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Rachel Chalmers is the co-founder of Generationship, a venture fund writing early checks for technical women building infrastructure software. She was an early investor in LaunchDarkly, Aviatrix Systems, and Honeycomb.io.

Ed has decades of experience driving the strategy and operations of technology businesses at both established companies and startups. Ed held multiple executive roles at Cisco, including running strategy and planning for Cisco Services, a $10B+ group, as well as having an exit to Cisco with CXO Systems which he co-founded.

After successfully running four technology start-ups, Bill now coaches CEO founders through three core stages of start-up growth: Product-Market Fit [$0 to $2MM revenue]; Gaining Traction [$2MM to $20MM revenue] and Breaking Out [$20MM to $100MM+].

Walter is a sales and leadership coach for high-growth, founder-led ventures. A venture-backed founder with an engineering background and Oracle sales experience, he specializes in rapid deal and pipeline diagnosis, removing blindspots, and helping non-sales founders outperform any salesperson they could hire.

Ravi leads Alchemist and works hands on with enterprise founders as they build, sell, and scale. He has been an early investor in several unicorns and teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University.

Ian leads global deeptech commercialization and oversees corporate and government innovation programs. He brings an operator-investor perspective, shaped by 20+ years of experience, that bridges the gap between scientific breakthroughs and enterprise scale.

Helps founders refine their product, improve scalability, and make smart technical decisions for sustainable growth.

Partnerships & Platform at Alchemist. Katinka previously co-founded a spin-out from UCL's AI Labs, led enterprise sales at Microsoft, and held commercial leadership roles at early-stage startups across Europe, the US, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Director of Ecosystem Integration at Alchemist Doha, Majed leads investment and startup relocation efforts in Qatar. A three-time entrepreneur with a successful exit, he brings over a decade of experience connecting founders, investors, and institutions across emerging tech sectors.