May Newsletter
OUR NEWS
Investment: follow-on investment in Dem DX with match-funding from Innovate UK. (Founder & CEO Dr Lorin Gresser pictured below)
New partnership: Angel Academe joins Alumni Ventures’ Super Angel Programme as their first UK partner
Read: Sarah was quoted in this Sunday Times article on the launch of the Buy Women Built campaign [subscription]
Coming up: View from the Mid-Market - Tech & Software Valuations with DC Advisory
Watch: our latest “Ask Me Anything” sessions on the tech talent landscape with Spinks and on SEIS & EIS with haysmacintyre
In case you missed it: watch recordings of other recent events and read our latest articles
Co-founder Simon graduated from the University of Surrey with a Master’s in Music
NEWS FROM OUR FEMALE FOUNDERS
Abundance: investment in EV infrastructure in Plymouth now open
Béa Fertility: named a 2023 Impact Winner alongside Google, the Joy Club, Unicef, Headspace and others & one of 10 fertility startups to watch by VC investors
EnterpriseAlumni: named 2023 Consortium Award Winners at Third Sector Business Charity Awards
Fiskl: short-listed for 'Accounting Tech of the Year' at the Europe FinTech Awards 2023 (they won in 2022!!)
GoodLoop: Amy Williams in The Times, “Who Wants to Live in America?”
ImproveWell: nominated for the Digital Solution of the Year at the Integrated HealthTech awards, 2023. Winners announced May 25
Loowatt: crowdfunding on Seedrs now, 90% of funds already committed
Nuggets: named as one of Sifted’s startups to watch & co-founder Seema is talking at Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, June 6-8
Provenance: working with the Davines group to validate their sustainability claims & increase transparency
ScaleXP: how to stay compliant & thrive in the competitive SaaS industry
YEO Messaging: Alan Jones wrote in Startups Magazine ‘How falling in love with your product can lead to its demise’ and Sarah Norford-Jones was featured in Authority Magazine’s series, Women Shaping the Cybersecurity Industry
PORTFOLIO JOBS
Applied: hiring a media relations manager
Century Tech: hiring a finance administrator, sales development rep and account manager
FeedForward: hiring a machine learning research scientist and senior software engineer
Fiskl: hiring a community manager (remote), sales development representative (remote, part time, commission only) & marketing lead (remote)
Higher Steaks: hiring several roles including VPs of manufacturing and product
Nuggets: hiring an account manager
ScaleXP: hiring a part time marketing manager with B2B experience
MEMBER & PARTNER NEWS
Angel Academe: member Emmie Jones nominated for Private Equity Lawyer of the Year
In Conversation With: Emma Maslen talks to Luke Gregory about the role of directors
DC Advisory: boosts their Tech & Media team in Manchester
haysmacintyre: lastest edition of their Corporate & Private Client eNews available
Kingsley Napley: James Fulforth appointed as Senior Partner
WiTT event recording: Generative AI - Opportunities and Risks
Latest blog from Shoal IT: all things Efficiency
Women On Boards: join their next Exploring Your Board Potential free webinar, 1-2pm 7 June
READING, NEWS & EVENTS FROM OUT THERE
Zoe Peden: how to prepare for a VC meeting and what to expect
Bhumi Shah: the unrealised potential of the $53B menopause market
GOV.UK: 20 year National Semiconductor Strategy unveiled including up to £1b investment in the next decade
The XX Edge (book): there’s a simple but often overlooked investment strategy to earning higher returns—include women as financial decision-makers
The Scaleup Institute: 70% increase in female-founded scaleups since last year
Beauhurst: Equity Investment Market Update
Impact X Venture Studio: applications open for diverse founders to build sustainable solutions in the water industry
Zinc Venture Builder: applications for the October cohort now open
Shott Scale Up Accelerator: a twelve-month leadership programme empowering senior leaders (apply by 25/5)
C_ONCENTRATE: CMA says "no thank you" to Microvision
The Spectator: a very different take on the CMA’s deal blocking from Matthew Lynn
Y Combinator: 10 Questions to Discuss with a Potential Co-founder
Sam Altman: Startup Playbook
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
Intelligence² podcast: how our hobbies set us free (hat tip to FeedForward's Lydia Gregory)
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