Female Founders Day: Peer Mentoring

Amelia joined Amadeus Capital Partners in 2009 and is a Partner in the Early Stage Fund. Her current investment focus is on AI & Cybersecurity, Photonics & Quantum, Digital Health & MedTech and Novel Materials.

She is a Director on several boards including Xampla, who have developed novel plant-based materials to replace single-use plastics; iPronics who are building lossless optical switches for AI networking at the speed of light; Riverlane a developer of the operating system for error corrected quantum computers; sprout.ai a provider of fast and accurate insurance claims automation and SLAMcore, a spin-out from Imperial College, developing spatial intelligence for autonomous robotics and drones.

Amelia is also an active board observer at Paragraf, the first company to mass produce graphene-based electronic devices.

Prior to Amadeus, she worked at Barclays Investment Bank as a manager in the structured capital markets team with responsibility for running a portfolio of multi-jurisdiction transactions. Amelia has also worked in structured finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. She qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte in London in the corporate tax department.

Amelia joined the UK Government’s Semiconductor Advisory Panel in August 2023, established to deliver the National Semiconductor Strategy. She is a mentor on the Judge Business School’s Accelerate Programme and holds a BSc in Chemistry and Biology from Durham University.

Cambridge’s pioneering lifestyle medicine clinic dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare. We blend traditional medicine with holistic care, embracing the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, connection, and avoidance of risky substances. Our evidence-based approach focuses on preventative medicine, breaking down barriers to health, and fostering a caring environment.

Located in the heart of the city, Gillvray Health is the brainchild of Dr. Gillvray, a medical doctor with over 25 years experience with expertise in psychiatry, general practice, nutrition and sports medicine, and Lucy Hibben, a renowned breath coach, meditation teacher, and senior yoga instructor. Together, they are committed to guiding you towards optimal health and well-being.

Zijing Li is co-founder and COO of Mimicrete Ltd, a company that is developing sustainable and resilient construction materials for the future. With a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Cambridge, Liz’s passion for sustainability led her from academic research to entrepreneurship.

Her research in biomimetic materials and vascular self-healing concrete forms the core technology of Mimicrete Ltd.
Working in the male-dominant construction industry, as a female scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, Zijing has overcome pervasive stereotypes and is motivated to inspire the next generation of women leaders.

Dr Jennifer Martin is the Executive Director for the Executive MBA programme at the University of Cambridge’s, Judge Business School (CJBS), where she leads the programme from both a programme delivery side as well as an admissions and marketing perspective. Dr Martin is also teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion this year at CJBS. In addition, Dr Martin is a Professorial Lecturer at Hult International Business School, where Dr Martin teaches across the management, leadership and the global marketing sphere and is extremely passionate about delivering courses on the ‘costs of doing business poorly’ normally around Human Resource Management, Marketing, Leadership and Diversity.

Dr Martin’s current research passion is around the topic of the benefits of tackling diversity properly and the costs of not implementing effective diversity strategies. Her previous PhD research has focused on the pedagogy of postgraduate business schools, the skills faculty need to deliver ’effective teaching’ and what fortune 500 companies want from their students.

Liz Marston is the founder of Sotera, an Insurtech that uses AI and a proprietary risk algorithm to provide detailed risk analysis and price-checking for complex policies by introducing item level risk analysis for the first time in Fine Art & Specie and High Net Worth Home Contents.

Sotera was founded at Accelerate Cambridge, accelerated at Lloyd’s Lab, and now based at Lloyd’s of London. Sotera has received investment from Lloyd’s of London, Tokio Marine Future Fund, Ninety, StoryHouse and leading angels.

Liz contributed to the Circulating Artefacts project at the British Museum and the EU Collaboration on “Transforming the Egyptian Museum” in Cairo. Additionally, she is the proprietor of a boutique winery and vineyard in Napa Valley, California. Liz holds a BA in Classical Studies (Claremont, California), an MA in Classical Archaeology and an MPhil in Egyptology (University of Cambridge).

She is an experienced business owner, founder and entrepreneur, archaeologist, museum specialist and vintner from San Francisco, California.