In this episode of 'Positive Disruptors' we were delighted to interview Kanu Batra and Alex Cheswick. 

Kanu is the Co-Founder of speek, a digital health company on a mission to tackle the complex challenge of teenage self injury. 
 
Alex is an Investment Manager at Zinc, an inception stage impact led investor which supports ventures that are tackling the most pressing & complex problems facing the health of people & the planet. 

In this episode of 'Positive Disruptors' we were delighted to interview Tanya Humphreys and Antony Rix. 

In this episode of 'Positive Disruptors' we were delighted to interview Amir Rizwan. 

Amir is the director of the London Social Venture Fund and holds roles that support capital access for underrepresented entrepreneurs, including positions at Daring Capital, the Pathway Fund, and the Clothworkers Foundation. His experience extends through various organisations such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Better Society Capital, Comic Relief, and CAF Venturesome.

This episode provides a detailed analysis of Amir's career in impact finance, exploring his contributions to the impact sector, his mission to grow the social venture ecosystem coming out of London universities and the role charities can play in scaling impact ventures. 

Richard Ng, Co-Founder of Greenworkx, an EdTech company that is tackling the green skills emergency, Richard is one of 20 Ada's Angels – who are a group of seed-series A specialist operators and founders.

As an edtech and future of work specialist, Richard realised that most urgent problem in the future of work is the green skills emergency: 30 million more green workers are needed by 2030 to deliver net-zero.  To address this problem, Richard co-founded Greenworkx, which is now building a talent portal creating green job discovery, training and role-matching for the next-generation net-zero workforce, and the 90% of green jobs that are skilled, manual trades. It's mission to get 10 million more people into green jobs in 10 years.

Sarah King is the Founder and CEO of Obu, which supports women and ally angel investors to back purpose-led, innovative and commercially strong women-founded businesses.

Passionate about driving change in the financial services sector, Sarah founded Obu, the UK's pioneering fintech platform with a clear mission to close the gender investment gap at scale, revolutionising the way angel investment impacts our economy.  Obu is building a critical mass of forward-thinking angel investors – both women and allies – who believe their capital, connections, wisdom and support can create a more equal, progressive, innovative start-up ecosystem.

Chris Rigby and Phil Evans, Co-Founders of Colab-8 a venture consultancy which provides strategic advice, training and workshops for Founders, Accelerators and SMEs to drive sustainable growth.

When Chris and Phil founded Colab-8 they were united by the need to look at innovation as a solution to health and well-being challenges across many demographics.  The mission was to unlock and enhance social benefit and impact through widening the opportunity for innovation among founders, investors and entrepreneurs in the private and public sectors.  A truly collaborative revolution to venture growth delivers greater opportunity for our communities to benefit from innovation.