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Esme Verity

Activator at Coralus

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2021 - Current

    Practical guidance to help purpose-led founders get funded.

  • Activator

    2024

    Coralus makes zero-interest loans to social entrepreneurs through a democratic process

  • Angel Investor

    2022

    HERMESA is a UK based angel syndicate investing in extraordinary female (co)founded start-ups.

  • Venture Scout

    2019

    Ada Ventures is $34m fund investing in overlooked founders and markets.

  • Director of Chapter Success

    2021 - 2022

    Zebras Unite is a founder-led, cooperatively owned movement creating the culture, capital & community for the next economy. My role is to help steward our network of global of Chapters ranging from LA to Sydney.

  • London Chapter Lead

    2019 - 2021

    Launching the London chapter I bring together accelerators, venture funds, impact investors and entrepreneurs who are funding and running purpose-driven companies. Over a year the community has grown to 600+ members.

  • Angel Investor

    2022 - 2022

  • Strategic Projects

    2019 - 2020

    Financial services for the financially excluded. Series A Scaleup. Raised over £8m from Entrepreneur First, Kindred VC and Redalpine. I focused on scaling growth post-Series A, heading all D2C user acquisition efforts after shifting from B2B2C. Led team in experimenting and cultivating brand new channels across both paid & organic. Doubled growth targets MoM.

  • Fellow

    2017 - 2018

    Intensive 10-month entrepreneurial program with masterclasses from business schools such as UCL and the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at Cambridge Judge Business School.

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