The 50 most influential women in UK IT 2016

Sherry Coutu is one of Britain’s most successful angel investors, working with and investing in entrepreneurs to solve problems for patients in the medical technology sector, and students and teachers in education technology. She advises and serves on the boards of companies, charities and institutions such as the London Stock Exchange, Cambridge University, LinkedIn, Raspberry Pi and Care.com. As an angel investor, she has made direct angel investments in more than 50 companies and holds investments in three venture capital firms. She founded and chairs the not-for-profit Founders4Schools and Silicon Valley Comes 2 The UK, and serves on the board of the Francis Crick Institute.