Brett Akker

University of Durham

Charterhouse

Non-Exec Director & Advisor

London, London, United Kingdom

At Dropless, we are proud to be the UK’s fastest growing sustainable car & fleet washing service. We are building the technology, techniques and workforce to bring the car washing industry into the modern era with a digital and sustainable approach.

Dropless

Non Executive Director

Vehicles for businesses, made simple.DriveSimple was founded to provide Simple, Flexible, all-inclusive Long-Term vehicle hire to SMEs.

DriveSimple

Advisory Board

YoungPlanet is an app that turns the stuff you don’t need into the things that others can enjoy!

YoungPlanet

At Cyclo Technology, we are passionate about helping people to make sustainable travel choices. Helmets can be bulky and expensive. We're here to change that. We want more people to be able to ride, more often. Each year at least 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans & on our beaches. Our launch product, The Cyclo Helmet is the first ever helmet made with recycled ocean plastic that will fit in your bag and not cost the earth.

Cyclo Technology

Unique adventures and experiences, delivered by expert local hosts and guides around the world.Our inspiring, hassle-free and ready-to-book adventures make it easier for a global community of like-minds to fit more unique experiences into their weekends and holidays. Voted 'Best for Experiences'​ by the UK travel industry in 2016.

Much Better Adventures

Winerist is an award winning travel platform that connects wine and food lovers to over 3000 wine tours, cooking classes, winery visits and food experiences in over 150 wine destinations around the globe.Winerist has a community of over 250,000 wine & food lovers, over 500 wine experts and bloggers and fantastic strategic partners such as Vivino, Decanter, Virgin Wines and many more.Winerist is fast becoming a global leader in wine and food tourism. If you wish to know more about our business, contact us on <a href="mailto:info@winerist.com">info@winerist.com</a>. We look forward to travelling with you!

Winerist

Envio's logistics platform allows brands to deploy cost efficient rental and ‘try before you buy’ services. Makercase strongly believes that great consumer technology products sell themselves and product experiences are the best way to drive brand value. The company's proprietary IOT delivery containers can remotely account for products and transfer them directly from user to user, dramatically reducing the cost of delivering each home product experience.

Envio

Work for Good is a digital platform that converts professional expertise into funding for charities.

Work for Good Ltd

Apolitical is the first global platform for government that helps public servants find the ideas, experts and partners they need to solve the hardest challenges facing our societies. Our mission is to help make governments work better for citizens everywhere. The need to seek solutions across borders in government has never been greater.  Yet public servants still often google or phone a friend to find policy ideas that affect millions of lives. Apolitical was created to change this.We think it’s essential to highlight what's working in government and to celebrate the committed public servants - unsung heroes - behind innovations. Apolitical's publicly available policy stories reach tens of millions of people. Its private network is used by thousands of public servants in 140+ countries including mayors and ministers. Our partners include the World Bank, the UK Cabinet Office and the World Economic Forum.We were named one of the world’s 100 most disruptive companies in 2017 by Disrupt100 and one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Social Good in 2018.

Apolitical

Investor/Advisor

Hubble makes renting office space easy.We believe that the environment your company grows up in is instrumental to its success. We want to make it easy for entrepreneurs to find and create the perfect home to grow their business, nurture their team culture and build their community.Hubble is a marketplace to find your company a home and for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to other companies.

Hubble (formerly Spacious)

Investor

After many years quietly frustrated at how much time it takes to find a good quality, trusted and reliable cleaner, the Housekeep team knew there had to be an easier way to deal with those Saturday morning chores.Housekeep's mission? To be the trusted provider for all your household chores - to take care of them while you’re at work and keep your Saturdays chore-free forever!We're all about:1) Book and pay online - simple2) Personalised service - you're in control3) Great cleaning - a great job, every time4) Reliable and secure - peace of mindFind out more at: <a href="http://www.housekeep.com">www.housekeep.com</a>

Housekeep

OpenPlay is a marketplace to connect sports facilities to their customers.It provides sports venues such as school, councils and community sites with an online booking system and management tool which helps promote their spare slots to the public to increase revenue. For customers it takes the hassle out of playing sport and allows them to get involved in physical activity in their local area.

Openplay Ltd

FarmDrop provides a platform for people to create their own local food marketplaces. This enables communities to buy the freshest seasonal food, at the right price, direct from local producers. We use technology and transparency to rekindle the forgotten relationship between the makers and eaters of real food, because the status quo doesn’t work for anyone.

FarmDrop Ltd

YunoJuno is an invite only network of the very best freelance talent within the creative and technology sectors along with the most creative and innovative companies seeking to produce cutting-edge work.We have a single, bold vision: to create a network of the greatest freelance talent in the world. Or, as we sometimes like to put it - A Global Freelancer Mafia.Why? Because we believe that finding amazing talent shouldn’t involve the convoluted, expensive and non-transparent process that exists in today’s recruitment world.Search. Select. Book.This is YunoJuno.Join the Family.

YunoJuno

Bike shop repairs are a hassle. At peak times, it can take weeks to get your ride back.At Honor Cycles, we specialise in Same Day and Next Day bike servicing, so that you never have to go bike-less again. Our quick collection & delivery scheme is designed to let you skip the crowded workshops and bizarre wait times.Just tell us where you are, and we'll take care of the rest!

HONOR CYCLES LIMITED

The Budding Entrepreneur Club is an application or invitation only entrepreneur’s community for the most ambitious, entrepreneurial individuals in the UK.  TBE Club was started by young entrepreneur Ollie Forsyth: ‘I want to bring a diverse and interesting range of entrepreneurs together on a monthly basis. Having met some incredible entrepreneurs myself in the last few years, I have learnt the significance of networking and meeting new, like-minded individuals. Through the means of this club, I would like to provide entrepreneurs of any field or background with a platform to establish new connections, and coincide with the next generation of leading entrepreneurs and their ideas.'​

TBE Club

Advisor

Causr.co connects professionals on the go. Whether you're on your commute, the train, plane, in a line waiting somewhere there are people around you that you could help or they could help you. Whether that be to solve a big problem you've been working on, recommend that hidden local restaurant or someone to collaborate with. There are missed opportunities everyday, we're here to make sure these connections happen that would otherwise be missed. Sign up today at Causr.co to register for the Beta version on iOS.

Causr

Chargifi brings people convenient power where and when they need it most. From coffee shops, to hotels, stadiums, bars and airports, ‘Chargifi Spots’ form an intelligent wireless charging network enabling a venue to gather customer information, push promotions, advertising, and other content in exchange for offering wireless charging to its guests.

Chargifi

October 2016 - January 2019: Investor/AdvisorApril 2013 - October 2016: Non-Exec DirectorAt Osper we believe in the power of young people. We also believe in learning by doing. That's why we’re reinventing the world of money management for under 18s with our Osper Prepaid Debit Card and mobile banking app.We empower young people to manage their money responsibly by instilling good financial habits from an early age. Our service is designed from the ground up for young people and parents to help them manage money together. Young people are in control of their own finances and parents can safely and easily keep track, all using separate logins on their mobile phones.

Osper

November 2016 - February 2019: AdvisorJune 2012 - November 2016: ChairmanLOVESPACE is the UK's first storage-by-the-box company.  We collect things from your home or office, look after them for as long as you want, and then return them whenever and wherever you want them - the very next day. We’re like cloud storage, but for your physical things!Multi-award-winning - voted the UK's Most Innovative Business at the O2 smarta100 Awards, Crowdfunded Business of the Year at the Startups Awards, High Growth Team of the Year at the UKBAA Awards, and  Crowdcube Coolest Brand of the Year Runner Up.