Serkan Ferah 🌈

Founder @ Native | Gamified Audience Engagement | Join the Waitlist

Building a behavioural technology company for sports that turns cultural capital into a commercial engine.

Clicks and views never tell you the real story.

Native defines behaviour as cultural signals — turning offline and online fan actions, taste profiles, and tone of voice into first‑party data. This helps right holders and media brands monetise fans directly and via sponsors, while hyper‑personalising journeys across apps and experiences.

Without needing a technical team...

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Our mission from the start has been to enable people to communicate effectively and build meaningful relationships in business.

We launched our automated pitch builder in July 2021 as a gateway product for startups and now working on our actual product that will change the future of economic relationships using gamification.

👉 Gained 1800+ organic users as of March 2023

👉 Have been generating revenue since Dec'22

👉 98% organic growth, @2.5 CAC and 10% average MoM growth rate

👉 Partnered with Virgin Startups, Swoop Funding, Digital Catapult and BlockDojo

3 x Founder | Techstars Mentor | LinkedIn Top Green Voice | Ex-Greenpeace | MSc Climate Change | Ex-International Swimmer | Muslim Revert ☪️

Climate Tech VC | 3 x venture-backed founder | Startup mentor | ex-competitive swimmer | ex-Greenpeace

Views are my own and not representative of my company or any associated organisations. Passionately working on human rights behind the scenes. 

I don’t often reply to LinkedIn messages, better to connect with me via email or a mutual. If you send me a connection request, please add a note for context. 

Looking for mentoring/advising for your startup? Go here: https://www.hubble.social/thomaspanton

Read more here: https://www.thomaspanton.com/

TLDR:
- Climate tech VC
- 3 x founder
- Startup Mentor @ Techstars, Imperial College London, Virgin Startup, and more
- Climate is intersectional, and I talk about this (can’t be a pro climate action without being pro human rights) 
- Ex-international swimmer.

Worked for the world's largest independent environmental organisation Greenpeace for half a decade, and directly onboarded 10s of 1000s of people into the climate movement.

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Currently:

💰 Climate tech VC @ Endgame Capital investing in near commercialisation, low capex, climate denier proof climate tech.

👨🏼‍🏫 Mentor & advisor to founders and students @ Techstars, The Greenhouse (Imperial College), Virgin Startup, UCL, and UEA Student Enterprise.

🗣️ Keynote speaker at events including London Climate Tech Week, Fully Charged Live, Blue Earth Summit, Retail Without Borders, BBC, and more.

Previously:

🌳 Founder & CEO of Canopey.com. The home for better buying™. The only platform to completely streamline the sustainable shopping journey.

💚 Greenpeace UK, experience with speaking, fundraising, events, and campaigning.

♻️ Founder & CEO of Festovers, upcycling leftover consumer waste. One of IQ Mag's Green Guardians. BBC Oxford's expert on festival tent waste and sustainability.

📣 Co-creator of The Topic, with Nadiah Arif. A podcast that talks about everything from climate change to human rights, raising awareness on these important issues and educating people on how to get more involved in challenging the status quo.

⛺️ NED for Pitched For You Ltd, the first circular economy solution to the festival tent crisis.

🎓 BA International Relations and Politics (2014-2018) // MSc in Climate Change and International Development (2021-23)

🤝🏻  Norfolk Business Climate Leader & Advisor for Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

💡 UEA student career and entrepreneur mentor

Thomas Panton

Every Ramadan I’m reminded of how powerful Allah swt is.

Let me give some context.

I reverted to Islam in 2021 (funnily enough took two shahadas, one in 2021, and one in 2025 - a story for a different time!).

2021 was an interesting time for me. I was starting an MSc, was working full time because I needed the money to pay rent, and decided to start a new startup. 

2021’s Ramadan was particularly special to me. Not only because it was the year I reverted, but also because the things I asked for from Allah swt all came true that year. 

Every prayer since then I try to remember that for Allah swt, there is no “impossible”. 

🌊 He parted the seas for Musa (pbuh)
🤲🏻 He raised Isa (pbuh) to the heavens to protect him without death
❤️‍🩹 Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) performed numerous healings by Allah's permission

If He can do all this and more then why doubt he can give you what you ask for.

I’m particularly shown this in Ramadan. Every single Ramadan since I reverted there has been usually one specific thing I have asked for. 

This year I have been rewarded with multiple signs of direction towards the answer. 

Remember Allah swt doesn’t say “no”. He says “yes”, “not right now”, or “I have something better for you”. 

The Prophet (pbuh) warned that a person's prayer is answered as long as they do not become impatient and say, "I prayed and prayed, but I was not answered," and then give up.

Be patient, perform salah, ask fo forgiveness. And most importantly, never doubt Allah swt’s power.

Ramadan Mubarak 🌙

#Ramadan
#Islam
#Muslim
#Religion

📸 photo from 2015 because our brothers and sisters cannot reach Al Aqsa this Ramadan.

Climate tech VC | Stealth AI Founder | Techstars Startup Mentor

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This was one of the best 100% ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ calls I've had on Hubble.

As a two time startup founder (1 x bootstrapped, 1 x VC backed) turned venture capital investor, I've always wanted to help those avoid the mistakes I've made. And maybe share a few learnings along the way.

Whether at Techstars, Carbon13, Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation, Queen Mary Social Venture Fund, Virgin StartUp and more, I've always made it clear that my voice is just one. 

Each mentor will have a different perspective, it's your job to work out what comes up a lot and how to tackle those things.

This call was special. An immigrant founder driven to change an entire industry. Great vision, clear focus. But naturally facing challenges.

By talking through with him over just a short period of time, we found that much of what he needed he already knew, but just needed some guidance.

Proof that even when we don't know where to go, sometimes it's just a nudge in the right direction that can make the difference.

Keep building 💪🏻

And if you need some support along the way, link in comments!

#Mentoring
#Advising
#Startups
#VentureCapital
#Investing

And always, thanks Kevin Jurovich for getting me on the Hubble platform!

This was the first text I saw when I opened WhatsApp the other day.

And this is what it's all about.

I've been on Hubble for a few months now, and I've truly found it a brilliant way to give back. I've achieved 100% ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews on Hubble. This isn't a brag. This is a message of recognition.

The first thing any mentor thinks after the call is: "Was I helpful?"

Whether it's imposter syndrome or just a genuine care that it was worthwhile, I can guarantee that we come away reassessing every word we said.

I go further, I write up notes, refine, and send some additional thoughts. Something beyond the call or a notetaker. Something that shows I care.

This is what it's all about.

Keep building 💪🏻

And if you need some support along the way, link in comments!

#Mentoring
#Advising
#Startups
#VentureCapital
#Investing

And always, thanks Kevin Jurovich for getting me on the Hubble platform!

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