International Women's Day issue
👩🏽💻 WHAT DO WE DO AGAIN?
Since 2014 our mainly female angel investors have backed 49 female-founded startups creating innovative solutions to big, global problems in healthcare; finance; education; work & hiring; climate change and security.
📰 OUR NEWS & INVESTMENTS
Our latest investment: we’re delighted to announce a follow-on investment in Provenance, founded by Jessi Baker (pictured above)
Sarah was quoted in various articles about the decision: here, here and here.
Our next webinar: what angel investors need to know about IP & Regulation with Kingsley Napley.
Recent webinars: the S/EIS tax breaks & end of tax year housekeeping with Haysmacintyre.
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 so far this year: 30 startups in 15 sectors from healthtech to location analytics!
👩🏽💻OUR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY PLAYLIST
In a special tribute to International Women’s Day and to celebrate the often under-sung contribution of women to contemporary music, Simon has put together a Women in Modern Music playlist for your delectation. None of the usual suspects to be found!
📰 NEWS FROM OUR FEMALE FOUNDERS
EnterpriseAlumni: CEO Emma Sinclair launches #BeMyAngel campaign to activate more crowdfunders into female founded businesses
Béa Fertility: the results are in - efficacy rates from their first cohort of users
or… “I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant and owe it all to Béa!”
CENTURY Tech: tops Beauhurst’s list of top female founded AI companies
Fiskl: partnerships signed with Airwallex (Singaporian global bank) and Wio (leading UAE digital bank)
ImproveWell: featured in the UK’s Digital Health Playbook from the Dept for Business & Trade, published their NHS Staff Retention White Paper and Lara Mott writes in Startup Magazine on bullet-proofing healthtech startups from changing NHS priorities
Nic & Kix: Impact report 2023
📰 MEMBER & PARTNER NEWS
Angela Cretu: talks about her career at Avon, rising from from Area Sales Manager to CEO
Ramona Liberoff: spoke at the DLD Conference on “Circularity & Critical Materials”
Emma Maslen: featured in this SheCanCode article on how women in tech are inspiring inclusion
haysmacintyre: Triple Bottom Line Podcast - The Impact of AI on Business and the Economy
Kingsley Napley: follow their Lifecycle of a Tech Startup series - 15 episodes and counting in the life of KNow Wear Limited and Anatomy of a Deal, their 9 step guide to selling your business
DC Advisory: read “The Power of the Stirring Bear” Global M&A Outlook 2024 report
Women on Boards: announce their Bursary Programme to help women who might not be able to afford it to begin or progress their board careers and upcoming events
WiTT: upcoming events
Shoal IT: Using online services safely
👩🏽💻 NEWS, READING & LISTENING
The Banker: Liz Lumley says, “save me from the women in…breakfasts”
Morgan Stanley: apply to their Inclusive Ventures Lab
Northern Tech Awards: entries open until 18 March
UKRI/Innovate UK: latest funding opportunities
Zinc VC: Venture Builder June 2024
Pitchbook: European VC Valuations Report
Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI?
The Spectator: AI just exploded. Again
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