NatWest Accelerator: She Scales - Fuelling Growth for Female Tech Founders

🤝 Event: She Scales: Fuelling Growth for Female Tech Founders

📅 Date: 30th September 2026

🕰️ Time: 10am

📍 Location: NatWest Accelerator Hub, 3rd Floor, 2 Whitehall Quay, Leeds, LS1 4HR

📝 Description:

She Scales: Fuelling Growth for Female Tech Founders

In the world of tech and digital, it's easy to feel like you need to be everywhere at once. New markets, new products, new features, new channels, new partnerships. For female founders, balancing growth ambitions alongside the realities of scaling a business can often leave us stretched across too many priorities.

Yet the businesses that achieve sustainable growth are rarely the ones trying to do everything. They're the ones that develop real clarity around who they serve, the problem they're solving, and where they can create the greatest impact.

As part of Leeds Digital Festival, this special edition of She Scales brings together female founders from across the NatWest Accelerator Leeds and University of York communities for an honest conversation about growth, focus, and scaling in the tech sector.

Through practical insights, founder experiences, and peer-to-peer learning, we'll explore how getting ruthlessly focused on your customer, proposition, and priorities can help create momentum, unlock opportunities, and fuel sustainable growth.

Because when resources, time, and energy are limited, focus becomes one of the most powerful growth strategies a founder can have.

This session is designed for female founders building businesses across the digital and technology landscape who are looking to scale with greater clarity and confidence.

We'll be joined by Rachel Swann, Founder of Rachel Swann Advisory Ltd, who will share why growth isn't usually a product problem first, it's often a customer-focus problem. Together, we'll explore how narrowing your focus can strengthen your offer, improve customer traction, and create the foundations for sustainable growth.

Alongside Rachel, a panel of female tech founders at different stages of their growth journey will share the realities of scaling a business, the lessons they've learned, and the decisions that helped them gain clarity on what really matters.

Expect practical takeaways, honest conversations, meaningful connections, and an opportunity to connect with ambitious women building and growing technology-driven businesses across Yorkshire.

Because growth isn't about doing more. It's about focusing on what matters most.

She Scales is a monthly female founders connection and co‑working day delivered across every NatWest Accelerator hub. It is a dedicated space for women who are building and growing businesses.

The monthly sessions will bring people together to share experiences, exchange insight, and build community in a warm and honest environment.

Whether you are at the beginning of your journey, scaling with momentum, or learning from those who have already travelled the path ahead, She Scales offers meaningful connection, practical conversation, and genuine support. We welcome female founders, non‑binary founders who feel aligned with women’s spaces, and allies who wish to contribute, learn, and support.

📚 What to expect:

•A relaxed and welcoming start with coffee and informal introductions.

•Time to continue conversations, spark ideas, and connect with founders who understand your journey.

•Optional co‑working for the rest of the day, allowing you to stay in the hub, keep the momentum going, and enjoy a productive working environment.

👥 Why attend:

•Connect with founders who understand the opportunities and challenges faced by women in business.

•Learn from lived experience shared openly and without judgement.

•Build confidence, clarity, and new perspectives that support your growth.

•Strengthen your sense of community and expand your network across the Accelerator.

•Enjoy a productive co‑working day surrounded by peers who share your ambition.

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