Navigating Childcare: Stories from the Front Line

​This roundtable event is part of the unlock VC Summit 2025. To attend, you must have a ticket.

​Balancing childcare with the demands of a VC career is no easy feat and too often, parents are left to figure it out alone. In this honest and practical conversation, parents in the industry will share their real experiences; the challenges, the wins and everything in between. We’ll also dig into best practices VC funds can do to create a culture that truly supports parents and helps them thrive at work and at home.

​​Join this conversation led by June Angelides MBE - Venture Partner at Samos Investments and Judith Dada - General Partner at Visionaries Club

​​June Angelides MBE - Venture Partner

​​June is a Venture Partner at Samos Investments, backing standout early-stage companies like Charlotte Tilbury, Moneybox and Bloom & Wild. She also founded Levare Ventures, a micro fund investing in African startups, and actively angel invests in female-led businesses including Sojo, By Rotation and Bloom Money.

​A former founder herself, June launched Mums in Tech, the UK’s first child-friendly coding school, and held roles at Silicon Valley Bank. She serves on several boards (Jude, Flair, Ruka, Everpress), mentors at Oxford University, and wrote as a columnist for the Financial Times. Named one of the FT’s Most Influential Tech Leaders and awarded an MBE for services to women in tech, June is passionate about flexible working, inclusion, and building the next generation of diverse founders.

​Judith Dada - General Partner at Visionaries Club

​Judith is a Partner at General Catalyst and formerly General Partner at La Famiglia. She focuses on European seed stage investing with a special love for enterprise businesses. Judith also advises the German government on matters relating to technology, diversity and migration. Judith was previously at Facebook, managing Amazon Europe’s marketing strategy and Facebook’s VC Initiative.