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Jasmine Anouna, Founder of Bloom
Jasmine is the founder of The Bloom, an online hub for aspiring changemakers around the world.
Simone Koo Ishikawa – Founder of Ishikoo
Simone has her own fintech advisory and consultancy company, RSK Finance.
Emily Gill, Co-founder of Levra
Emily is the co-founder of Levra, an immersive virtual reality (VR) coaching solution that improves the interpersonal communication of employees.
Sanoma Jean, Founder of Aya Therapy
Sanoma Jean is the founder Aya Therapy an intelligent patient management platform reducing burnout for mental health care practitioners.
Kezia Susanto, Zheqing Zhang & Wanlin Xiao, co-founders of i-Opto
Kezia, Zheqing and Wanlin are the team behind i-Opto, a tele-optometry app.
Stephanie Lesage, founder of Oxford Silk Phage Technologies
Stephanie Lesage founder of Oxford Silk Phage Technologies, an antimicrobial biomaterial technology comapany.
Lucy Mullins, co-founder of StepLadder
Lucy Mullins is the co-founder of StepLadder, a collaborative finance company that helps people reach their financial goals.
Lily Elsner, co-founder of Jack Fertility
Lily Elsner is the co-founder and CEO of Jack Fertility, a postal male fertility test company revolutionising male reproductive healthcare.
Brigit Goebelbecker, co-founder of Second Day
Brigit is the co-founder of Second Day, a talent matching platform.
So you think you want to be a director of a company…
Top questions you need to know the answers to before you become a company director. Whether you have never been a director before, or not there are some questions you should ask about yourself before you take on the responsibility
IDEA Panel: How Talking About Diversity is Making Entrepreneurship More Inclusive (22nd June 2021)
On 22nd June 2021, IDEA hosted a panel dedicated to ‘How Talking About Diversity is Making Entrepreneurship More Inclusive’ with speakers from the Oxfordshire entrepreneurial community: Dr Mira Kassouf, Nathania (Tanya) Aritao, and Nicole Beach. This panel drew upon their own professional experiences to highlight different career paths for women leaders and discuss key principles for thinking about how women entrepreneurs can champion diversity and inclusion while using their talents for successful entrepreneurship.
IDEA Bespoke Project: SeedWISE Enterprise Programme
As part of IDEA’s first round of bespoke projects, the programme has provided HEIF funding to MPLS Enterprise to support a pilot programme for DPhil researchers in STEM subjects called SeedWISE.
Academic Champion for Women in Entrepreneurship
I am delighted to announce that Professor Kylie Vincent from the Department of Chemistry has been appointed as the first Academic ...
Working Flexibly: Ask Me Anything with Sarah Haywood
Sarah Haywood talks about her experiences with flexible working
Meet Prime Advocates: Business for Good
Prime Advocates is a London-based not-for-profit corporate law firm and social finance consultancy. Its Social Finance Hot Desk connects pioneering social enterprise initiatives with free specialist legal advice.
RisingWISE: ‘My career has taken exciting turns since the programme’
The RisingWISE programme helps women researchers thrive, as its alumnae have experienced firsthand.
Oxford Case Studies: RisingWISE
Anne Miller is joint founder of RisingWISE, an initiative aimed at women in STEM at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge that aims to combat some of the disparities between men and women in achieving leadership roles and pursuing entrepreneurship opportunities in this sector.
Oxford Case Studies – Oxford Hub
Sara Fernandez, CEO of the Oxford Hub, discusses its success and encourages current students to use the freedom uni life provides to volunteer.
Aspect launch new Accelerator!
Aspect’s new flagship four-month social sciences student and alumni accelerator hosted by LSE to support and scale socially-responsible student and alumni ventures is now open for applications.
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