Community and belonging
Helping people find connection and support, especially young people who feel isolated.
Proof: FaithCircle, in 100+ countries →15+years building software
100k+SimplyFastFood users
100+countries on FaithCircle
3continents of work
Problems I work on
How I work →Modernising institutions
Giving churches, ministries and organisations the systems to run well and serve people better.
Proof: Ministry Hub and 15 years of enterprise systemsFinancial inclusion
Bringing trusted, community-based ways of saving into the digital age.
Proof: Plenti savings circles →Food and agriculture
Using technology and better operations to raise productivity in traditional industries.
Exploring: Genesis Agriventures →Ventures
All ventures →FaithCircle
A Christian community platform that helps people make friends, build faith habits and connect with their local and global church. FaithCircle Ministry Hub gives churches digital tools for their community, services, communications and giving.
- Reach
- Users in 100+ countries
- Products
- Members app (iOS, Android) and Ministry Hub for churches
- Role
- Founder
- Site
- thefaithcircle.com
- Plenti
Personal finance app with AI spending insights, automated savings and community savings circles. getplenti.com
Founder · Early access - SimplyFastFood
UK food delivery platform, with corporate catering for offices, grown to more than 100,000 users and covered in the press. simplyfastfood.co.uk
Founded - Arijay Consulting
Software development consultancy helping SMEs go to market faster. arijayconsulting.com
Founded - Genesis Agriventures
A technology-enabled agricultural venture in Nigeria.
Exploring
Investing
My investing approach →I evaluate founders with a builder's eye. I've written the code, found the first users and raised the money, so I know which parts of a pitch are hard to fake.
As an angel investor and Venture Capitalist Fellow at Hustle Fund, I evaluate and back early-stage founders, assess market opportunities and support teams from first product to scale.
My focus is technology applied to traditional industries and underserved markets, particularly where the UK, US and African economies meet.
Test one
The founder
Can they ship, and do they learn faster than the market moves?
Test two
The market
Is it overlooked rather than small? Underserved markets often hide large demand.
Test three
The system
Will the product and operations hold up at ten times the users?
Writing
All writing →- What makes a startup investable, from someone who has written the codeForthcoming
- Lessons from growing SimplyFastFood to 100,000 usersForthcoming
- Building offline-first chat that works on any networkForthcoming
- Faith and ambition aren't in tensionForthcoming
