Female Founder Accelerator for UK Startups.
We help founders access investment. Our sector-agnostic Female Founder Accelerator will get you investor ready with 6 evening workshops led by industry experts, as well as
introductions to those all-important lead investors. If you want to stand out against
the competition, meet investors and close your next funding round, apply today!
How we help.
No cost.
No Equity.
Get Investor Ready.
Introductions to Lead VCs.
Why Female Founders?
Female underrepresentation within entrepreneurship and innovation indicates a fundamentally flawed funding system.
Today, only 2% of venture capital funds are allocated to female-led startups.
In total, The World Bank estimates the funding gap between men and women to be valued at £1.3 trillion.
The finance sector needs to implement solutions from the top down to help solve this – such as getting more women on investor panels – but this kind of change takes a long time to come into effect.
So, we decided to do something that can generate results, quickly.
We’re running a Female Founder Accelerator, made up of six weekly workshops designed to get female entrepreneurs ‘investor-ready’.
Eligibility Criteria.
Female Founder
UK Registered
1-3 Years Trading
Pre-seed / Early Seed
Able to demonstrate market traction
Minimum 1 active client or pilot
Our Programme.
WEEK 1
NAVIGATING
THE WORLD OF FUNDRAISING
Spring 2024 TBC
The Workshops.
WEEK 1
NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF FUNDRAISING
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
We kick off our six-week Accelerator by opening the floor to each of our cohort members, as well as experts of the corporate finance landscape, who will map out world of funding.
We'll also be joined by female founders who have successfully progressed through the investment journey, offering you first-hand advice and what they wish they'd known to begin with.
WEEK 2
ALL THINGS
LEGAL
Caroline Urban, MBM Commercial
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
Do you want to make sure you have all of your legal ducks in a row, so you can scale your business safely? Then join Caroline Urban of MBM Commercial for her legal workshop.
This workshop will cover everything from setting up, to contracts, to trademarking and protecting your brand, to the legal side of attracting investment for your business (and much more).
WEEK 3
CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH
Will Hargreaves, Pioneer Research
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
In this workshop you'll learn the vital primary and secondary market research strategies to shape value propositions, validate ideas and pitch ventures, and predict consumer behaviour.
We'll run through where you can find crucial data, how to pick the right customer segment, how to size a market and so much more.
WEEK 4
MARKETING 101
Neha Divanji, Growth Spin
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
Digital Marketing Agency, Growth Spin works with tech startups and are experts in making the impossible happen for their clients. Whether it's transforming their brand, increasing leads and traffic to their website, or surpassing PPC expectations.
In this workshop, discover the power of brand performance for your startup. Neha will run our cohort through everything from brand guidelines and launch plans to social media, SEO and content creation.
WEEK 5
NAVIGATING YOUR FUNDRAISING JOURNEY
Matt Dangell, Jump Accounting
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
Jump provides a growth-focused accounting service for startups and SMEs and are well versed in all things fundraising.
This workshop will talk our cohort members through all things fundraising and finance, including the fundraising stage your business falls into, which types of investors you should approach as well as the importance of financial forecasting and valuations.
WEEK 6
PITCH NIGHT
Spring 2024 Programme TBC
The final workshop of the series puts everything you've learned during the programme into practice. Four members of the cohort will be selected to present their new and improved pitch.
The pitch night event will give each of the 4 presenters the chance to receive valuable feedback from the experts and your fellow founders.
With your sharpened skillset and comprehensive feedback, you'll be ready to present your business to that all-important investor panel.
PERFECTING YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS
Louise Roberts, OTD Training
TBC, 6pm - 8pm
The Power Presenter workshop encapsulates more than a decade of research into a model that works for every business, equipping founders with techniques used by the world’s leading presenters.
Understand your audience, learn how to adopt strategic styles, develop unwavering self-confidence, and utilise interactive technology to enhance your performance.