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    Thea Goodluck

    Consultant with 14 years in the tech sector, focusing on supporting spinouts, startups, and scaleups.

    Thea Goodluck is currently the VentureCEO at Cooper Parry, a role she has held since July 2023. In this position, she leads the VentureCEO program, which is designed to support Seed to Series A CEOs through a 10-week structured initiative that focuses on both personal and business scaling journeys. This program emphasizes peer networking among CEOs facing similar challenges and aims to foster community and collaboration among participants.12

    Goodluck has extensive experience in the tech sector, having spent over 14 years working in various roles that support startups and scaleups. Prior to her current role, she was the Ecosystem Partnerships Lead at Midlands Mindforge and served as the Global Community Lead for Founders at the University of Cambridge. In these positions, she focused on building networks and partnerships to support deep tech and life sciences spinouts, as well as fostering a community of experts to assist early-stage founders.14

    Her previous experience includes significant roles at Tech Nation, where she led efforts to engage with scaleup companies, and at Silicon Valley Bank, where she supported entrepreneurs in their growth journeys. Goodluck's background also includes business development and relationship management roles in financial services, showcasing her commitment to empowering the tech ecosystem and the individuals within it.13

    Highlights

    Winners of cofinitive’s #21toWatch awards for 2021 revealed - Cambridge Independent
    Feb 22 · BusinessCloud
    East of England Tech 50 - BusinessCloud

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    Experience

    VentureCEO at Cooper Parry, July 2023 - Present
    Ecosystem Partnerships Lead at Midlands Mindforge, May 2023 - Present, Global Community Lead at Founders at the University of Cambridge, April 2023 - January 2024, Head of Scaleup Engagement at Tech Nation, April 2022 - April 2023, Senior Scaleup Engagement Manager at Tech Nation, October 2020 - March 2022, Entrepreneur Engagement Manager, East of England at Tech Nation, May 2019 - September 2020, Business Development and Marketing Manager at Grant Thornton LLP, October 2016 - April 2019, Consultant (Financial Services) at Capco, November 2015 - October 2016, Relationship Manager (Entrepreneur Banking) at Silicon Valley Bank, August 2013 - October 2015, Project Associate at Silicon Valley Bank, January 2012 - July 2013, Programme Team - Launch of UK Branch at Silicon Valley Bank, January 2011 - December 2011

    Education

    BA in History and Psychology (BPS and GBR approved), 2.1, Durham University, 2006 - 2009, MSc in Developmental Psychopathology, Durham University, 2009 - 2010, Hills Road Sixth Form College, 2003 - 2005, Perse School for Girls, 1995 - 2003

    Location

    Greater Cambridge Area