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Thu 27 Nov
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Founder Spotlight: Nigel Phan
The unfiltered reality of scaling, starting over and the invaluable lessons along the way
Time & Location
27 Nov 2025, 08:15 – 10:00
Location is TBD
About the event
Second-time founders are 50% more likely to succeed than first-time founders.
Why? Because experience is the cheat code and on Thursday 27th November, we’re giving founders exclusive access to it.
We’re delighted to be joined by Nigel Phan, who in 2018 founded his first venture Whirli, a children’s toy subscription startup that broke new ground in the circular economy space. Over just four years, Nigel and his team:
Raised over £5 million in funding (including a £4 million round led by Octopus Ventures)
Scaled to over 10,000 subscribers and £2.5m ARR
Managed a staggering 75,000 toys in circulation across UK households