresentation of women in technology), Founders Keepers (technology executive search firm), Founders of the Future (network that identifies and supports aspiring entrepreneurs), Founders Pledge (community for entrepreneurs committed to finding and funding solutions to global challenges), Grip (AI-powered event networking solution), Framework (world's first on-demand business school), and most recently 01 Founders (free-to-access network of coding schools with a job guarantee for all learners). Brent is Chairman of the Karakuri board and sits on the advisory boards of The Royal Academy, the UK Government Digital Service, the WEF Digital Europe Group and the Imperial College Innovation Fund. He is also a Champion of Change for The Global Tech Group, has been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and in 2015 was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship. Previously, Brent was Chairman of the Oxford Foundry advisory board from its inception, chaired The Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying for The Duke of Cambridge, and further former board roles include TalkTalk, TimeOut, The Guardian Media Group, Shazam Entertainment, Eton College and The Economist. Angel Investor/Advisor: Alan.eu, Academia.edu, Aire Labs, Bombinate, Busuu, CreativeLive, getyourguide.com, getsetup, Easycar, Erepubllik, James Perse, Kenshoo, Lucky Voice, Maven, Mykindacrowd, Onfido, DataTiger, Owkin, Pangaia, Previse, Sideways6, Snips, Tamoco, Loveholidays, Truecaller, Viagogo, Wahanda, Zama Building an AI-generated newsletter curated to your interests - sign up for free https://bit.ly/2x41GTI