Top 1% UK Data & Tech Leader · FRSA

I build businesses that level the playing field for founders.

Becky Lodge is a tech founder, sales & growth strategist, and DEI advocate. From council-estate roots to the front lines of UK innovation, she’s known for turning under-represented talent into high-performing ventures.

Founder · Desk2Educate
Founder · StartUp Disruptors
Director · Little Kanga
Mentor · Santander Women in Business
£5M+
Funding raised & unlocked for startups
5K+
Founders supported in community pilots
#1
Portsmouth ranked UK’s top entrepreneurial city (2020)
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About Becky

Growth with heart, data, and a no-nonsense edge.

Becky Lodge BA (Hons) FRSA is a UK tech founder and commercial leader with 32+ years in STEM, sales and digital strategy. She’s a former F1 industry professional and an EMEA top-tier sales performer in broadcast software.

Diagnosed with ADHD later in life, Becky champions neurodiversity in business, designing psychologically safe, founder-first ecosystems that help people thrive — not just “cope.”

What I’m known for
Inclusive entrepreneurship at scale.

Built StartUp Disruptors into a pastoral-care incubator supporting women, minorities and neurodivergent founders.

AI-powered education.

Founder of Desk2Educate, using safer AI/ML to personalize entrepreneurial learning from £19.99/mo.

Commercial strategy that lands.

Sales, digital, brand and go-to-market leadership for SMEs, corporates and universities.

Impact

Proof, not promises.

Unlocked systemic funding

In 2024, Becky led a national campaign that reversed a funding decision, reinstating £2.1M to Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Fund — enabling 25 women to receive £75k each.

City-scale entrepreneurship growth

Through Little Kanga and StartUp Disruptors, Becky helped transform Portsmouth into the UK’s top entrepreneurial city (2020).

Funding + mentorship pipeline

Raised and facilitated over £5M for under-represented startups, combining founder mentoring with partner investment routes.

Signature approach

Founder-to-Founder + Neuroinclusive Design

Becky’s model blends real founder lived-experience with academic rigor to increase learning effectiveness and startup survival for diverse founders.

Ventures

What I’m building.

Desk2Educate (D2E)

An AI-driven platform personalising entrepreneurship education for women, minorities and neurodivergent founders, with accredited pathways and subscription access.

EdTech · AI/ML · Global scale

StartUp Disruptors

The world’s first entrepreneurial pastoral care community — a culturally fresh, psychologically safe incubator that helps founders grow from the kitchen table to scalable businesses.

Incubator · Community · Wellbeing

Little Kanga

A consulting and growth studio for startups, SMEs, corporates and universities — spanning sales, digital transformation, inclusion strategy, and funding access.

Consulting · GTM · Strategy
Partners & ecosystem
Uber
Innovate UK
UKBAA
VaynerMedia / The Sasha Group
Funding Circle
Faster Capital
University of Portsmouth
University of Essex
Notion Capital
IndieGogo

Built over a decade of founder-first relationships powering national and international adoption.

Speaking & media

On stages, screens, and in Parliament.

2020–present
BBC News — Contributing Author (Technology)

Publishing on tech, data, and digital entrepreneurship.

2016–present
University of Portsmouth — Lecturer & Consultant

Teaching sales strategy, social selling, and stakeholder management.

2018–present
Sky News 100 Women in Business

Awarded for gender parity and inclusion impact.

Topics I cover
Inclusive innovation & DEI in tech

How to design ecosystems where difference is performance fuel.

Neurodiversity in entrepreneurship

Founder wellbeing, brain-first learning, and psychological safety.

AI, data & modern go-to-market

Practical playbooks for SMEs, universities, and corporates.

Women in investment & policy change

Campaigning that shifts funding structures.

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Awards & recognition

Selected highlights.

ComputerWeekly

Top 100 UK Tech Leader.

Women in Data®

“Twenty in Data & Tech” Winner.

TechRound100

Top 20 Tech Companies to Watch (via D2E ecosystem).

Sky News 100 Women

Award Winner for gender parity and inclusion.

Santander

Approved Mentor — Breakthrough Women’s Business Leaders.

Publishing

Author of “Don’t Build Rollerskates For Birds” and sector sales toolkits.

Work with Becky

Let’s create the unfair advantage.

For speaking, mentoring, partnerships, consulting, or investor conversations about Desk2Educate and StartUp Disruptors, reach out here.

Direct

📍 Portsmouth, UK
✉️ info@littlekanga.co.uk

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