Female Founders Rise

A huge thank you to Victoria Armstrong! 💖 An incredible member of our advisory board for nearly two years! Many of you will have met Victoria, and likely her talented photographer wife Belinda, at our Female Founders Rise events. Belinda Walshe has beautifully captured countless moments at these events and was even part of our outdoor campaign celebrating female entrepreneurship (seen by over 2 million people!). 💫 Victoria's warmth and support have been invaluable at events and behind the scenes with Emmie. As they return to New Zealand, they'll be missed at FFR, but will always be part of our community. 🫂 In Victoria's words: The friendships I have made here are lifelong; an extended family of sorts. Everyone shares their skills and knowledge openly with the genuine intention it will benefit the wider community, wherever we ‘sit’ within the FFR ecosystem. I trust that my small contribution these last 2-years has added value to the FFR mission, and will continue to enable financial freedom for women through their entrepreneurial journey.” "One of my proudest memories is while I moderated a panel one evening, my wife was weaving her talents behind the camera lens and capturing the magic in the room. We were both content in our worlds doing what we love, yet doing it together. I felt so blessed and grateful to FFR in that moment." - Victoria Armstrong Thank you, Victoria, for all you've done to help our community grow and empower women-led businesses. It's incredible to see what has been achieved in such a small amount of time and its testament to all those behind the scenes who are doing such important work 🙌 We're so grateful for your support alongside Elissa Grey and Dan Bowyer. Sending you love and best wishes from all of us! 💐

Find investors and nail that valuation ✍ Looking ahead to January 2025 and what a good way to kick off the year, as Emmie Faust will be joined by Sam Simpson from FounderCatalyst to deliver a masterclass on Finding Investors and Nailing your Valuation on 20th Jan! What we will be covering: ✅ How to find investors as a founder. ✅ How investors will evaluate your start-up business. ✅ How to agree on your valuation with investors. Register for free here: https://lnkd.in/e6v8j4BY Follow Female Founders Rise for more on female entrepreneurship and sign up here if you aren't already a member > https://lnkd.in/dPJzDqKm

Call out to the founders who are raising! 👀 There is less than 1 month until our full-day conference in London at Google for female and non-binary founders looking to raise funding for their businesses. Expect a packed day of workshops, networking, talks and roundtables. 💯 We've got lots of incredible investors coming from Boardwave to join Emmie Faust and Dan Bowyer on the day, including Liza Tullidge, Ana Clara Sabbag, Jodie Miller and Henry Philipson. 🤝 Have you applied yet? You can here: https://lu.ma/34k2xq4b

Female Founders Raise on January 8th 2025! ✨ If you're a female or non-binary founder, pitch deck ready and have raised up to £1M in funding...our largest conference in London has your name all over it. 👋 👉 Apply here: https://lu.ma/34k2xq4b It's a day packed with actionable workshops, invaluable networking opportunities, insightful talks, and roundtables at Google that Emmie Faust and Dan Bowyer have put together to help founders in the community hit the ground running when it comes to raising. 💸 What you will get out of it: ✅ Gain the confidence and knowledge to navigate the funding landscape. ✅ Hone your pitch and investor strategy for maximum impact. ✅ Build a strong support network within the female founder community, investor and wider ecosystem. See what other female founders said: "Can't recommend this event more highly! Such a useful event and I walked away with a new investor." - Lyndsay Mason 👉 Apply here: https://lu.ma/34k2xq4b Looking forward to seeing lots of you there: Laura Weaving, Julie Fisher, Megan Roudebush, Judy Leung, Kimberley Puchois, Ellen Lois Milan, Nikki Gaddo FRSA, Dr Fin Williams, Zoe Robson, Victoria Peppiatt, Liza Levy

Female Founders Raise on January 8th 2025! ✨ If you're a female or non-binary founder, pitch deck ready and have raised up to £1M in funding...our largest conference in London has your name all over it. 👋 👉 Apply here: https://lu.ma/34k2xq4b It's a day packed with actionable workshops, invaluable networking opportunities, insightful talks, and roundtables at Google that Emmie Faust and Dan Bowyer have put together to help founders in the community hit the ground running when it comes to raising. 💸 What you will get out of it: ✅ Gain the confidence and knowledge to navigate the funding landscape. ✅ Hone your pitch and investor strategy for maximum impact. ✅ Build a strong support network within the female founder community, investor and wider ecosystem. See what other female founders said: "Can't recommend this event more highly! Such a useful event and I walked away with a new investor." - Lyndsay Mason 👉 Apply here: https://lu.ma/34k2xq4b Looking forward to seeing lots of you there: Laura Weaving, Julie Fisher, Megan Roudebush, Judy Leung, Kimberley Puchois, Ellen Lois Milan, Nikki Gaddo FRSA, Dr Fin Williams, Zoe Robson, Victoria Peppiatt, Liza Levy

Stuck on ideas for the loved ones stocking fillers? ✨📲 There are over 360 female-founded brands on this present list that Emmie Faust and the team have collated with massive help from Kimberley Loudon, from beauty and beverages to home and health. There are so many incredible women on there to support this festive season and after! 🎁 We've loved hearing so many of you have bought from the list already and great to see an abundance of wonderful businesses on there such as: Tallow + Ash, Studio Pia, Stretch Life, Pollen + Grace, nkuku | B Corp™, Lisa Franklin | Skin Care Clinic London, Jolly Good Brownies, House of Kind (London) Limited, Hertility, Grace & Green, Ducky Zebra, Ascot Jewellery Club, 10 Million Women, The Ferm, The Ink Balm, ZIG+STAR, WholyMe, WUKA, Seep Support and shop female-founded brands here: 🎀 https://lnkd.in/e5HdwByg

The loveliest way to round off 2024 with Nova & Boba🧋! Thank you to everyone who came along last night, and to our guest panellist Ambra Zhang, who joined Emmie Faust and Ama O. 💕 A big huge thank you to our event sponsor Blue Lake VC, our event partner Oasis London as well as our drink sponsor Wednesday's Domaine! We can't wait to see what 2025 has in store for us. 🎉 Follow Female Founders Rise for more on female entrepreneurship and sign up here if you aren't already a member > https://lnkd.in/dPJzDqKm

Our last in-person event of 2024! 🙌 We're super excited to collaborate with Nova & Boba🧋 tonight for a joint community meetup. Ama O. and Emmie Faust will be running the show, including a live podcast with our guest panel of femtech founders along with networking and festive drinks to wrap up the year. 🍷 ⭐ Looking forward to seeing lots of you there: Grace Farsides, Anna-Marie Uzokwe, mirna al-saadi, Tanishka Birdavade, Ana, Matylda Piątkowska, Nina Tumanishvili, Tanya Garg, Kasia Brzozowska, Deborah Dray Follow Female Founders Rise for more on female entrepreneurship and sign up here if you aren't already a member > https://lnkd.in/dPJzDqKm

Incredible evening at our FFR x Liverpool event yesterday! ✨ We had the loveliest time and despite trains being delayed/the cold weather, everyone turned up with great energy and open-mindedness. A big heartfelt thank you to all those that came along and to Raina Heverin for hosting the special workshops alongside Emmie Faust. ✍ Thank you so much to all the team at Baltic Ventures for looking after us and making the FFR community feel so welcome and to our wonderful drink sponsors Karma Drinks and Jukes Cordialities for the delicious beverages! 🥂 Last but not least to Lloyds Business & Commercial for their incredible support of the event. Keep an eye out for details of our 2025 event in Liverpool. 👀 Follow Female Founders Rise for more on female entrepreneurship and sign up here if you aren't already a member > https://lnkd.in/dPJzDqKm