Chester Mojay-Sinclare

Chester Mojay-Sinclare (born c. 1989) is a British entrepreneur. He is the founder of tech for good company Enthuse, the donations, fundraising and event registration technology provider.[1][2]

Early life

Mojay-Sinclare was born in London and grew up in Ashburton in Devon, England. He was expelled from primary school at a young age, before moving on to secondary school at South Dartmoor Community College.[3] He went on to read Philosophy at University College London and founded Spudnik, an educational space project that involved a potato dressed as Father Christmas being sent 90,000 ft in a space capsule designed by Landscove Church of England Primary School children.[4] [5] In 2011, he fulfilled the final wishes of his late grandmother to have her ashes scattered into the stratosphere.[6][7] Mojay-Sinclare represented the UK at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards in New York the same year.[8] In 2018, he was named in Forbes 30 Under 30.[9]

Enthuse

Enthuse is a provider of donations, fundraising and event registration technology to charities and not-for-profit organisations.[1]

The tech for good company was founded by Mojay-Sinclare in 2012 while he was a student at University College London; the university was one of the original investors in the company.[10] Enthuse has raised £7.3m in investment in three separate funding rounds to date.[11]

In 2022, Enthuse was chosen as the London Marathon’s official fundraising partner, replacing Virgin Money Giving.[12]

House of Lords

In 2016 Mojay-Sinclare gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities, as an expert in digital technology and fundraising. During the evidence session, Mojay-Sinclare recommended introducing digital trustee roles in an effort to "bring a focus to digital" within the charity sector.[13]

This suggestion became one of the key recommendations within the 'Stronger charities for a stronger society' report published by the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities.[14][15]

References
  1. "About Us". Enthuse. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "BBC Radio 5 live - Wake Up to Money, Million By 30 with Sean Farrington: Chester Mojay-Sinclare, founder and chief executive of Enthuse". BBC. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. "Interview with Chester Mojay-Sinclare – Founder of Charity Checkout". YHP.
  4. Smith, Richard (19 November 2010). "Soaring 90,000ft above earth .. a potato dressed as Santa attached to a helium balloon". mirror. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. "'Spudnik' project helps pupils see into space". UCL News. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "Final resting space: Gran gets cosmic send-off in style". Metro.
  7. "Ashes request is one small step for gran". Daily Mirror.
  8. "UCLB's Consultant Entrepreneur Finishes Top 30 in Global Entrepreneurship Competition". UCL Business.
  9. "Chester Mojay-Sinclare". Forbes. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. "Global Banking and Financial Review recently conversed with the youthful British entrepreneur, Chester Mojay-Sinclare, about his most recent and successful endeavor, Charity Checkout" (interview). Global Banking and Finance Review. 19 November 2012.
  11. "Enthuse raises GBP3.5m in Series A round". www.privateequitywire.co.uk. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. "How the London Marathon's new partner plans to disrupt online fundraising". www.thirdsector.co.uk. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. "Trustees and leaders letting charities down on digital, lords hear". Civil Society.
  14. "Stronger charities for a stronger society" (PDF). UK Parliament.
  15. "Baroness Pitkeathley: Our recommendations support the vital role of charities". Third Sector.
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