Member Benefits
VenturePath draws together an unrivalled network and experience into a community to support high growth entrepreneurs achieve their growth and investment goals. Each member has access to this powerful, peer-referred community of founders, exited entrepreneurs, scaleup experts, partners and VCs

Funded Founders
VenturePath is an invite only community of the most ambitious tech founders, beginning to scale and potentially raise VC investment. Learn from each other, replace trial and error with trusted recommendations. Founders can message other founders for tips, advice, and intros.
Meet Your Fellow Founders



David Doyle
Managing Director, Forestreet
David was previously the partner leading the analytics practice at PwC.
Alex Miller
Managing Partner, Forestreet
Alex was COO of Octopus Ventures and formerly Head of Strategy and Operations for Lloyds Banking Group.
Jon Cornwell
CEO, Newsflare
Jon previously held consulting roles at EY, Cap Gemini, dunnhumby and Clear Cell.
Marcus Ginn
CEO, Edozo
Marcus is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded HPS Services before starting Edozo.


Simon Shaw
CEO, Fifty Technologies
A former professional sailor & yacht racing consultant, Simon is instrumental across the board. His industry experience & competitive nature sets the pace at Fifty.
Seb Robert
CEO & Founder, Gophr
Seb held senior positions across several digital agencies and the music industry at Absolute Label Services.
Richard Heyns
CEO, Brytlyt
Richard has previously held senior technology roles at Novartis, BHP Billiton, Virgin and Jet2.
Chris Robinson
Co-Founder, Awaken
Chris is the Founder at Awaken Intelligence previously working at CallScripter as the Director and Executive Chairman.



Dorian Spackman
CEO, Colateral
Dorian is a serial entrepreneur and award-winning technologist with a passion for building businesses and developing talent.
Jon Shapiro
Co-Founder, Optalitix
Jon is a serial entrepreneur with experience founding business across financial services and IT software.
Dani Katz
Co-Founder, Optalitix
Dani is an experienced founder in insurance and technology. Skilled in data analytics, AI, insurance risk management, pricing and reinsurance.
Gerry Lianos
CEO & Co-Founder, Raffolux
Gerry is the co-founder of Raffolux, an online raffling platform that gives people the chance to win something whilst raising money for a a charity of their choice.

Growth Planning
Training to cover every growth challenge
VenturePath provides each member with a bespoke growth plan. In the 1:1 growth planning sessions, we’ll discuss challenges and opportunities, before building an actionable plan - signposting to leadership learning content including on-demand training, in-person and virtual events, supported by curated connections and conversations within the community.
As members achieve their growth targets, they are able to opt in to additional investment strategy and support including an investment focused plan, VC-led events, refining investor proposition, efficient preparation and advice through to completion.

See the leadership learning available
ScaleUp Masterclasses
Growth Diagnostic
Fortnightly
Expert speaker & interactive clinic
Quarterly
Mapping the path to growth, signposting support
ScaleUp Support Showcases
Deals, Debate & Discussion
Bi-monthly
Partner led sessions
Bi-annual
Panel, pitches and VC networking
Sector Spotlights
Bi-monthly
VC led, sector round table updates and discussion
VC investor events
Bi-annual
Live & online hosted sessions

VCs
Below are some of VenturePath's VC Network supporting and funding our members.




























ScaleUp Expertise
Carefully curated, tried and tested by us and your fellow founders - our ScaleUp Blackbook service.
Members can quickly assess their skills and book a free initial consultation with them through our platform.
VenturePath members have up to 50 hours of free consultancy time from within the ScaleUp Expert community.
Meet The Experts

Philippa Seal
Commercial

Jayne Chace
Commercial

Chris Clarke
Technology

Carl Coddington
Talent

Alan Furley
Talent

Kate Renna
Pitching

Phil Guest
Commercial

Alex van Klaveren
Talent

John Purkiss
Executive Search

Christina Richardson
Leadership Coaching

Bob Apollo
Commercial

Alison Spencer
Customer Success

Matthew Stone
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Dr. Richard Wheater
Finance, Mentor, Exited, NED

Hugo Drayton
Media/Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

John Straw
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Bill Flind
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Andy Evans
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Nick Suckley
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Andy Yates
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Ami Shpiro
Commercial, Technical, Finance, Mentor, Exited, NED

Andrew Malone
Communications

Andy Williams
Commercial

Rob Wirszycz
Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Nick Kingsbury
Commerical, Operations, Technical, Finance, Mentor, Exited, NED

Damon Bonser
Commercial, Manufacturing, Design, Mentor, Exited, NED

Cordelia Meacher
Communications

Sree Kamineni
Financial, Commercial, Mentor, Exited, NED

Ian Wallis
Communications

Lilly Wiggins
Communications

David Bareham
Financial, Tax, Share Schemes, Incentive Schemes

Dominic Noakes
Financial, Accounts, Systems, Due Diligence, Cash Flow

Tanya Yeremenko
Financial, M&A, Exit, DD, Sale Support

Graham Halliday
Legal, Fundraising, Corporate Transactions

Bradley Heath
Legal, Fundraising, Corporate Transactions

Alex Lee
Legal, Contractual, IP, Data Protection, Privacy

Jane Kesley
Media, Commercial, Marketing

Strategic Partners
VenturePath community members have access to an established ecosystem of additional support, covering the investment industry, Government, policy, data and insights, coaching, peer entrepreneurs, underrepresented communities and media partnerships. In addition, our founding members include the Great British Entrepreneurs award-winning business growth training company and one of the UK’s most effective corporate finance firms.

haysmacintyre
haysmacintyre is an award winning top 30 firm of chartered accountants and tax advisors, with 37 partners and over 400 staff, providing advice to scaleup entrepreneurs, fast-growing and owner-managed businesses and a Key Sponsor.

Marriott Harrison
Marriott Harrison is a specialist legal transactional and advisory firm focused on technology, growth, and change. It’s 70+ team works with ambitious entrepreneurs and insightful investors to build, evolve, and monetise successful companies. With a 30-strong corporate team, led by 11 partners, it is recognised as one of the leading VC and M&A practices in the UK. They are a key sponsor.

A founding partner of VenturePath. Corporate financiers White Horse Capital have advised on 60+ Series A-B (£1-20m transactions), seeing clients raise over £500m+. We’ve moved the process of securing growth investment from being a disruptive and risky transaction to a value-adding relationship led partnership. This underpins VenturePath’s Investment Advisory activity.

Beauhurst collects, curates, and analyses data on the high-growth economy and its participants, from growing companies to investors and advisors. They provide that data through a searchable online platform, used by thousands of professionals to deepen their understanding of the high-growth space. They also work closely with clients in both the public and private sectors, providing insight to some of the UK’s most respected institutions.

We are proud to be a General Partner member of the British Venture Capital Association. Our relationship includes regular participation in each other’s events, and co-hosting the leading bi-annual VC industry gathering “Deals, Debates and Discussions” where VenturePath members can present their businesses to the UK’s leading VCs.

We are proud to have been long standing supporters, and represented for 5 years on the board, of Capital Enterprise; the UK’s startup experts, connecting & energising a world-class entrepreneurship ecosystem. Capital Enterprise’s startups can progress to VenturePath when they achieve £1m revenue and begin to think about scaling further.

The Entrepreneurs Network is a think tank for Britain’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. We bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and policymakers. We have a network of over 10,000 entrepreneurs and are the Secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship.

The Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrates the hard work and inspiring stories of entrepreneurs in the UK. Born out of a belief that entrepreneurs are as much about their story as they are the balance sheet, the awards celebrate and champion the entrepreneurs behind brilliant businesses.

OneTech is on a mission to tackle: Gender inequality; Lack of diversity; Investment imbalance; Disability disparity and connects underserved communities with opportunities.

Tech London Advocates is a network of more than 14,000 tech leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts in London, across the UK and in over 50 countries worldwide. Proudly independent, private sector-led and not backed by government.

Weare3Sixty is all about supporting the humans behind the world’s most ambitious scaleups - making sure that every founder and startup leader in the ecosystem has the support and skills to reach their full potential as resilient, high-performing leaders.



A founding partner of VenturePath. The Accelerator Network has trained 1,000+ startups/scaleups, delivering 3,500 learning hours, across 70+ cohorts, and 5,000+ expert intros. They've helped founders create their own expert networks, receive the best growth training, nurture relationships with each other and access growth capital. This underpins VenturePath’s leadership learning content.
The Centre for Entrepreneurs is the UK’s leading entrepreneurship foundation. We work to make the country more entrepreneurial. Activities focus on advancing the entrepreneurship agenda for the UK.
FieldHouse Associates is a public relations and communications agency with a difference. They are entirely focused on working with high-growth tech businesses and entrepreneurs, their angel and venture capital investors, and the ecosystem that surrounds them – including corporates, professional service firms, accelerators, events and more.
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Home Grown is the private members’ club that provides entrepreneurial pioneers with unique resources to unlock the true value of their business potential. It is a global community of experienced entrepreneurs, sophisticated investors and trusted advisors. Set in a stunning six story Georgian building in the heart of Marylebone and part of the Home House Collection. Home Grown offers a space for like-minded people to network, entertain and grow.