gabriela matic

I'm Gabi. I get excited about solving big problems, with and for startups and corporates. I'm passionate about making businesses more sustainable and creating meaningful change for teams and individuals. Have supported founders in all sorts of industries but have been focussing on aerospace and similar industries for the past two years.

🛠️ What do I do?

As co-founder of Metta I support startups, industry & governments with sustainable technology-driven innovation. (And have done so, for many years)

📂 What have I done before?

\- Designed and delivered the ATI Boeing Accelerator Programme pilot as Programme Director
\- Designed and delivered accelerators for Ignite
\- I have directly supported more than 100 startups and managed programmes internationally and nationally (in Manchester, the North East and in London)
\- Co-founded MindMate, a health-tech startup that started in Glasgow, and alumni of Ignite [Prog. 7, Winter 2015 cohort] and Techstars NYC [Summer 2016]. MindMate raised over $2M from top-tier international investors and is now headquartered in the US. While at MindMate, I grew the platform from user 0 to 50K and sold into the NHS, through my expertise in digital marketing, user acquisition, sales and fundraising.

💃 Extras:

I am also the Non-Exec Director and Treasurer of the Chisenhale Dance Space, an Ada Ventures Scout and I actively mentor founders for the Kickstart Global Programme, Female Factor etc.