April Newsletter
OUR NEWS
Listen: Sarah Turner spoke on the Menkus podcast ‘What does it take to shift the balance?’
Watch: our recent Ask Me Anything session on ASAs, CLNs and SAFEs with Emer Hughes of Kingsley Napley
Coming up: our next Ask Me Anything session is on the Startup & Scaleup Talent Landscape with Spinks, 5pm 24 April
In case you missed it: watch recordings of other recent events and read our latest articles
NEWS FROM OUR FEMALE FOUNDERS
Abundance: just listed - their latest green investment opportunity
Ayda: adapting research to a new generation - conducting research with Gen Z
Cytochroma: founder & CEO Dr Kate Cameron wins the rising star award at Scotland’s Life Sciences Annual Dinner
EnterpriseAlumni: read their report ‘How Alumni Drive Revenue’
The founders of Fiskl & Coco Coders spoke to Spinks about their entrepreneurial and investment journeys
GoodLoop: founder Amy Williams writes in the Times about her move to NYC
Loowatt: pre-register for their crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs
Muse Finance: featured in Sifted as one of the companies helping startups in the wake of SVB’s collapse
Nuggets: co-founder Seema Khinda-Johnson interview for Microsoft Alumni Network
Provenance: founder Jessi Baker quoted in CNN article on the beauty industry’s green ambitions (or lack of)
ScaleXP: explain “How ARR Impacts Valuation”
Streeva: listen to the Chartered Institute of Fundraising podcast with founder Beth Michael
YEO Messaging: co-founder Sarah Norford Jones speaks on the She Can Code ‘Spilling the T’ podcast
PORTFOLIO JOBS
Century Tech: hiring a senior FP&A analyst, an account manager managner, a finance administrator and a senior Scala engineer
FeedForward: hiring a machine learning research scientist AND software engineer
Fiskl: hiring a community manager (remote), sales development representative (remote, part time, commission only) & marketing lead (remote)
Higher Steaks: hiring in many roles including a COO
Nuggets: hiring an account manager
Provenance: hiring a senior data engineer
ScaleXP: hiring a part time marketing manager with B2B experience
Samphire Neuroscience: hiring a growth marketing specialist
MEMBER & PARTNER NEWS
Angel Academe member Emma Maslen’s book “The Personal Board of You Inc” is now available to pre-order
Angel Academe member Laura Harnett’s company Seep featured on Coutt’s window celebrating female-led B-Corps
Angel Academe member Deborah Gruenberger has joined the board of Be the Business
DC Advisory: published stats on how they are reducing inequality
haysmacintyre: join their webinar on the Spring Budget Pension Changes, 10am April 25
Kingsley Napley: are the tax rules on home working fit for purpose?
WiTT events: generative AI - opportunities and risks, 6-8pm 15 May
Latest blog from Shoal IT: avoiding rabbit holes
Women On Boards: director’s circle - the role of an SID. Virtual event
READING, NEWS & EVENTS FROM OUT THERE
Demo Day without the Accelerator from Focal: apply by 24 April
Microsoft for Tech: webinar for software companies focused on environmental sustainability, April 19
Bloomberg: has built its own ChatGPT for finance
Cambridge Tech Week: this inaugural event takes place 8-12 May 2023
Women in Innovation: award winners for 2022/23 announced
McKinsey: author talks: in the ‘age of AI’, what does it mean to be smart?
Hive Founders: applications open for their next cohort [paid]
Beauhurst: top accelerator programmes for UK businesses & entrepreneurs
EIT Health Bootcamps: applications open until May 31
Sequoia: developer tools 2.0
Innovate UK: bridging the AI divide: announcing new support for UK businesses
CityAM: A lesson in patience: venture capital backing start-ups have much to learn
The Guardian: The environmental & economic impact of free returns in the fashion industry
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