Female Founders special with Nicole Crentsil - live from LTST conference

07/20/22 • 31 min

This episode was recorded live on stage at the Lead Today Shape Tomorrow Conference organised by Female Founders in June 2022 in Vienna.

Nicole Crentsil is a Ghanaian-British businesswoman, change maker, angel investor and cultural curator based in London. Nicole is the founder and CEO of Black Girl Fest and the founder of BIG SIS, a new network supporting the personal development of creative working women.

Nicole currently sits on the Members Advisory Board for the Tate and is also a VC Scout and Angel Investor with Ada Ventures- a £34 million fund investing in underrepresented founders. She’s since made investments in afro hair care brand Afrocenchix backed by Google in a $1.2million seed round and hair extensions brand Ruka Hair who raised $2.24million in early-stage VC funding.

In 2021 Nicole was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 for her contribution to arts & culture. In the same year Time out London named Nicole as a ‘visionary’ changing the city for the better.

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This episode was recorded live on stage at the Lead Today Shape Tomorrow Conference organised by Female Founders in June 2022 in Vienna.

In 2021 Nicole was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 for her contribution to arts & culture. In the same year Time out London named Nicole as a ‘visionary’ changing the city for the better.

Follow Nicole on Linkedin and Twitter

Follow Tine on Linkedin and Twitter

Follow Katia on Linkedin or Twitter

Follow Female Business Angels Podcast on Instagram (@female_business_angels)

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