Earlier this month, some 120 investors packed into a room at Inmarsat’s office on London’s Old Street roundabout to listen to a string of pitches from start-ups that six months ago were barely twinkles in their founders’ eyes. Hopefuls were ushered in and out of the room for their three-minute presentations via a revolving slab in the wall that would have made the perfect setting for a farce but felt more like a factory's conveyor belt.
Image: Entrepreneur First co-founders Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck met on their first day at McKinsey
