Will Benton

Wil is Cofounder & Director at Metta, the innovation agency that supports startups, industry and governments with sustainable technology-driven innovation. He is also Venture Partner at Boeing's global startup programme, Aerospace Xelerated. Wil has worked with governments (on four continents) and corporates (in a range of industries) on innovation strategy, programming and investment, and he has supported entrepreneurs around the world from idea to exit. Wil has personally invested in 45+ startups, personally and via VC funds including Everywhere Ventures and Carbon13. He has also directly supported over 90 startups in accelerator programmes and has helped public and private organisations invest €15m+ into innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives around the world. In previous lives, Wil was CEO and cofounder of Chew.tv, a music-tech startup acquired after scaling to ~400,000 global users, and studied Pharmacology and King's College London, Sustainable Finance at the University of Cambridge and Public Policy at the University of Oxford. In his free time, he manages three chart-topping record labels, enjoys riding his bikes and DJing around Europe.