Alice Bentinck

Alice Bentinck (@Alicebentinck) is a British entrepreneur and co-founder of Entrepreneur First (EF), a London-based company builder and startup accelerator. With offices in both London and Singapore, EF funds individuals across Europe and Asia to create startups. Together with her EF co-founder, Matthew Clifford, Bentinck also founded Code First: Girls, an organization offering free web programming courses for women in university. Bentinck advocates for the entry of more women in the tech field, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business. In 2017, Bentinck was named by Computer Weekly as one of the most influential women in UK IT. She was again named by the London Evening Standard as one of London’s most influential people in the Progress 1000: Capitalisers/ Entrepreneurs category.