Kane Lincoln

Co-founder, Poli

Sepember 2023Present

I am the Chief Executive of Poli, a platform designed to help skilled, foreign jobseekers find work in the United Kingdom.

EiR, Entrepreneur First

April 2023July 2023

I was a member of EF's 20th London-based cohort, a selective community of ambitious future founders (Entrepreneur First has an admission rate of <1%).

Governor, St. Marylebone CoE School

March 2022Present

I currently sit on the school's board of governors, shaping policy for and providing strategic oversight to an Ofsted-rated "Outstanding" institution.

Founding Product Manager, Sward

August 2021September 2022

At Sward, I designed and co-led the delivery of the company's core product, enabling farmers to project farm-wide income from the sale of carbon offsets. I managed a team of two and was the company's first employee.

Founding Software Engineer, Mana

December 2020April 2021

While at Mana I co-led the development and delivery of the company's MVP. We built a platform that facilitated the delivery of one-to-one online learning experiences.

Further, I held a central position in the hiring, on-boarding and management of four additional team members and offered continued design and product development support to the HoD, CPO and CEO.

Product Manager (post-acquisition), Earnd UK/FreeUp

January 2020July 2020

As a company, we grew from a team of 6 to >70. As a member of the original founding team, I made major contributions vis-à-vis strategy, talent and ops.

We eventually partnered with and launched into >10 NHS trusts.

Founding Software Engineer (pre-acquisition), Earnd UK/FreeUp

October 2018January 2020

We provided low-income workers with an alternative to high-cost credit through an "earned wage access" product, giving employees of partner organisations the ability to withdraw a portion of their already-earned income ahead of payday.

As FreeUp's second employee, I was part of a three-person engineering team and helped define the product's technical architecture. I also designed the core consumer-facing product alongside the company's Chief Executive.

FreeUp was acquired by Greensill in October 2019. It existed under the global Earnd brand until Earnd was acquired by Wagestream in 2021.

Junior Software Engineer, coANDco UK

May 2015October 2015

I worked closely with a small team of senior software engineers to build web-based software for a range of European clients.

Our small team also won the World Port Hackathon in Rotterdam, NL.