

BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS
NEXUS is a UK-based innovation hub that provides global business concierge services and solutions enabling companies to scale.
With a strong focus on innovation, scalability, and impact, NEXUS supports high-growth founders in the creative, digital, and tech sectors to build their businesses.
As a consortium partner in UKES for the Innovator Founder Visa route, NEXUS is UK Government approved, working closely with policymakers, investors, and industry leaders to drive meaningful innovation.
ACCREDITATIONS

FAROUK DEEN
CO-FOUNDER, NEXUS
Farouk is an award winning Event Director and Consultant with 20+ years of pioneering creative led strategy and content for clients (B2B) and uniquely incubating in-house brands (B2C). Alongside Mark, Farouk is co-founder of NEXUS, Cellar Door, Coffee Shotter and Bollywood Fever. Prior to being a start-up founder, Farouk began his career at Barclays corporate banking, working with brands including Jimmy Choo, Versace and Zara, before moving onto investment banking / portfolio management for Deutsche Bank.

MARK SARFO-KANTANKA
CO-FOUNDER, NEXUS
Mark is co-founder of NEXUS, an incubator for creative and digital SMEs. Additional business interests include Cellar Door, a creative events agency, Coffee Shotter, an independent plant based coffee shop and Bollywood Fever, the largest Bollywood film festival in the U.K. Mark is Chair of the Croydon Creative Enterprise Zone Steering Group and Trustee of Savvy Theatre Company.