Plexal
Mina Begum currently serves as an Innovation Associate at Plexal, where the focus is on addressing societal challenges through collaboration across various sectors. Prior to this role, Mina was the Head Scout at leAD Sports, which supports early-stage sports tech startups through investment and mentorship. Mina also held the position of Scouting Manager at L Marks, facilitating innovation by linking startups with major brands, and began as a Startup Scout within the same organization. Earlier experience includes working as an Innovation Strategist at The Bakery London, where the role involved sourcing startups to tackle corporate challenges. Mina's educational background includes a BA (Hons) in Journalism and PR studies from the University of Greenwich, a Front End Development Certificate from 23 Code Street, and recent completion of a course in Democratizing Access to Venture Capital Education at VC University.
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Plexal
Plexal is the innovation company solving society's challenges through collaboration with government, startups and industry. The business is closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity. It was founded in 2017 as the innovation centre at Here East and is owned by clients of specialist real estate investment advisory company Delancey. Providing bespoke consultancy services and state-of-the-art workspaces for over 1,000 innovators, Plexal sources the right partners from our ecosystem of 15,000 connections. It supports entrepreneurs, startups and scaleups building emerging technologies and operates across multiple sectors including cyber, healthcare, intelligence and defence, government, public safety, financial services and telecoms. Expanding on its existing presence in London and Manchester, Plexal acquired a majority shareholding in Hub8 – the Cheltenham network of co-working spaces for cyber-tech, digital and creative startups and SMEs. This is part of an ongoing mission to build the UK’s most connected cyber ecosystem, with GCHQ’s more than 70-year heritage in Cheltenham. Plexal delivers projects for key government departments and global tech companies including the National Cyber Security Centre, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Amazon Web Services and IBM. The NCSC For Startups alumni of over 60 companies has collectively raised over £430m and created over 700 jobs, while 72 cyber startups that have gone through Plexal’s LORCA accelerators have collectively raised over £300m, generated more than £68m in revenue and hired over 800 people.