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Aditi Singh is the General Manager for Amazon Launchpad Europe, a programme that helps startups and small businesses grow into well-known brands. A dedicated team of experts helps startups grow and take advantage of marketing opportunities. Aditi Singh is an experienced leader and has initiated and expanded millions of dollars’ worth of projects in Europe, the US, and India. She extends her passion for and expertise in creating new projects and business ideas to her role as a mentor for business incubators and as a business angel to entrepreneurs.

Andy Fishburn is a founding member and Managing Director of Virgin StartUp, a non-profit organisation that was founded by the Branson family and supports UK-based entrepreneurs in the early stages of starting a business. Prior to founding Virgin StartUp in 2013, Andy Fishburn worked at in audit at PwC and Deloitte, focusing on venture capital and private equity. This experience added a professional perspective to his passion for entrepreneurship, having already implemented a number of his own projects: from ‘Impact Artworks’, an online service for transferring photos onto original hand-painted canvases, to ‘My Club Mail’, an email service for football fans.

In his garage in 2011, Jamie Siminoff developed the world’s first Wi-Fi-enabled video doorbell. This doorbell came to be known by the name of ‘Ring’ — a company that provides effective and affordable security products and services for the entire home. Ring was acquired by Amazon in 2018. With Amazon’s support, Ring continues to innovate and remains a pioneer in home security. Prior to Ring, Jamie Siminoff had founded several successful companies, including PhoneTag, the world’s first voicemail-to-text service, and Unsubscribe.com, a service that allowed users to free their mailboxes of advertising emails. He was able to successfully sell both companies.

Andy Fishburn ist Gründungsmitglied und Managing Director von Virgin StartUp, einer von der Familie Branson gegründeten gemeinnützigen Organisation, die Unternehmer:innen im Vereinigten Königreich in der frühen Phase der Geschäftsgründung unterstützt. Vor der Gründung von Virgin StartUp im Jahr 2013 arbeitete Andy Fishburn bei PwC und Deloitte als Wirtschaftsprüfer mit einem Fokus auf Venture Capital und Private Equity – eine Erfahrung, die seiner Leidenschaft für das Unternehmertum eine professionelle Perspektive gab, nachdem er bereits eine Reihe von eigenen Projekten umgesetzt hatte: von ‚Impact Artworks‘, einem Online-Service für die Übertragung von Fotos auf handgemalte Original-Leinwände bis hin zu ‚My Club Mail‘, einem E-Mail-Service für Fußballfans.