OneTech Office Hours!

Celebrate the Achievements of Female Founders

The technology sector owes so much to women of the past and we want to continue this tradition by supporting female founders who are the future of tech!

This International Women's Day, we want female entrepreneurs with tech or digitally enabled startups to have access to unrivalled levels of advice and support from industry professionals and investors.

We will be hosting an open office hours session where female entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to meet with their peers and speak with specialists from our network. Whether you are just starting out or actively fundraising, we will be bringing the advice and the experts to you.

Mentors and Investors

We are delighted to be joined by a range of mentors and investors across a range of industries including. Romana Shah from Fieldhouse Associates, Sonja Rogers from Barclays, Zoe Peden of Ananda Impact Ventures, Alex Olafare from PwC.

Format of the Day

We understand many of you are working from home or working around children. Therefore, we have tried to keep the format as accessible as possible. The speed networking session will run for two hours and will allow you to drop in, grab a seat at a table and start networking.

09:45 - 10:00 :: Welcome with Emma Obanye and Alison Partridge

10:00 - 12:00 :: Office Hours Speed Networking

12:00 - 13:00 :: Fireside Chat with Imelda Fossu and guests

Joining us for the Fireside chat are:

Bianca Rangecroft

A London based entrepreneur, Bianca is the founder and CEO of Whering, the fashtech app that allows you to digitise your wardrobe, see and style everything you own. She believes the future of retail is circular - Whering therefore also aims to empower conscious consumers to utilise their spending power for good.

She is a highly passionate self-starter with a strong management background, working tirelessly to diminish the fashion industry's footprint one user at a time. Bianca holds a first class Bachelor’s degree in History and Politics from SOAS, with a special focus on Africa and the Middle East, as well as a Master’s degree in Management (merit) from Imperial College Business School. Bianca spent the first 4 years of her career in Banking at Barclays Wealth and Investment Management and then Goldman Sachs Investment Management arm.

Freya Hickman

Freya Hickman is a passionate mental health advocate, and the Founder/CEO of Remind Health. Having been caught up in the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack on 3rd June 2017 this had a severe impact on Freya’s daily life and she is now dedicated to using her personal journey and professional background in technology to help others.

Re;mind aims to improve quality of life for anyone who’s mental wellbeing has been impacted by trauma. Re;mind is building a smart app to provide personalised support to help people rebuild & learn to manage their mental wellbeing after trauma.

Farhana Sadek

Farhana is a co-founder and CEO at MyVim, the creators of the app Gratitube.

Farhana is a medical doctor with over a decade of experience in helping patients from every part of society to improve their wellbeing, with a particular focus on improving mental health. Her passion for wanting to impact as many people as possible to benefit from her knowledge has led her out of the clinic room and into the entrepreneurial world to set up MyVim.

She has been selected for and successfully completed both the StartUp Leadership Programme (SLP) and the OneTech incubator. Farhana is a strong believer in tackling health inequality and alongside her co-founder Liam, she is working on various wellbeing solutions built on the foundation of gratitude practice, including Gratitube, a unique gratitude journaling app.

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