December newsletter
WHAT DO WE DO AGAIN?
Since 2014 our angel investors have backed 48 female-founded startups creating innovative solutions to big, global problems in healthcare; finance; education; work & hiring; climate change and security.
📰 OUR NEWS & UPDATES
Our final investment news of the year! We are delighted to announce that several of our angels are investing alongside Sustainable Ventures in PheroSyn, an AgTech business. More details in the New Year.
Watch our video: meet some of the angel investors on the cap tables of the UK’s best female founded startups.
In case you missed it: watch recordings of other recent events and read our latest articles.
Met our screening committee this month: 15 startups in 10 sectors from location mapping to femtech. (YTD: 145)
Oh, and Happy Christmas everyone - thanks for reading our newsletter throughout 2023!
📰 NEWS FROM OUR FEMALE FOUNDERS
The Dots: announce their white label app
Coco Coders: Founder Elizabeth Tweedale recognised in Women in Leadership Awards
Fiskl: named in Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech 2023 list!
Muse Finance: a year in review
Nix & Kix: successfully closed its Seedrs round this week, but is still accepting investment under EIS until 5/1/24
👩🏽💻PORTFOLIO JOBS:
Fiskl: recruiting a Sales Development Rep, Marketing Lead & Community Manager
Uncommon: recruiting a CTO, IP Lead & more
Enterprise Alumni: recruiting several roles, including Senior UX/UI Designer & various Dev roles
Loowatt: recruiting a Business Development Manager (South Africa)
Streeva: recruiting a Core Engineer
📰 MEMBER & PARTNER NEWS
Emma Maslen: a sneak peek of 'The Personal Board of You Inc.'
haysmacintyre: read their recent blog posts, including on various aspects of the Autumn Statement
Kingsley Napley: follow their Life Cycle of a Tech Startup series
DC Advisory: read “The Power of the Stirring Bear” Global M&A Outlook 2024 report
WiTT: upcoming events
Shoal IT: Managing Passwords
📰 NEWS, READING & LISTENING
Maelle Gevet: Solo entrepreneurs are 2X more likely to succeed than co-founders
Innovate UK: latest funding opportunities
Spiked Last Orders podcast: AI is not going to kill us all
File under “discuss”: Peter Thiel in conversation with John Gray
And finally… File under “Sarah asked for more disco”: Angel Academe HQ’s 2023 music soundtrack
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