November 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
Watch our video: meet some of the angel investors on the cap tables of the UK’s best female founded startups.
Watch our webinar: Duties, Expectations and Practical Tips for NEDs with Kingsley Napley.
Sarah spoke to The Financial Alliance for Women about closing the funding gap,
In case you missed it: watch recordings of other recent events and read our latest articles.
Startup spotlight: Bea Fertility (Femtech) - learn more about this investment opportunity.
Met our screening committee this month: 17 companies from 8 sectors from Insurtech to health tech.
New partnership: Angel Academe selected as an Innovate UK Investor Partner in their Future Economy Programme.
📰 NEWS FROM OUR FEMALE FOUNDERS
Adora & Béa Fertility: featured in Beauhurst’s Top 10 High Growth Femtech Companies.
ImproveWell: their white paper on workforce retention.
Good-Loop: CEO Amy Williams interviewed by Raconteur.
Nix & Kix: are raising a bridge round on Seedrs
Scale XP: selected by Xero as their ‘Staff Pick’
Streeva - nominated in the UK Tech Awards, ScaleUP Awards and Great British Entrepreneur Awards!
👩🏽💻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 in Customer Support, Design & Development
Loowatt: recruiting a Business Development Manager (South Africa)
Streeva: recruiting a Swiftaid Product Owner & Core Engineer
📰 MEMBER & PARTNER NEWS
Member interviews member: Laura Meyer and Kate Grussing talk for the CITF on becoming an NED
Dr Pamela Walker: writes in Health Tech World on the UK’s MedTech equity gap
Karen Thomas-Bland: writes about Board Culture Red Flags
haysmacintyre: win Large Firm of the Year in the Accounting Excellence Awards and watch their webinar on Inheritance Tax planning
Kingsley Napley: have written about the US-UK Data Bridge and catch all 15 episodes of their Lifecycle of a Tech Startup series
Spinks: publishes the 25th anniversary edition of their Digital Leadership Report
DC Advisory: Infrastructure investing insights with KKR's Tara Davies, part of their ongoing DC Discusses podcast series
Next WiTT event: Holiday Party, 6-8pm 4 Dec
Shoal IT: Smart Homes and Sustainable Tech Habits
📰 NEWS & EVENTS FROM OUT THERE
Event: Rise of the Female Entrepreneur, 9-5pm 4 Dec
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme: a 12-month pilot for patients with a long-term health condition working on healthcare innovations
Innovate UK/UKRI: latest funding opportunities
Beauhurst: Equity Investment Market Update, Q3 2023
Startups Magazine: Older entrepreneurs are leading the way in tech breakthroughs
Ada Ventures: the inaugural Women in UK VC Report
The Telegraph: the truth about IVF and early menopause (registration required)
GP Bullhound: 10 trends to drive technology in 2024
ESG VC webinar: B Corp Certification for VCs and Portfolio Companies , 3pm 30 Nov
📚 WHAT WE’RE READING/LISTENING TO
Thinking about AI - Power And Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence (book)
Alumni Ventures partner Ron Levin: Higher Purpose Venture Capital (book)
Sheila Heen — How to Master the Difficult Art of Receiving (and Giving) Feedback (Tim Ferriss interview)
John Gray: The New Leviathans (book)
Benedict Evans & Toni Cowan-Brown: LLMs, links, and the death of links (podcast)
The Spectator: Fuel for thought: how business can make use of hydrogen (podcast)
Stephen Jennings: Building New Cities (Tyler Cowen interview)
Nick Bostrom: AI Will Lead to Tyranny (UnherdTV interview)
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