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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thisWednesday evening was absolutely brilliant NextWave 3.0 by NexGen Digital at Simons Muirhead Burtons in Soho was anext level (no pun intended) Founders were there doing the work. Building products, comparing notes, solving real problems out loud ,,,,,and sharing what is actually happening inside their businesses. No pitching marathon. No pretending everything is perfect. Just usefful conversations, honest war stories, generous introductions .....and plenty of “you two should meet” moments. It was great seeing founders at different stages alongside investors, advisors, lawyers, accountants, creatives and everyone else helping the London startup community move forward. The format worked brilliantly too. Sixty-second introductions gave everyone context, - the SMB legal scaling panel covered the things growing startups genuinely trip over (cap tables, co-founder agreements, IP and investment readiness) - the curated speed networking kept the conversations moving. A huge thank you to our NextWave partners: Neil Jones - Simons Muirhead Burtons, Santosh Kumar Singh & Kainaz Engineer - Future Communications Company UK Pvt Ltd, Fenton Cayless - CameThru George Dendrino - AI Philosophy and Provakil .....for helping make the series what it is. And thank you to everyone who came along and made the room feel so energetic, open and useful. Watch this space for the next one. It’s already in the works, and we’d love to see you there. #GrowthMarketing #NexGenDigital #AI #NextWave #LondonTech #Founders #Networking ======= I'm Barry Rodrigues and I help early-stage B2B startups scale their marketing, improve productivity and drive revenue. 👍🏼 Follow me for more insights on effective B2B strategies. 🔔 Tap the bell to get notified when I post. 📧 DM me to know more strategies tailored to your needs.
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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thisToday we’ll be hosting the Creatives and Media Pitch Night | YAAD x Afribond and we are proud to say that we are partnering with CameThru. Camethru is a live networking platform for professional events, making it easier for attendees to find out who is in the room via live screens or directly through your phone. A massive thank you to Camethru and we are excited to hear from our 4 pitchers on a night of exciting presentations and networking.
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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thisNextWave 3.0 is less than 3 days away. It’s happening on 30 September at Simons Muirhead Burtons (SMB) in Soho. If you haven’t booked your spot yet, now isa good time to do it. The first two worked because founders, investors, tech service providers and creatives all ended up in one room. This week is no different. If you are on your journey and are serious about building, partering, or scaling - .....you need to be here. And we even have a shortpanel on legal scaling! A special thank you to the partners making the NextWave series happen Future Communications Company UK Pvt Ltd CameThru Simons Muirhead Burton LLP (SMB) Because none of this works without them. Doors open at 5:30 pm, and the conversations rarely stop at a sensible hour. #GrowthMarketing #NexGenDigital #NextWave #Networking #LondonTech #Founders ======= I'm Barry Rodrigues and I help early-stage B2B startups scale their marketing, improve productivity and drive revenue. 👍🏼 Follow me for more insights on effective B2B strategies. 🔔 Tap the bell to get notified when I post. 📧 DM me to know more strategies tailored to your needs.
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Fenton Cayless shared thisI’m heading to GCUC UK London on 8 and 9 October, and the conversations have already started. More than 20 people have joined the GCUC room on CameThru ahead of the event. We can see who’s coming, what they do and what they’re looking for before we meet at TOGETHER.SPACE I’m looking forward to two days of sharp conversations, real connections and ideas worth taking back to your desk. If you’re going, let me know. I’d be glad to meet you there. Join us at uk.gcuc.co
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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thishey y'all it's my birthday today and the best gift ever would be reading this post, ok? :D BECAUSE IT'S SUPER EXCITING! I'm so pumped to be back at Oru Space on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟯-𝟱𝗽𝗺 𝗚𝗠𝗧, celebrating ADHD Awareness Month by HOSTING an incredible, accessible and gloriously neurodivergent event - 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: The 2026 theme is the Many Faces of ADHD and we'll be focussing on how having an ND brain is only part of who we are, and how understanding how we think can shape how we show up as friends, partners, parents, leaders, coworkers and more. Not just 'generic awareness' but practical, fun and grounded in real life human chaos - sharing the sometimes slightly unhinged ways to get ourselves through and round them. 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗦: I'm interviewing the fantastic Fenton Cayless on rethinking communication and connection in rooms full of brilliant people, and the incredible Kirsty Cook on ADHD, parenting, hormones, and the realities of being a neurodivergent mum and mum-to-be. 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂? (𝘁𝗹𝗱𝗿: 𝗬𝗘𝗦!) It's designed for everyone - whether you have an ND diagnosis, think you might be, love someone who is, or simply want to learn more about life through the eyes (and minds) of your colleagues, friends, family, team and neighbours, this is the place for you. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗡𝗗 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆) The event consists of a short welcome from me, then 3 interviews, cosy style, chunked with breaks for processing and wiggle time. - In person? There'll be freebies from wonderful ND craftspeople, lots of chances to ask questions (out loud or via a suggestion box), permission to sit weirdly, enjoy low lights and all the good stuff. - Online? You'll get to ask questions too, as well as have the recordings afterwards for notes and processing time, notetakers, DMs after the event etc, all encouraged. I'd LOVE to see you there. Ask me questions either here or in a DM and I'll make sure I cover them. Huge thank you to my hosts, Oru Space, and to Fenton and Kirsty for being the best interview guests ever (and we haven't even done the event yet!). Much love! Katie 💛 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/e2xiKR56 #ADHDAwarenessMonth
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Fenton Cayless shared this80 years of maths. One second. Open to founders. That is roughly what Isambard AI can do, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. It sits in a car park outside Bristol. And if you run a UK company, you may be able to apply to use it without paying a penny. Last week I joined the Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates Leaders Lunch & Learn, staged by Tech West England Advocates where Andy Hazell from the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) walked us through it. I spent ten years running data centre migrations at Capgemini and I have still never been inside one. In that world, being invisible meant you had done your job. One wrong digit in an IP address could take down a company. So I went in sceptical. A few things changed my mind: ->It went from first shovel to finished site in about 12 months ->Time on it is allocated by government, not sold ->UK SMEs are now the fastest growing group of users ->Most founders have no idea it exists Every founder has a list of ideas they quietly killed because the infrastructure felt out of reach. This might bring some of them back. I wrote up everything I learned: who can use it, how to get access, what people are building on it, and what it made me think about for CameThru Link in the comments 👇 What would you build if nothing was holding you back? #IsambardAI #Startups #Founders #AI #UKTech #TechWestEnglandAdvocates #GlobalTechAdvocates
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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thisI’m delighted to announce the launch of the GTA Innovation Funding working group. Often the biggest challenge facing founders is not a lack of great ideas. It’s getting access to the right capital, at the right time, from people who understand what it takes to build and scale an innovative business. Global Tech Advocates has always been about bringing people together — founders, investors, corporates, policymakers and experts — and creating connections which make things happen. GTA Innovation Funding is a natural extension of that mission. I’m very pleased to introduce our three Co-Chairs: Shane Smith, Pitchflix Richard Lowe (卢礼卓), Hewlett Rand & Tech West England Advocates Chandila F., Pitchflix They bring an outstanding combination of experience across investment, finance, technology and entrepreneurship, and I’m hugely grateful to them for taking on the leadership of this new working group, helping to connect the dots between the people and organisations that can help the next generation of innovative companies succeed. I am particularly excited about the opportunity to bring together the expertise and networks of our Advocates around the world to help strengthen the innovation funding ecosystem. My thanks to Chandila, Shane and Richard for their interest in setting up this important group across our network. Chandila and Richard will be joining us at our Global Tech Advocates Summit in Istanbul to share more. 👉 https://lnkd.in/er-APMMF Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates Bindi Karia Neil Shah Esther O'Callaghan OBE Suki Fuller Flavilla Fongang Matic Boh Nick Giles Oli Barrett James Klein Irene Graham OBE Naomi Timperley FRSA Mark Martin ⭐️ Priya Guha MBE Gavin Poole Mark John Volker Hirsch Mary McKenna, MBE Clare McGee Paolo Salza Anders Nilsson Ata Argüder Dr. YILDIZ TUGBA KARA Jeanette Carlsson Susan Haimet Hélène Mendy Jesse Witkowski Alejandro Martinez Luis N. Lannie Medina Aftab (Af) Malhotra Leslie Sarma Debu Purkayastha
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Fenton Cayless reposted thisFenton Cayless reposted thisOne year ago … ❤️ I stood in a room at The Brewery on Chiswell Street in London and watched something that had lived in my head for so long finally become real. The Effective Communication Summit. A whole day built around something I passionately believe in... that the way we communicate can change relationships, teams, businesses, careers… and sometimes even lives. Looking back a year later, I don’t think I fully appreciated what that day would mean to me. There were hundreds of people in the room. Incredible speakers. Masterclasses. Conversations. Networking. Laughter. Learning. New relationships being formed in real time. And, of course, a very special fireside chat with the brilliant Baroness Karren Brady. But strangely, when I look back now, it isn’t the stage, the numbers or even the scale of the event that I remember most. It’s the people. The people who believed in the idea before there was an event. The partners who backed it. The speakers and panellists who gave their time and knowledge. The team who worked tirelessly behind the scenes. My friends and family who experienced every high, low, panic and moment of excitement with me. My clients who supported me. And every single person who bought a ticket, walked through those doors and trusted us with their day. I learnt so much from creating that Summit. I learnt that sometimes you have to build the thing you wish existed. I learnt that the right people around you can turn an ambitious idea into something very real. And I learnt that when you create a room where people feel comfortable enough to talk, listen, challenge, learn and connect… things happen. That was always the purpose. Not simply to create another business event. But to create conversations that continued long after everyone had left the room. And one year later, they still are. So today I’m not just looking back with pride. I’m looking back with enormous gratitude… and looking forward with even more excitement. Because The Effective Communication Summit was never meant to be just one day. It was the beginning of something. ❤️ To everyone who was part of it....thank you so much. You know who you are, and I hope you know how much that day meant to me. One year on… what a day. What a journey. And we’re only getting started. #TheEffectiveCommunicationSummit #Leadership #Communication #LeadershipDevelopment #AllAboutSoftSkills
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Fenton Cayless liked thisFenton Cayless liked thisThe move from distance to spend-based earning has left a lot of loyal frequent flyers downgraded this year. The good news is that the same travel can often earn more status, for less spend, in a different programme. Working out which one is exactly what Travel Smarter does. #FrequentFlyer #TravelSmarter #LoyaltyPrograms #AirlineStatus #TravelHacks #BudgetTravel #FrequentTraveller
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Fenton Cayless liked thisFenton Cayless liked thisI once had a solicitor tell me: “You’ll never make it. You went to an ex-poly university.” I was 21. At the time, I didn’t even know what “ex-poly” meant. But I knew a few things…That was a horrible thing to say, negative and dangerous thing to tell someone like me as I’m going to figure it out regardless and get whatever I put my mind to…😂 What he didn’t know was that he was talking to someone who could sell ice to Eskimos, was tough as rockstone, and had spent most of his life with his back against the wall. I didn’t come from privilege. I knew I didn't have the most elite university name behind me or was connected to some family with a special last name. I didn’t have the network. So I learned to fight for opportunities. I remember looking at him thinking, “You’re a bit of a c*nt, aren’t you?” Anyway… we move. 😂 But I’ve never forgotten that conversation. And strangely, people like him are part of the reason I’m so passionate about what we’re building at CareerGuard... There is an unbelievable amount of talent coming from non-elite universities and less privileged backgrounds. The problem isn’t always talent. Sometimes it’s access. Sometimes it’s networks. Sometimes it’s being overlooked because the name of your university, your postcode or your background doesn’t immediately impress someone. CareerGuard exists to help change that. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to start spotlighting some of the exceptional people already in the CareerGuard community. Their skills. Their projects. Their ambitions. Their potential. And hopefully put them in front of employers who are prepared to look beyond the usual signals and actually recognise talent. Because there are thousands of 21-year-olds out there who deserve a shot. And hopefully, a few less d**heads standing in their way. 😂 #CareerGuard #EarlyCareers #SocialMobility #GraduateJobs #SkillsFirstHiring
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Fenton Cayless liked thisFenton Cayless liked thisWednesday evening was absolutely brilliant NextWave 3.0 by NexGen Digital at Simons Muirhead Burtons in Soho was anext level (no pun intended) Founders were there doing the work. Building products, comparing notes, solving real problems out loud ,,,,,and sharing what is actually happening inside their businesses. No pitching marathon. No pretending everything is perfect. Just usefful conversations, honest war stories, generous introductions .....and plenty of “you two should meet” moments. It was great seeing founders at different stages alongside investors, advisors, lawyers, accountants, creatives and everyone else helping the London startup community move forward. The format worked brilliantly too. Sixty-second introductions gave everyone context, - the SMB legal scaling panel covered the things growing startups genuinely trip over (cap tables, co-founder agreements, IP and investment readiness) - the curated speed networking kept the conversations moving. A huge thank you to our NextWave partners: Neil Jones - Simons Muirhead Burtons, Santosh Kumar Singh & Kainaz Engineer - Future Communications Company UK Pvt Ltd, Fenton Cayless - CameThru George Dendrino - AI Philosophy and Provakil .....for helping make the series what it is. And thank you to everyone who came along and made the room feel so energetic, open and useful. Watch this space for the next one. It’s already in the works, and we’d love to see you there. #GrowthMarketing #NexGenDigital #AI #NextWave #LondonTech #Founders #Networking ======= I'm Barry Rodrigues and I help early-stage B2B startups scale their marketing, improve productivity and drive revenue. 👍🏼 Follow me for more insights on effective B2B strategies. 🔔 Tap the bell to get notified when I post. 📧 DM me to know more strategies tailored to your needs.
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Fenton Cayless liked thisFenton Cayless liked thisThere are now 1.2 million people in England on a waiting list for autism and ADHD.NHS West Yorkshire has just set a 2-year minimum wait time for ADHD or autism assessments. They're not alone, with the The Guardian reporting another 15 NHS Boards rationing assessments tooWest Yorkshires NHS Board declared assessment costs jumping up from £7m to £21m in one year alone. wow But telling someone they have to wait TWO YEARS for an assessment before they can be considered for reasonable adjustments at school or work, is crazy. To me that feels like an unfair pressure building on teachers, employers, schools, and the wider health care. What can we do as a society to help alleviate that pressure?I feel theres a role that those diagnosed can play. A bigger role that neurally-divergent trained coaches can play. And finally, a huge role that leaders in every type of company can play to create an emotionally safe work environment Source: The Guardian, Anna Bawden and Denis Campbell, 24 September 2026. https://lnkd.in/evZpbYxF Ryan Hoare 🟠Mahdi Shariff 雷锋🟢 Brian Hooker Anita Patel Rosie Turner Dr Samantha Hiew Fenton Cayless Matthew Bellringer
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📣 VCs! Does your deal flow funnel look a bit..... homogenous? With only 2% of UK VC funding going to all-female teams and less than 0.5% going to black founders - and nearly half of all capital going to companies based in London - we thought we would put together a few suggestions based on recommendations from reports looking at increasing diversity at the top of the funnel. If your top of funnel isn’t diverse, it’s rarely because diverse founders don’t exist. It’s because many quietly self-select out. A few practical ways to widen the funnel: 🗣️ Use inclusive, specific language (clarity beats vague “exceptionalism”) 🚪 Be accessible with clear contact routes, open applications or office hours 📜 Signal commitment (e.g. Investing in Women Code, Diversity VC certification) 👭 Diversify sourcing beyond the usual universities, networks and accelerators 👥 Build balance into teams, panels and visible moments 🧰 Offer support beyond capital at the top of the funnel 📊 Track who enters your funnel and make DEI part of how you operate You don’t need to lower standards — you need to remove unnecessary friction. You can’t invest in founders you never meet. Full piece here: https://lnkd.in/eDwsgWf7 With thanks to the Invest in Women Hub, Invest in Women Taskforce, Diversity VC, UK Private Capital, European Women in VC, Level 20, Extend Ventures, The Table, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, Ada Ventures, Astia, Alma Angels, Social Mobility Ventures, Bethnal Green Ventures, Unconventional Ventures, Sie Ventures, Black Seed VC, Startup Discovery School, Climate Mosaic, Women in Cleantech and Sustainability, Sophie Purdom and Ramsay Siegal for your research, support and leadership. #VC #Cleantech #Climatetech #ZeroCarbon #Diversity #Inclusion
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