Safe Circles, London (2026)

18/10/2021

CONGRATULATIONS to Monster Island, who came third place in Safe Circles' first Hackathon for Women’s Safety Tech. Monster Island pitched an interactive and dynamic mobile game for 7 to 11-year-olds to provide a safe environment for children to learn to debunk the gender stereotypes that can lead to gender-based violence in wider society. They will receive £1,000 for start-up costs as well as continued support from their mentor and our experts.

It's been a couple of weeks but we are still incredibly proud of how well the Hackathon went and it was all thanks to our wonderful Hackers, mentors, experts, judges, sponsors and team!

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors GoCardless La Fosse Associates and Ipsos MORI and our Charity sponsors Refuge and Noble Tree Foundation, all of whom have led the promotion of this Hackathon and enabled us to award to teams deservedly!

Thank you to our excellent Judges, who expertly adjudicated the finalist pitches. They were:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - Chair at SPARK Venture Management
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer at GoCardless.

Thank you to our enthusiastic Experts, for running the sessions that enabled the Hackers to present professional and feasible products to our panel. They were:
Chloe Cangardel – Ideation
Tony Storr – Design-Led Thinking
Lorena Szerman – Business Model Canvas
Angela Rahe-Blomfield – UI/UX Design
Leo Gilmour – Web Development
Maria Konijnenberg – Product Architecture
Flavia Richardson – Finances & Investment
Paul Sullivan Sullivan – Go-To-Market Strategy
Christina Mackay – Pitch Coaching

Finally, a big thank you to the Safe Circles Team, especially Lorena Szerman and Christina Mackay, who spearheaded the Hackathon amazingly!

Although the Hackathon finished last month, this is only the beginning for Safe Circles; we will continue to drive the innovation of women’s safety tech. We’re so excited for what is to come.

Stay tuned – https://buff.ly/3yThT7W

17/10/2021

CONGRATULATIONS to Safe Doors, led by Sujata Dongre, who came second place in Safe Circles' first Hackathon for Women’s Safety Tech. Safe Doors aims to provide immediate sanctuary for women and children facing domestic abuse by connecting them with other women or companies that will offer them a temporary place of refuge. They will receive £2,500 for start-up costs as well as continued support from their mentor and our experts.

It's been a couple of weeks but we are still incredibly proud of how well the Hackathon went and it was all thanks to our wonderful Hackers, mentors, experts, judges, sponsors and team!

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors GoCardless, La Fosse Associates and Ipsos MORI and our Charity sponsors Refuge and Noble Tree Foundation, all of whom have led the promotion of this Hackathon and enabled us to award to teams deservedly!

Thank you to our excellent Judges, who expertly adjudicated the finalist pitches. They were:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - Chair at SPARK Venture Management
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

Thank you to our enthusiastic Experts, for running the sessions that enabled the Hackers to present professional and feasible products to our panel. They were:
Chloe Cangardel – Ideation
Tony Storr – Design-Led Thinking
Lorena Szerman – Business Model Canvas
Angela Rahe-Blomfield – UI/UX Design
Leo Gilmour – Web Development
Maria Konijnenberg – Product Architecture
Flavia Richardson – Finances & Investmen Paul Sullivan Sullivan – Go-To-Market Strategy
Christina Mackay – Pitch Coaching

Finally, a big thank you to the Safe Circles Team, especially Lorena Szerman and Christina Mackay, who spearheaded the Hackathon amazingly!

Although the Hackathon finished last month, this is only the beginning for Safe Circles; we will continue to drive the innovation of women’s safety tech. We’re so excited for what is to come.

Stay tuned – https://buff.ly/3yThT7W

29/09/2021

We are delighted to announce a Gold Sponsor La Fosse Associates

“La Fosse and futureproof are delighted to be supporting Safe Circles in their hackathon event. We can’t wait to see the innovative ways participants use tech for good, building creative solutions for women’s safety. Safe Circles are doing amazing work and we are proud to be associated with them.”
– Simon La Fosse, Chair and Founder, La Fosse Associates

La Fosse is one of the fastest-growing executive search & recruitment companies in Europe. futureproof addresses diversity and skills issues within tech through training and deployment.

La Fosse and futureproof are supporting the Hackathon through their expertise, helping to drive innovation in life-changing tech for women’s safety. We are thrilled to be sponsored by such a proactive companies, and their support made possible the life-changing tech that was pitched at the end of last week.

Our first Hackathon is over but make sure to join our community to receive updates and other resources! https://buff.ly/3yThT7W

24/09/2021

CONGRATULATIONS to EPOWAR, who is the winner of Safe Circles' first Hackathon for Women’s Safety Tech. EPOWAR is revolutionising women’s safety by building innovative technology that can instantly detect and respond to someone being attacked, without the need to press a button.

We are incredibly proud of how well our Hackathon has gone and it is all thanks to our wonderful Hackers, mentors, experts, judges, sponsors and team!

Thank you to our Gold Sponsors GoCardless, La Fosse Associates and Ipsos MORI and our Charity sponsors Refuge and Noble Tree Foundation, all of whom have led the promotion of this Hackathon and enabled us to award to teams deservedly!

Thank you to our excellent Judges, who expertly adjudicated the finalist pitches this afternoon! They were:

Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - Chair at SPARK Venture Management
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

Thank you to our enthusiastic Experts, for running the sessions that enabled the Hackers to present professional and feasible products to our panel this afternoon. They were:
Chloe Cangardel – Ideation
Tony Storr – Design-Led Thinking
Lorena Szerman – Business Model Canvas
Angela Rahe-Blomfield – UI/UX Design
Leo Gilmour – Web Development
Maria Konijnenberg – Product Architecture
Flavia Richardson – Finances & Investment
Paul Sullivan Sullivan – Go-To-Market Strategy
Christina Mackay – Pitch Coaching

Finally, a big thank you to the Safe Circles Team, especially Lorena Szerman and Christina Mackay, who spearheaded the Hackathon amazingly! Well done to the rest of the team - Ruby Spires, Nicole Ahern, Maggie Zaboura, Ilze Panko, Flavia Richardson, Hannah Patel, India Lilley, Alisha Bourne, Charlotte Knight, Jenny Chantratita, Akash A R and Vasiliki Ziaka

This is only the beginning for Safe Circles; we will continue to drive the innovation of women’s safety tech in the future. We’re excited for what is to come.

Stay tuned – https://buff.ly/3yThT7W

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Simon Blakey joins us today for Demo Day from Playfair Capital. We are excited to see the great insight he will add to the judging panel today.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Thomas Teichman joins us today for Demo Day from SPARK Venture Management. We are so pleased with Tom’s involvement and are excited to see the verdict of the final pitches today.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW: https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Elena Sinel joins us today for Demo Day from Teens in AI. We are delighted Elena accepted our invitation to be a judge, and we’re excited to see her expertise at the finalist pitches!

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW: https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Modwenna Rees-Mogg joins us today for Demo Day from AngelNews. We are thrilled to have her on board, and look forward to seeing the verdict today.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists -LIVE NOW: https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Guita Blake joins us today for Demo Day as a Global Tech Services Senior Executive. We are looking seeing Guita’s expertise in action during the judging of our finalist pitches.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW: https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Duncan Barrigan joins us today for Demo Day from GoCardless as the Chief Product Officer. We are delighted to receive this support from our Gold Sponsor and look forward to seeing the verdict today!
You can watch the demo day with the 10 finalists today - LIVE NOW https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barringan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

Meet Our Judges: Benoît Jacob joins us today for Demo Day from DN Capital as a Venture Capital Investor. We are thrilled he was able to lend his expertise for the judging of the finalist pitches!

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists LIVE NOW: https://buff.ly/3zxrRMD

The complete judging panel includes:
Simon Blakey - Chair at Playfair Capital
Thomas Teichman - VC, Co-founder of the Garage Soho and Chairman SPARK Ventures
Modwenna Rees-Mogg - CEO of AngelNews
Benoît Jacob - VC investor at DN Capital
Elena Sinel - Founder and CEO of Teens in AI
Guita Blake - Executive Technology/Digital Leader
Duncan Barrigan - Chief Product Officer GoCardless.

24/09/2021

The section of our website dedicated to has gone LIVE - https://buff.ly/2ZjiVy2!
GoCardless is a global leader in account-to-account payments, making it easy to collect both recurring and one-off payments directly from customers' bank accounts. The GoCardless global payments network and technology platform takes the pain out of getting paid for 65,000 businesses worldwide, from multinational corporations to small businesses.

GoCardless has invaluably supported our first Hackathon, specifically through mentorship and the awards to be given to the Hackathon winners. They are helping us drive the innovation of life-changing tech for women’s safety. We are delighted to be able to spotlight them on the website.

The Hackathon is almost over but make sure to join our community to receive updates and additional resources. - https://buff.ly/3yThT7W

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