Mark Littlewoood

Mark is the founder of The BLN. He was part of the founding team at Library House, an investment research business based in Cambridge serving the global venture capital & banking communities. He led the business development activities for the organisation & built a network of angels, early stage, venture & corporate investors.

Previously, he has worked with university spin outs; run a 40 person consultancy business; & founded a web portal for the CAD community. Mark has worked in the publishing and information sectors & attended Trinity College, Cambridge.

Darren Harper

Darren is a Director at The BLN, working to build the network and structure the business.

Prior to The BLN, Darren was Head of Business Development, Research & Consulting, & Events at Library House where he built, trained and led teams to develop the online products, establish the Essential Event series and produce many of Library House’s reports.

Prior to this Darren was Head of Production at Abcam where he established the internal production division of the company and was principally involved in the development of the companies internal workflow systems and global testing and production partnerships. Darren has a PhD in Diabetes Research from the University of Bath and a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of York.