Samantha Payne

Samantha Payne MBE is an accomplished angel investor and entrepreneur currently serving as an Angel Investor at Ada Ventures, alongside board member roles at the South West Creative Technology Network and the Bristol and Bath Creative Cluster. As a co-founder and COO of Open Bionics, Samantha is dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare through innovative robotic prosthetics. Additional roles include being an Innovation Fellow at WIRED and former Chairwoman of the WECA Creative Scale-up Fund. Samantha's early career involved reporting and photography, enriching the Bristol tech scene. Education includes executive training from MIT Sloan School of Management and a joint honours degree in Journalism and English Literature from the University of Chester and Whitworth University.