Wil Benton

Cofounder & Director

2019 - Current

Metta is the transformative innovation agency. We facilitate sustainable and regenerative change for startups, industry, governments and ecosystems through education and collaboration.

Venture Partner

2021

Aerospace Xelerated is a funded accelerator programme for world-class startups striving to advance the future of aerospace.

Student Enterprise Advisor

2022

Scout

2019

Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent-building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We invest across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing.

Limited Partner

2024

Carbon13 selects, supports and invests in determined people through our venture building programmes, focused specifically on building scalable climate ventures that will reduce and remove emissions on a global scale.

Limited Partner

2020

The Fund is community of founders & operators who care deeply about the next generation of local entrepreneurs. We believe the best people to invest in startups are people who have built and worked in startups. It’s a simple premise, but it works. If there’s one thing we have in common, it’s that we love building companies that matter. Together, we’re growing a community-powered venture fund fuelled by some of the best founders & operators out there. The capital we invest, the expertise we share, and the network we bring stem directly from the personal contributions of our community members, all of whom care about paying it forward, right in their own part of the world.

Radio Host

2023

RBV is an independent online community radio station based in Govanhill in the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. I host a live show every other month alongside Glasgow-based producer/ DJ Kami-O, where we play the latest and greatest grime and dubstep material.

Radio Presenter/ DJ

2022

Subtle is a community-led radio station, based in Hackney and broadcasting globally. I host a monthly show, broadcast 8-10pm GMT every second Sunday of the month, playing music from across the 140bpm spectrum.

Angel investor

2014

I started investing in startups during my time on the Ignite programme in 2014. I've invested in 40+ businesses to date, including Ask Silver, Rule, Uncut Stems, Reath, Landscape, Happity, Disperse, Hackajob, MindMate/ Citruslabs, Gym Plan/ FitGurus, Monzo, Amaliah, Leaf, Guardian Angel (acq. by Octopus), Wealthify (acq. by Aviva) and more.

Founder

2010

I started FatKidOnFire in March 2010. Since then, the idea's grown into a European team, as well as a social community of ~100,000 fans and followers. We've hosted club nights around the world, won a few awards (Guardian and the NME's 'Digital Journalist of the Year' at the 2010 Student Media Awards; 'Best Website of the Year' in the 2013 and 2014 Dubstepforum.com Awards etc) and produced chart-topping digital and sold-out vinyl releases via our three record labels.