Alice Bentinck — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder of Entrepreneurs First (EF) in 2011, a London-based company builder and startup accelerator, where she serves as CEO.
Co-founder of Code First: Girls in 2012, the largest provider of free coding courses for women in the UK, teaching over 55,000 women to code.
Author of 'How to be a Founder' (since 2021).
Served on the Imperial Innovations Seed Fund Investment Committee at Imperial College London (2020-2022).
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Management Studies with first-class honours from Nottingham University Business School.

Biography

Alice Bentinck is a British entrepreneur known for co-founding Entrepreneurs First (EF) in 2011 with Matt Clifford. EF is a London-based company builder and startup accelerator that funds individuals to build companies. In 2017, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock, led a $12.

4 million investment into Entrepreneurs First. Bentinck initially served as CPO at EF before becoming CEO in 2023.