Hey everyone

hello from Karen in NJ via Boston via Mpls!

Hi Everyone - great to have you here.

Hello everyone, Jane from The Career Farm Ltd

how is the weather?

Sunny in Harrogate !

Great to join the community today

Wet and miserable here

Not to bad in Teesside

Hi everyone!

I have to leave a bit early - will the recording be circulated - thank you.

Ditto for me - thanks

can everyone ensure they have muted themselves - thank you!

Could the host mute everyone please.

Fund Her North is on twitter - lets get #FundHerNorth trending = https://twitter.com/FundHerNorth

We are going to highlight the female led UK companies who have raised investment. https://www.uktechnews.info/category/female-led/ just to get started.

It was superb, thank you!

Really inspirational, thank you!

Amazing, thoroughly inspired!

So inspirational!

That was great. Currently bootstrapping and networking here. That has given me drive to carry on with my passion, supporting Inclusive Design Innovation.

We will circulate a recording later if you missed the start of the video from Sara Davies

Thank you Helen

great introduction and very inspiring

Supporting an executive leadership coaching and business resilience business with colleagues. Called Swush Ltd and working across the North and into Scotland. Purpose and Passion resonating here as themes.

So important to have succesful women mentors and NEDs supporting female entrepreneurs.

Yay Zandra is back

Sorry gotta go. Safiya from Techcelerate might join. Great event. All the best

I'd love to share my expertise in a NED role to support disability-led businesses and entrepreneurs. Currently mentoring 2 women, and doing it as a passion - interested how I could get paid for this? We are all bootstrapping. My network is in academia

I'm hoping this network can help me know my value.

Wonderful advice Diane!

Great advice thank you.

Inspiring event. Appreciating the great endeavors of each one of you all! We would love to promote female led investments via https://www.uktechnews.info/category/female-led/

Question to Zandra - each time you raised investment - what led you to decide the time was right (what were the signs?) thank you.

YES! does anyone know a quick basic course to different investment routes

one on my twitter @jessandthehive

will share on @fundhernorth

So true

@Jane - not a course but an entry-level book by Carlos Espinal of Seedcamp = https://fundraisingfieldguide.com/

Nice piece of advise!

fundraising/agel investment guide! https://twitter.com/AndysHVC/status/1306156165924040704

How do you get involved in investing?

We are just hosting our Meet the Mentor online today and tomorrow - register on www.techmanchester.co.uk/register and get the opportunity to meet 6 prospective mentors that will help your business for free for 12 months - mentors are business leader who have been there and done that

Ravneet and Zandra 🔥

Great response Ravneet!

great advice and insights

If you want to be an investor then contact GC Angels or NorthInvest we can talk you through what’s involved

Heres a video highlights on our previous in person mentor match ups xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9E7QyTnP9o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9E7QyTnP9o

Amazing speakers so far… thanks! I also second the Meet the Mentor programme at Tech Manchester. Very valuable

Here we go building network for British Tech companies via https://www.techcelerate.ventures/

Thanks ChiChi :)

are there any good angel groups who are currently investing in pre revenue (but MVP ready) startups?

Thanks Anna, Laura will put it to the panel!

I third the Meet the Mentor programme at Tech Manchester. !

Great Q Anna

A question for Ravneet: how did you find out about the grants you used to fund your startup? Did you dedicate resource to finding this info or did you do it yourself?

Northinvest have angels who are interested in pre revenue business

I have to go - thank you so much to Zandra, Diane and Ravneet. A brilliant session Helen, Jess and Laura - thank you for putting this on - very useful for me and for the MBAs I work with.

Interesting take I heard from a non-white angel once - he ONLY backs women and founders of different ethic backgrounds - he identified that they had a different zest and work ethic - a real fire in their bellies versus the standard makeup!

Thanks Jane

How can I connect with Angel investors to become an advisor for entrepreneurs working in inclusive design? Entrepreneurs who are disabled themselves have so may additional barriers. I meet so many graduates but they cannot pay for my time, would investors pay for my time?

The LEP growth hub advisors should be able to help with finding and applying for grants.

Super event and lovely to meet you all - will connect on LinkedIn!

https://www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/

Thanks, that was amazing!

Great event. Thanks for all the input. Super energy!

fyi https://www.ycombinator.com/library/5D-fundraising-advice-for-female-founders & work of Kirsty Nathoo

https://www.nesta.org.uk/

We can help with pitching and demystifying the investment process. https://supernetwork.org.uk/access-to-finance/

You can register your interest in up-coming pitchfests for innovators... https://www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/services/PitchfestPlus KTN has a lot of info on funding and other support for female (and male) innovators/entrepreneurs: https://ktn-uk.org/programme/women-in-innovation/

The next event coming up from Fund Her North:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fund-her-north-pitch-event-with-northinvest-gc-angels-tickets-116090556981

Thank you everyone for your advice and questions - all of this will help shape the resources and contacts we feature on our website, which we hope to become a directory of support

Flood VC pipelines - they can't ignore women then!! :-)

That! Love it!! Yes, Jess!

.com!

https://fundhernorth.com/events

Sorry I need to go thank you everyone

Brilliant event

Thank you Zandra!!

Thank you Zandra!

Love the energy of today. Love being a part of this and looking forward to watching Fund Her grow

Can you share that URL in the chat

http://fundhernorth.com/

if we are on this event, will we get emails for next events?

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Here’s the LInkedIn group link: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12447221/

It has been great thank you so much for this event got even more fire in my belly

Thank you everyone

You can explore about categories of investments flowing across British tech companies in https://www.uktechnews.info/

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Thanks everyone - fab event

Thank you all. Great event. Feeling energised!

Thank you everyone!

This has been really interesting and insightful. I’m currently getting to grips with the world of investment and this is so welcoming and exciting! Thank you!