Alice Bentinck
Alice Bentinck | |
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Bentinck in 2016 | |
| Born | 23 July 1986 New Forest, England |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Known for | CEO of Entrepreneur First Co-founder of Code First: Girls |
Alice Yvonne Bentinck MBE (born 23 July 1986) is a British entrepreneur. Along with Matt Clifford she is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs First (EF), a London-based company builder and startup accelerator founded in 2011. EF finds exceptional talent from around the world, and funds them to build exceptional companies. In 2017, it was announced that Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock, was leading a $12.4million investment into Entrepreneurs First.
Bentinck and Clifford are also the founders of Code First: Girls, an organisation offering free web programming courses for women in university. An advocate for the entry of more women to the tech field, Bentinck was named one of the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech by the Inspiring Fifty organisation in 2015.