Cornwall Slush'D 2025: Oyinkansola Adebayo: From Bootstrapped to a vision of 100 million users

Cornwall Slush'D is the most founder-focussed tech event in the UK! Cornwall Slush’D brings an exciting and energising atmosphere with an emphasis on innovation, connectivity, and founder to founder insights. Its aim is to empower startup founders, enhancing their growth potential and fostering unity within the broader UK startup ecosystem.

Joining us for the opening keynote for Cornwall Slush'D 2025 is Oyinkansola Adebayo, in conversation with Shona Marsh, Startup Manager at Tech Cornwall. Oyin is the founder of Niyo, a multi-award-winning company that uses technology to economically underrepresented groups, especially women. This organization currently has two brands: Niyo Hair and Beauty (Jorra) and Niyo Labs. Niyo Hair and Beauty is an AI copilot that services over 1000 clients through her one-stop AI-powered salon across the UK whilst economically empowering hairstylists through an academy to get accredited. Niyo Labs is a gamified community learning platform that exists to empower people to pursue their business ideas and career aspirations through curated learning and gamified learning sprints, hackathons and bootcamps. Find out more through this conversation how she bootstrapped her business before taking investment, and has a vision of reaching 100 million learners around the world.

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