Co-chair
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Founders Factory, Founders Forum Group, firstminute capital
Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum Group (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($500m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 130 unicorn founders).
Previously, Brent co-founded Made.com in 2010. He left before it went public in 2021 at a valuation of $1.1bn. Brent also co-founded lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Brent has backed 12 unicorns at Seed stage, and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn.
Brent sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud and the Tessa Jowell Foundation. He has also been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and, in 2015, was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship.
Co-chair
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Founders Factory, Founders Forum Group, firstminute capital
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Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum Group (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($500m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 130 unicorn founders).
Previously, Brent co-founded Made.com in 2010. He left before it went public in 2021 at a valuation of $1.1bn. Brent also co-founded lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Brent has backed 12 unicorns at Seed stage, and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn.
Brent sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud and the Tessa Jowell Foundation. He has also been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and, in 2015, was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship.
