Jo Dalton is a serial founder, investor and board advisor helping ambitious founders build businesses, wealth and lives that are designed to last.

She owns JD & Co and JD Ventures, working with founders across advisory, capital, boards and growth. Through JD & Co, Jo has helped place over a thousand leaders into boards and leadership teams across ambitious consumer, health, wellness, longevity, lifestyle and high-growth brands. Through JD Ventures and her personal angel investing, she backs businesses across sustainability, circular economy, health, wellness and conscious consumer, including SIGN, Medeau, Heights, WONE and Monk.

Known for her pattern recognition, straight-talking advice and deep understanding of founder-led businesses, Jo speaks on leadership, boards, fundraising, investing, longevity, exits, female founders, second-act ambition and building without burnout.

She is a founding member of Alma Angels and regularly hosts, speaks and judges across the founder and investor ecosystem, using these rooms to recycle wisdom back into the community and create more honest conversations about what it really takes to scale.