June Angelides MBE

Investor
Samos Investments

Born in London and raised in Lagos, June joined Samos Investments in 2018, investing in high growth European businesses. Prior to this, she started the first child-friendly coding school in the UK, Mums in Tech, which taught over 250 women to code in 3 years. She is passionate about flexible working and getting more women and girls into tech.  

She also held roles on the Venture Debt Team and Early Stage Banking Team at Silicon Valley Bank. An active part of the tech and startup ecosystem, she sits on the boards of Ruka and Everpress, a mentor at Oxford University and runs mentoring circles for founders and aspiring VCs. She is a founding member and judge on the Debut Sessions, a monthly pitch session for founders seeking seed investment. She is a Columnist at The Financial Times. She has been named by the Financial Times as the 6th Most Influential Tech Leader and by Computer Weekly as one of the most Influential Women in Tech. June received an Honorary Fellowship at the Institute of Engineering and Technology and was awarded an MBE for services to women in technology. She was recently joined the UK Government Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises’ which aims to support women entrepreneurs, tackle investing barriers and increase the number of women-led fast-growing businesses.  

She is investing in early-stage startups in Africa and is focused on Ecommerce, Fintech, Healthtech, B2B SaaS and Future of Work.