David Rowan Email & Phone Number

Typically seed, pre-seed and Series A investor in 180+ companies including Improbable, Grammarly, Onfido, Unbabel, Auterion, Commure, Faculty AI, Maven Clinic, Kitopi, Radish Fiction, RecargaPay, Windward, June Homes, Oden Technologies, Cerebral, Little Spoon, Thaleron, Tiko, A.Team...Advisor to companies including Ezra, Proximie, Improbable, Tiko.

David Rowan has given more than 700 keynote talks, explaining compellingly how emerging technologies will impact business — and how leaders should prepare now. As founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition, David came to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Didi, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups.

The VOYAGERS.io community of 4,000+ impact-led professionals includes climate-tech and health-tech communities. I manage two community-based funds that let VOYAGERS members invest in strong early-stage health-tech and climate-tech startups addressing significant challenges in ambitious ways. Companies we invest in are invited into the VOYAGERS community.

London, GB

A not-for-profit community of 4,000+ impact-driven people from 30+ countries who commit to supporting each other. With specialist groups for those working in health-tech and climate-tech, including climate-tech and health-tech funds for the group to support early stage founders building meaningful and ambitious businesses. VOYAGERS connects people through.

Mentor to startups, advisor to funds and communities

Too many organisations think "innovation" can be left to a specialist department, or acquired through hackathons and startup accelerators. I went on a 20-country quest to find genuine innovation inside successful companies -- and collected together some inspiring stories, from Peru, China, Australia and beyond. Each of the 16 chapters offers detailed.

London, England, GB

London, GB

Editor, The Guardian's website networkEditor, The Guardian's Comment and Analysis pagesEditor, The Guardian's Saturday Outlook sectionEditor, The Guardian's The Editor magazineEditor, The Guardian's Education supplementEditor, The Guardian's EG magazine