23 June
SARAH WOOD OBE Entrepreneur
‘IT’S TIME FOR DRAGONS DEN: What kind of dragon are you? Could you be an angel? And why do we need more female investors?’ Following a (very short!) career as a university teacher, in 2006, Sarah Wood co-founded a tech start-up called Unruly, launching a Viral Video Chart, an advertising platform, and growing the company from 3 to 300 people around the world. She sold the company to News Corp in 2015 and stayed on to lead the business until 2019. Since then, she has been a board member of Superdry plc, and currently sits on the boards of Tech Nation, City Ventures, and The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, which campaigns for young people’s mental health. She is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women Programme, has been named Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year, City AM Entrepreneur of the Year, and was awarded an OBE for services to technology and innovation. She is an active angel investor in earlystage tech companies, a mentor at UCL’s tech incubator, and the author of a career book (also very short!) called Stepping Up: How to Accelerate Your Leadership Potential. In her spare time she likes to run, swim, and walk her two little dogs, Ginger and Snow (say hello on Instagram: @IcyyandSpicyy). Within her symposium session, Sarah will be talking about investing in start-ups.
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