for Overlooked Founders
Where Overlooked Founders
Get Their Shot at Funding
Connecting overlooked founders with the capital, connections and community to make their vision real.
(Yolanda Brown) Oct 2025
founder April 2026
before CE-Network launch
What you'll discover
The Global Vision
The long-term vision behind CE-Network, why it was created, and how it brings purpose-driven founders from overlooked communities into one powerful ecosystem.
The Fund Your Vision Challenge
How this new intake will be supported through investment readiness, mentorship, strategic connections and access to potential funding pathways.
The Founders Ecosystem
An ecosystem built to support founders beyond a single event: ongoing collaboration, partnerships, mentorship, visibility and meaningful business relationships.
How to Fund Your Vision
The realities of raising capital, building visibility and positioning your mission. Investor readiness, storytelling, leadership and how to confidently present to the right people.
Financial Institutional Insights
A live conversation with our surprise guest, an experienced banker of 20 years, on how institutional partners are engaging with overlooked founders and what that means for you.
Networking with Founders & Investors
Connect with ambitious entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners and investors in a relaxed environment designed for genuine conversations and strategic relationships.
Tony Dada
For more than three decades, Tony Dada has been a nurturer and investor in grassroot talent. Through his heart-centred, purpose-driven companies he has provided a launchpad for those with an entrepreneurial spirit who are often disadvantaged and overlooked: women, ethnic minority groups, young people, creatives and social entrepreneurs.
Creator of the MINDreSET™ Programme. Author of The GPS System: 7 Universal Principles for Growing Personal Success. Co-Visionary of CE-Network alongside John Stokes.
Stokes
"I want to help founders convince others about the world of the future, and then help them make that world a reality."
Conscious Capital £100k Black History Month
Bursary for Overlooked Founders
Part of a £100k Conscious Capital commitment to overlooked founders during Black History Month. Selected founders receive a personal bursary from Tony Dada, significantly reducing the investment to join the Fund Your Vision Challenge.
Instalment plan available · Limited bursary places · For selected founders who qualify
The strongest founders will be considered for a
£10k Conscious Capital Investment
Light Equity. Long-Term Partnership.
The £10k is structured as light equity: a small stake that only crystallises at a future funding round. You keep full control now. We share in your success later. That's conscious capital.
Backed by CE-Network & John Stokes
Investment from CE-Network, co-visioned with John Stokes. More than money: you gain visibility, mentorship and a seat at the table of a serious investor ecosystem.
Awarded to the founder who demonstrates the strongest vision, readiness and alignment with the CE-Network mission on the day. Structured to support, not burden, because your growth is the return.
Investment is at the discretion of CE-Network and co-investors following assessment on the day. One award per cohort.
Getting to Park Plaza London Waterloo
6 Hercules Road, London SE1 7DP, a short walk from Waterloo station, on the South Bank.
By Tube
Lambeth North (Bakerloo line) is closest, about 2 minutes' walk. Westminster (Jubilee, District & Circle) is roughly 15 minutes on foot.
By Rail
London Waterloo station is about a 10-minute walk, with mainline, Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo and Waterloo & City line connections.
Parking
On-site and on-street parking is limited, as in most of central London. Nearby public car parks are available if you're driving, but public transport is the easiest way in.
Full directions and parking options will be included in your confirmation email.
Can't make it on the 24th?
Join the Online Launch, Wednesday 28th October and access the same content, the same opportunity to qualify, and the same bursary pathway from wherever you are.
Reserve your place.
It costs nothing.
It could change everything.
Complete your Founder Scorecard to find out where you stand, and whether you qualify for the Fund Your Vision Challenge.
at this EVENT, you’ll discover:
The Global Vision of the CE Network
Discover the long-term vision behind the CE Network, why it was created, the global impact it aims to make, and how it is bringing together purpose-driven founders, leaders and innovators from overlooked communities into one powerful ecosystem.What's on the Programme
Learn how the CE Network’s new intake of entrepreneurs will be supported through investment readiness, mentorship, strategic connections, visibility opportunities and access to potential funding pathways designed to help visionary founders grow and scale.The Founders Ecosystem
Learn how the ecosystem is being built to support founders beyond a single event, creating ongoing access to collaboration, partnerships, mentorship, visibility, resources, investment conversations and meaningful business relationships.Membership, Community, Education & Learning Hub
Explore the upcoming membership platform, educational resources and learning hub designed to provide founders with practical tools, expert guidance, training, accountability and a supportive community to help accelerate personal and business growth.How to Fund Your Vision, Find Your Voice
Understand the realities of raising capital, building visibility and positioning your mission effectively. Hear insights around investor readiness, storytelling, leadership, communication and how founders can confidently present their ideas to the right people.Networking Reception with founders, investors and partners in the room
Connect directly with ambitious entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners, investors, business leaders and collaborators in a relaxed networking environment designed to encourage genuine conversations, strategic relationships and future opportunities.
This is not a networking event. It is the founding moment of the UK's first ecosystem built exclusively for visionary entrepreneurs from previously overlooked communities. Come to be part of something that will outlast the day.