Antoinette Ale is Head of Community at Black Venture Network, where she leads partnerships to expand access to capital, networks, and opportunities for Black founders, professionals, and investors across venture capital. She is also the founder of Tressly, a platform supporting textured hairstylists through technology, education, and community. Her work bridges tech and culture to create more inclusive, scalable pathways for underrepresented entrepreneurs. Antoinette is also Hair Equity lead at the British Beauty Council, where she advocates for greater equity and representation in beauty and wellness with a technology lens.

Yvonne is a Partner at LocalGlobe and Latitude. She is also a founding member of Impact X Capital LLP and an investor in much-loved companies such as Wise (previously Transferwise), Flutterwave and Marshmallow. Previous roles include investment banking at Goldman Sachs and representation on the board of HarbourVest Global Private Equity. She currently sits on the board of Innovate Finance and is also a member of the London Hub of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum, a community of young people driving change.

Charles was previously at Meta, first as Leadership Recruiting Manager for Data Engineering in North America and later supporting the entire Leadership Analytics function in EMEA. Before that he was Head of Recruiting at brain-computer interface company Neuralink. He credits that role with testing two specific skills. The company began in stealth mode, so the focus was on finding and approaching highly specialized members of technical staff, who are among the world’s top one percent in their field. Later, with the company operating publicly, the role shifted to employer branding and scaling teams.

He has invested extensively across fintech, from core infrastructure to consumer apps. Alongside fintech, he’s also interested in climate and its intersection with finance. His investments include: Yapily, Copper, Sylvera, Raisin, Yonder, Translucent, Canopy Connect, 8fig, Supercritical, Weav (acq. by Brex), and Otta (acq. by Welcome to the Jungle). Remus’s career began in tech consulting, research and data analytics including at Datamonitor and then Forrester Research, where he led its European financial services team. After co-founding and scaling Finalta as CEO – and overseeing its sale to McKinsey and subsequent integration – he went on to lead the company’s international expansion from Europe to North and South America, and Asia.