Meet some Trailblazers: MIQ, Scrumbles, Kuda

The BVCA High Growth Conference 2023, is aptly named Trailblazers: Building the Innovation Nation. Read more about some success stories below.
Kuda describes itself as a full-service money app for Africans and is listed as one of the seven WEF African technology startups of 2021. Hear from co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi about his journey, and from investor and BVCA member Target Global, which describes Kuda’s ambition as ‘on another level’.
“For them, it was always about building a pan-African bank, not just a Nigerian leader. The prospect of banking over 1 billion people from day one really stood out at the beginning.”
MIQ: Bridgepoint and ECI Partners invested in MIQ, and Founder and CEO Gurman Hundal will be joining us for a fireside chat. With the average econsumer exposed to over 4,00: 0 ads per day, MIQ specialises in smart programmatic strategies, and has used its power for good, helping the San Francisco Kids campaign ban the sale of candy-flavoured tobacco.
MIQ was the also first company able to trigger an ad based on the weather – hear more about an umbrella -based marketing campaign and how Gurman believes you should “never act on your first thought which is solely instinctual. Act on your second thought — it’s more rational.”
Scrumbles: Join us on June 27th and you’ll also find out what it’s like to turn down Dragon’s Den. Scrumbles pet food founder Aneisha Soobroyen talks us through pitching on live TV.
High Growth really is the unmissable industry event for innovative entrepreneurs and experienced angel, venture, and growth capital investors to explore key trends and issues across three streams - Seed, Series A, and Growth Capital.
This year, for the first time, we are hosting it across a single day, to allow for maximum networking opportunities, and it concludes with private drinks on a terrace overlooking Trafalgar Square, (numbers limited, please register when you sign up).
Other star speakers include Dame Kate Bingham, Managing Partner, SV Health Investors and Dr Ilan Gur, CEO, ARIA, who will discuss how to amplify the UK’s research ecosystem.
Discussion themes include Making Britain a growth superpower and Growth in the age of ESG, with panels on tech and diversity in both Series A and Growth sessions.
And market overviews from Isomer Capital and Beauhurst provide all the insight you need for the coming year, so don’t miss your chance to get ahead and connect with leaders in your field.
Find out more about BVCA High Growth, view the full agenda and book your tickets here.
Jess Carter
Events Producer, BVCA