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.
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.”
Built StartUp Disruptors into a pastoral-care incubator supporting women, minorities and neurodivergent founders.
Founder of Desk2Educate, using safer AI/ML to personalize entrepreneurial learning from £19.99/mo.
Sales, digital, brand and go-to-market leadership for SMEs, corporates and universities.
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.
Through Little Kanga and StartUp Disruptors, Becky helped transform Portsmouth into the UK’s top entrepreneurial city (2020).
Raised and facilitated over £5M for under-represented startups, combining founder mentoring with partner investment routes.
Becky’s model blends real founder lived-experience with academic rigor to increase learning effectiveness and startup survival for diverse founders.
An AI-driven platform personalising entrepreneurship education for women, minorities and neurodivergent founders, with accredited pathways and subscription access.
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.
A consulting and growth studio for startups, SMEs, corporates and universities — spanning sales, digital transformation, inclusion strategy, and funding access.
Built over a decade of founder-first relationships powering national and international adoption.
Publishing on tech, data, and digital entrepreneurship.
Teaching sales strategy, social selling, and stakeholder management.
Awarded for gender parity and inclusion impact.
How to design ecosystems where difference is performance fuel.
Founder wellbeing, brain-first learning, and psychological safety.
Practical playbooks for SMEs, universities, and corporates.
Campaigning that shifts funding structures.
Top 100 UK Tech Leader.
“Twenty in Data & Tech” Winner.
Top 20 Tech Companies to Watch (via D2E ecosystem).
Award Winner for gender parity and inclusion.
Approved Mentor — Breakthrough Women’s Business Leaders.
Author of “Don’t Build Rollerskates For Birds” and sector sales toolkits.
For speaking, mentoring, partnerships, consulting, or investor conversations about Desk2Educate and StartUp Disruptors, reach out here.
📍 Portsmouth, UK
✉️ info@littlekanga.co.uk