Radia
Accelerator.
Help build a new generation of women led SaaS unicorns.
Today there are over 450 unicorns in Europe, 38 have a female co-founder, of which only 11 are in SaaS.
Radia’s mission is to help create more women led unicorns.
ABOUT RADIA
Discover how to start and accelerate growth of an early stage Saas company. The Radia programme provides access, network and knowledge to support women at the inception phase of the company formation.
Delivered by a community of software investors, operators and entrepreneurs, as an early stage founder you get practical know-how on how to develop your idea and build product, raise VC and angel funding, establish a network and develop leadership skills.
Radia 2024 is for women CEOs and co-founders of early stage Saas companies, with previous technology and startup experience.
We don't take equity, nor do we offer funding (you may end up raising funds from contacts made through the Radia network). This is an ecosystem initiative to build a new face of European tech.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
TEAM
NEW WORKSHOP HOSTS
PREVIOUS SESSION LEADERS
Katya Pogudina
Marketing Director, AlbionVC
Lauren Apostolidis
Platform Director, AlbionVC
Oliver Holle
Managing Partner, SpeedInvest
Valerie Aelbrecht
Investment Manager, AlbionVC
BaoY Van Cong
Partner, Target Global
Dinika Mahtani
Investor, Cherry Ventures
Itxaso Del Palacio
Partner, Notion
Triin Linamagi
Founding Partner, Sie Ventures
Jonny Clifford
Partner, Entrepreneur First
Maren Bannon
MD, January Ventures
Dave Kellogg
Executive in residence, Balderton Capital
Pietro Bezza
Managing Partner, Connect
Deepali Nangia
Partner, SpeedInvest
Ed Lascelles
Partner, AlbionVC
Fred Hagenauer
Partner, SpeedInvest
Jane Reddin
Partner, AlbionVC
Marie-Helene Ametsreiter
General Partner, SpeedInvest
Jennifer Bers
CRO & CMO, ex Unbabel, Onfido
Natasha Ratanshi-Stein
Founder, Surfboard
Seth Phillips
Founder & CEO, Bound
Anneliese Niebauer
Fractional Revenue Leader
Suranga Chandratillake
General Partner,
Balderton Capital
Liv Price
Head of Talent,
FirstMinute Capital
Co-Founder & CEO, Ourspace
CoFounder & CEO, Demodesk
Nina Mohanty
Founder, Bloom Money
Helen Burnell
Partner, Shoosmiths
Mikela Druckman
CoFounder & CEO, Greyparrot
CEO, Elliptic
Evgenia Plotnikova
General Partner, Dawn Capital
Ingrid Bonde Akerlind
Principal, Oxx
Anh-Tho Chuong
CoFounder & CEO, Lago
Matthew Roberts
Product & GTM, Stripe
Ant Barker
Director of Venture Capital,
Aviva
Dama Sathianathan
Partner, Bethnal Green Ventures
Peter Specht
General Partner, Creandum
Ben Gotfredson
Global Startup Program Director, Snowflake
Ryan Lieber
Startup Program Manager, EMEA, Snowflake
Laura Warnier
Founding Partner
GoStudent
Roxane Sanguinetti
Investor
Alma Angels
Michael Stothard
Principal, Firstminute Capital
Natasha Lytton
Director, Seedcamp
Ben Blume
Partner, Atomico
David Wascha
Advisor, Kindred Capital VC
Tanmaiyii Rao
Startup Program Lead, EMEA,
Snowflake
Jessie E. Felix
Product Management AI/ ML,
Snowflake
Paul Lehair
Partner, AlbionVC
Edwina Johnson
Angel Investor
Suzanne Lawson
Partnerships Manager - Group Innovation, Aviva
Dan Bowyer
Partner, SuperSeed
Sarah Finegan
Investor,
Antler
Radia accelerator is named in honour of Radia Perlman, the “mother of the internet”. The engineer and mathematician was a major figure in assembling the networks and technology, an innovation that gave birth to what we now know as the internet.
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A distinguished inventor, engineer and respected author who has earned some 80 patents, Radia was drawn into programming while at MIT in the 1970s where less than 5% of students on her course were female. Radia was also a pioneer in teaching young children computer programming.
Inspired by her brilliance, resolve and contribution to the development of modern technologies, our accelerator programme is designed to unearth talent and nurture women in their early entrepreneurial journey.
Frequently asked questions
TIMELINE
10/06
Applications open
14/07
Applications close
22/07
Interviews
01/08
Confirmations
NEW SUPPORTERS
EXISTING SUPPORTERS
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