So who is helping us select our cohort?
We are really excited to announce the interviewers for the final round of Entrepreneur First. We would like to say a huge thank you to the 32 entrepreneurs and investors who are giving up a significant amount of time to help us select the final cohort. They're an absolutely stellar group, as you'll see below, and we're delighted to have their input. We would also like to thank McKinsey & Co., and Club Workspace for generously hosting the interviews.
Final round interviewers: Entrepreneurs
- William Reeve: Founder LOVEFiLM.com and non-executive Director for a variety of high-growth businesses including DealChecker.co.uk, Graze, iAnnounce, True Knowledge, and Zoopla
- Ben Drury: Co-founder and CEO of 7Digital
- Pete Smith: Co-founder and COO of Songkick
- Sarah Wood: Co-founder and COO of Unruly Media
- Jason Trost: Co-founder and CEO of Smarkets
- Duncan Cheatle: Founder of The Prelude Group
- David Langer: Co-founder and CEO of GroupSpaces
- Jens Lapinski: CEO and co-founder of aiHit
- Rajeeb Dey: Founder and CEO, Enternships
- Eleanor Ford: Co-founder LikeCube (acquired by Time Out in 2011)
- Nick Hungerford: CEO and founder of Nutmeg
- Tim Morgan: CEO and co-founder, PickLive; co-founder, Mint Digital
- Charlie Osmond: Co-founder of social media agency Fresh Networks
- Penny Power: Founder of Ecademy
- Tamara Rajah: Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company and founder of Tamara Kanes
- James Uffindell: Founder and CEO Bright Network
Final round interviewers: Investors
- Harry Briggs: Balderton Capital, co-founder Firefly Tonics
- David Easton: Bridges Ventures, co-founder The Africa Governance Initiative
- Alex Gezelius: Index Ventures
- Luke Hakes: Octopus Investments
- Davor Hebel: Fidelity Growth Partners, co-founder Experia
- Steve Kennedy: Co-Founder of City Meets Tech
- Mark Reilly: IP Group
- Alex McKracken: Silicon Valley Bank, co-founded TISS
- Ian Merricks: White Horse Capital
- Alan Morgan: MMC Ventures
- Thomas Power: Serial entrepreneur and non-executive director
- Arun Renuka Jayadev: Wellington Partners
- Sarah Ryan: Astia
- Tyler Soisin: Accel Partners
- Charlotte-Anne Swerling: Balderton Capital
- Greg Young: Passion Capital
A massive thank you once again to our interviewers and best of luck to all those who got through!