Olivia Sibony

Co-Founder

2021 - Current

We bring together impactful entrepreneurs, risk professionals and academics together, merging practical learning and collaborative action to support their work in the transition to an inclusive net zero economy, whilst creating long-term business value.

Fellow - Climate and Health

2023

Zinc's Mission is to help create and support innovative solutions and build ambitious businesses that tackle the most pressing and complex challenges facing the health of people and the planet. As a Fellow, I mentor cohort founders on the Zinc Venture Builder as they build their business strategies and impact potential; I also drive connections between founders, researchers and business leaders to support collaboration, shared learning and practical applications of innovative solutions to accelerate the impact we collectively want to make on the world through business. Skills: Mentoring · Building Connections · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Entrepreneurship

Associate

2024

Public Speaker

2013

Tech start-ups Women in Tech Food start-ups Smart Cities Food Sustainability Impact Investing Sharing Economy Crowdfunding

Scout - connecting with the most talented purpose-led founders looking for investment

2020

Global Entrepreneur Programme - Dealmaker

2020 - 2024

Develop the vision and implement the strategy to recruit, retain and help scale tech-savvy impactful startups from outside the UK, looking to move to the UK. I enable strategic introductions and business opportunities to help them scale in the UK and then export internationally. Help create more impactul jobs in the UK and opportunities for more meaningful businesses that use their business model to address key social and environmental challenges. Part of a 10+ person team which has helped over 300 entrepreneur-led businesses and created over 3,000 high value jobs in the last 4 years, and brought in over $1.7bln of inward investment into the UK since 2005.

Deputy Chair - Women in Cleantech

2019 - 2024

As part of the Women in Cleantech work we are committed to delivering support to women innovators and entrepreneurs starting their cleantech businesses or developing their cleantech innovations.

Head of Impact

2017 - 2024

Enabling investors to fund talented entrepreneurs in the "profit with purpose" space. By helping "impactful" businesses - where profits underpin their purpose in addressing social and/or environmental challenges - to grow, we can all play our part in addressing some of the key challenges that we face in the world. Aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Board Member

2015 - 2024

Fast Forward 2030 urgently seeks to galvanise a growing legion of ethical, innovative and agile small businesses whose collective actions can align planet and profit to effect positive global change.

Co-Founder

2021 - 2023

FiveThirteen is a non-profit that showcases and supports Women in Cleantech - more specifically, the flow of capital to enable more women to thrive, tackling Climate Change