Female Founders Growth Launch : Pitch - Investment Panel & Workshops

Our program is to assist female led businesses thrive by offering them practical advice, drafted documents, investment and infrastructure through workshops ; pitching opportunities; one-to-one consultations; weekly peer meetings. Hosted by a female founder for female founders looking to scale this year and/or secure 250K upwards after already securing your first round of funds. Hear from our experts - investors - inspiring leaders and founders on the A to Z of successfully launching your business. Real practical commercial advice that will set you and your business on the right path. This is not just theory this will give you much of the tools required.

11.30 -12.30 Registration - refreshments & networking with like minded founders , the programs experts and investors.

This is the time you can enter the pitching competition by submitting your pitch. Our investment panel are providing advice & then 5 successful businesses can pitch to the panel . We will need a 1 min video by 20th January & the pitch on the day. 5 will be selected.

12.00 /14.00 Investment Panel & Getting Ready for Investment

Securing Fund Investment : How do you get in & succeed?

The Investment Panel will highlight what they look for specifically ; the aspects that will attract their attention & that will put them off; what you need to be able to demonstrate and how the process works for each type of investor. Present will be an Angel Platform; Broker to a Fund ; Family Office ; VC ; syndicate and EIS funder.

Sam Louis Angel Investment Network ; Shalini Khemka CBE CEO E2E; Lisa Fox Head of Private Growth Capital WH Ireland ; Stephen Stanton-Downes deal advisory KPMG but also leads Bridging X; Amit Khanna 7 Startup

Securing Fund investment is hard and time-consuming, be it 500K or 6 million. Understand how a fund and their investors operates ; what they are looking for and how do you get their attention. What should you do to win them over / what puts them off. When do you apply, how much money do you need to be seeking , what will the process & timescales be – ask how you can get your foot in the door

Are you ready for investment ?

A look in the mirror from a legal and commercial perspective : Karen Holden Founder of A City Law Firm

Being prepared so you succeed means concise documents and understanding the legal requirements ; what an investor will request & want to see; protecting your IP and yourself as a founder during the process & negotiating the right deal.Having worked with thousands of businesses and having successfully navigated a scale-up over 14 years Karen running a female led firm will share her experience ; practical know-how and stories of success and let downs.

Maybe Equity Investment is not the only way? Is debt finance something you should be considering ?

What options are available to new businesses ; how can you avoid personal guarantees ; how can you protect and secure the businesses cashflow and how does this work alongside investment

1430-1530 Choice of two interactive workshops : please confirm on booking (subject to availability)

1. IP Protection / Branding / PR / Marketing

Director and IP lawyer Jackie Watts: How do you protect your IP and Patents; what if someone is infringing your IP or you have made a mistake and attracted another company objecting to yours. Do you register in the UK or Global, what does it cost and how long does it take.

Emma Heley Founder - Thinking Hat PR who manages Amazon's account : How to attract investment or customers, by understanding how you look or should look in the market - how to sell and use your story

Francois Reynior Brands with Purpose : how to create a successful brand, attract customers or investors and smash your competition

2. The Effective Business Plan & Pitch deck - ready for the financial questions

Kevin R Smith Author Start up to Scale up -Boom and Partners - information that must be detailed & how it should be presented ; how best to sell yourself & the business ; content v format

Natwest Bank advisor : How to present the financial details concisely , what should you reveal & how do you forecast, value and prepare for the tough questions on this?

1530-1630 Choice of two workshops : please confirm on booking (subject to availability)

1. Free Money for your business how can you say no? Grants; R&D and so much more….

RIFT : R & D tax credits ; Innovate UK : Grants ,awards and support are open to many more businesses than you think in the UK even non-tech companies - without strings. MPA: Patent Box saves you tax/earnings on your IP

Explore what may e available for you; how you apply, timescales and processes. How do you prepare & make sure you are eligible & attractive for these benefits

2. Infrastructure how you build and scale your business effectively

VOR Founder John Dickinson : 20years in this sector so he can guide you though recruitment v outsourcing, developing your technology ; how to govern and structure your business so that its stable and scalable . How do you allocate the investment ; budget and secure your place in the market and beyond.

17.00 Female founders inspirational panel talk

Jill Pay| Chair of The Gender Index broke through a glass ceiling when she became Britain’s first female Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons in the position’s 607-year-history…

Elaine Gold GEN UK hosts a platform for entrepreneurs across the globe & helps many launch or secure an eco-system across multiple jurisdictions

Shalini is a Member of the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board and CEO of E2 that helps thousands of entrepreneurs

Karen Holden foundered a law firm 15 years ago one of the more male dominated / regulated sectors

Sam White is the multi-award-winning Founder of Freedom Services Group and Stella Insurance Australia (Chair and CEO respectively).

(more information about the speakers coming)

Finale 17.30 / 18:30 Pitching competition: Our chosen 5 pitches will recieve invaluable feedback this is hosted by Fem Foundry

3 Minutes will be afford before our investment panel who will give constructive feedback and be available after for private consultation on the night.

Closing Talk FF membership introduction to the program

SBREC Host discusses the free benefits afforded to founders of which there are many

Drinks wine and nibbles with partners and investors

Host or Publisher Female Founders Growth Program