Linda Smith Founder and CEO

Drawing on 30 years spanning private and public sector roles. In 2018 these two strands of experience were combined to create and launch Worcestershire’s first commercial technology accelerator www.beta-den.com.

Linda’s vision for designing the program content and a workable model for early stage tech has achieved team and commercial success culminating in BetaDen winning “Accelerator of the Year 2022”. This knowledge and expertise now forms the basis for Hi5V’s unique services.