Sabine VanderLinden

Activate Innovation Ecosystems | Tech Ambassador | Founder of Alchemy Crew Ventures + Scouting for Growth | Chair, Board Member, Advisor | Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow-Bayes Business School

I don't just talk about innovation, AI, workforce or digital transformation— I build the bridges that make things real.

As Founder & Venture-Client Partner of Alchemy Crew Ventures, I run global R&D + Adoption Labs that connect Fortune 500 insurers and corporates with the most brilliant tech ventures on the planet. Think of us as the “fast lane” between startup brilliance and enterprise adoption. My themes include FinTech/ InsurTech and deploying AI at scale responsibly. 

What this looks like in numbers:
📍 Accelerated 160+ ventures and sourced 55,000+ startups worldwide
📍 Invested in 35+ early stage startups
📍 Delivered exits like FitSense → Zurich (2018), MyFutureNow → L&G (2019), and Tia Tech → Sapiens (2020)
📍 Created Insurer-led Acceleration and Scaleup programs that turned pilot purgatory into scalable commercial success

But the real story? I help founders land their first million-dollar client, build authentic personal brands, and help corporates cut through the noise to adopt tech that drives real growth.

My world revolves around:
📍 Venture Clienting 2.0 & Corporate Innovation Frameworks
📍 AI (ethics, adoption, emerging risks)
📍 Climate Resilience, Risk Futures & Sustainability Transformation
📍 The Future of Work (where humans + tech thrive together)

Beyond Alchemy Crew:
📍 Co-editor of the bestselling INSURTECH Book
📍 Wrote forewords for the Future of Insurance and Momentum
📍 Lecturer on Corporate Venturing at Bayes Business School
📍 Board + advisory roles across VCs, Scaleups (The CareVoice), foundations (Women to Watch), standards (ACORD Solutions) & global insurers
📍 Top 10 Business Podcast "Scouting for Growth" 
📍 Recognized with 10+ awards, including Most Influential CEO – Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025)

My channels beyond LinkedIn:
x.com: @SabineVdL
instagram: @sabinevdlofficial
Medium: @sabine_vdl
Podcast: Scouting for Growth and Beyond Tech Frontiers
Newsletter: alchemycrew.ventures

What drives me?
Creating value where others see friction.
Turning hype into measurable outcomes.
And making sure technology becomes a force for good, not just another buzzword.

Award List (10+): Insurance Times-Tech & Innovation Awards Winner (2018), Grant Thornton-Face of a Vibrant Economy (2018), Business Insurance-Women to Watch Honoree (2019), Corporate Vision-Venture Validation Firm of the Year (2021), Finalist Women in Insurance Perseverance Award (2021), Awarded Perseverant Company to Watch in (2021), ACORD Awards (2020/2023), Most Influential CEO-Insurance Corporate Ventures (2024/2025).

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Venture Partner

Delivering venture labs that accelerate, industrialize and democratize the way tech ventures engage with corporations. These labs apply acceleration, co-creation, and commercialization techniques to de-risk the way insurers and financial institutions collaborate, grow, and scale their venture-led growth initiatives.

Also, systematizing for a select group of growth ventures the way their engagement with corporations.

You can find out more 👉🏽 https://alchemycrew.com/

Biased Media Group

Biased Media Group isn’t just another agency, it’s a creative-consulting hybrid built for bold, product-first brands that want to scale with meaning.

As Founder, I wear many hats (and proudly so): brand strategist, product marketer, creative lead, and sometimes the person sending memes at 2am that turn into campaign ideas.

I started BMG to help founders bring clarity to the chaos, turning product vision into brand obsession. We partner with B2B startups, SaaS brands, and digital communities to build category-defining brands with soul.

Think strategy that scales, creative that connects, and storytelling that sticks. From positioning to execution, I help shape brands that don't just look good — they actually make people care.

Highlights:
• Built the BIAS Method – our signature brand growth framework
• Led full-stack branding for product-led startups
• Merged product marketing + creative strategy into a single playbook
• Focused on founder-first, product-centric brand building

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VaynerMedia

Social Insights Analyst & Post Creative Strategist (Strategy)

Cognizant

Senior Product Marketing Manager | On-site Google

Zomato

Product Marketing Manager

NextLeap

Product Manager Fellowship

Tech Mahindra

Operation Associate 

Joveo

Marketing Team

Ad M&A Specialist: On-Site Google | ex Zomato, Tech Mahindra, Joveo | Building brands via data-driven marketing & creative content | SAAS, B2B, Startups | Generative AI, AI Engineering: ML, NLP, Sentiment Analysis, Azure

I’m Bhawesh — a brand strategist turned product marketer turned founder of Biased Media Group (BMG), a creative-consulting studio built for product-first B2B brands that want to scale with soul, not noise.

I started BMG because I was tired of seeing great products get ignored, not for lack of quality — but for lack of story, strategy, and emotional connection. So now, I work with founders to bring clarity to their chaos, build brands that actually matter, and create systems that scale with consistency.

Think brand meets product. Think storytelling with a POV. Think strategy that doesn’t just sound good on slides, but drives real traction.

Whether it’s a GTM that lands, a brand voice that sticks, or a narrative that turns scrolls into sales — I’m here for it. Always curious, always building, and always biased… towards better.

Let’s make branding the smartest thing about your startup.

Bhawesh Tibrewal

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