[5] Bentinck and Clifford are also the founders of Code First: Girls, an organisation offering free web programming courses for women in university.

[11] She then attended the Nottingham University Business School, graduating with a bachelor of arts in management studies, with first-class honours.

[12] Prior to founding EF, Bentinck interned in the office of Tony Blair in London, where she also assisted the Africa Governance Initiative.

After noticing that entrepreneurship was not seen as a viable career option for talented and ambitious individuals in Europe, unlike in Silicon Valley, they decided to found Entrepreneur First in 2011.

[19] Noticing that most individuals applying to Entrepreneur First were male,[12][20] Bentinck and Clifford founded Code First Girls in 2012.

[22] In February 2022, Bentinck was announced as a member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Business Council, a group of industry leaders working in partnership with the government to deliver high productivity and growth in the UK.

[23] In December 2023, it was announced that Bentinck would take over as CEO of Entrepreneur First after Matt Clifford stepped down from the role to concentrate on opportunities in artificial intelligence.

[31] Bentinck was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business.