Latest Angel investment Podcast Episodes
Nicola Piercy, Stripe and Stare - Securing investment for sustainable knickers
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - January 12, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin Julia Elliott Brown, Founder & CEO of Enter the Arena as she sits down with Nicola Piercy, the Founder of Stripe and Stare, the world's most comfortable knickers sustainably sourced from trees. Nicola shares her life as a serial entrepreneur, from founding Stripe and Stare with co-founder K...
Lisa Eaton, Fabric Academy - The Power of Advisors
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - November 03, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBeing new to the world of investment, Lisa mapped out local experts in the North East of England that could fill certain knowledge gaps. It was after discovering who could add value to the business that she “accidentally” found her Angel investors and went on to successfully close her round with...
Rebekah Brown, MPowder - Raising Money for Menopause
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - October 06, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLike many women starting businesses, the motivation for Rebekah Brown’s entrepreneurship, MPowder, was in response to her own experiences and spotting a gap in the market. She was struggling with a multitude of symptoms during perimenopause and felt there was barely any information on how to dea...
Polly McMaster, The Fold - Don’t Fold under pressure
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - September 08, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBeing an entrepreneur is an incredibly turbulent journey. Polly McMaster is the founder of modern luxury workwear brand, The Fold, and she’s been experiencing the highs and lows since 2011. As Polly says in this episode, “that's something you have to have your eyes wide open to, when you go into...
Sheila Hogan, Biscuit Tin - Raising For DeathTech
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - July 07, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBiscuit Tin won the COVID response competition from Innovate UK, being one of 800 out of thousands of applications which gave the business runway through the pandemic. With no marketing budget, Sheila used partnerships to get the business to market and has been on Dragon’s Den which has certainl...
Cindy Gallop, MakeLoveNotPorn - Funding a real sex website
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - June 02, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNo investors wanted to “touch the business with a barge pole” fourteen years ago, when the company was started by Cindy, due to fear of being associated with SexTech. However, Cindy saw an opportunity in the market. She feels sex is essentially a recession-proof industry and the niche of “social...
Katy Cottam, Luna Daily - Funds, vulvas, knees and toes
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - May 05, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKaty secured a pre-seed funding round from several angel investors. She remembers hearing from multiple people “That's not possible" and is really glad she didn't listen to that advice and instead pushed to get on board the right angel partners that fully believed in the vision. The relationshi...
Katy Cottam, Lunar Daily - Funds, vulvas, knees and toes
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - May 05, 2023 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKaty secured a pre-seed funding round from several angel investors. She remembers hearing from multiple people “That's not possible" and is really glad she didn't listen to that advice and instead pushed to get on board the right angel partners that fully believed in the vision. The relationshi...
Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, AltoVita - Investor herd mentality
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - April 07, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs digital nomads, Vivi and her co-founder had the ambitious goal of building a global empire. With Vivi being from an investment banking background, she had some financial skills, but starting a business was a whole new challenge. It’s why being humble is core to the culture of the business now...
Lucy Hall, LOANHOOD - Failed your investment round? Go again
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - March 03, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLucy started raising for Loanhood by building a rewards-based Crowdfunder and receiving a grant from NatWest. This helped establish the brand’s community and opened their eyes to the crowdfunding ecosystem. After some questionable advice, they tried to raise £400,000 from VCs who, from the get-g...
Stamena Dimitrova, Refillable - Think big to win the investment game
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - February 03, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingStamena’s co-founder is her daughter, which occasionally means sparks with their differing yet complementary approaches to business. The first thing they did was research the market, to validate their idea and strengthen the vision. Then they found a shop to rent and purchased stock but just bef...
Linda Wade, Spinview - Spinning funding plates
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - January 06, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLinda had no experience in raising investment before starting the company, but luckily, her manager at Microsoft become Spinview’s chairman and championed the business, which helped elevate Linda. He advised her on how to go about doing a pitch deck, standing in front of an investor, and what ki...
Vineeta Tripathi, Vitarka Therapeutics - From scientist to CEO
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - December 09, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVineeta founded the company in 2021 after 15 years in drug development in major pharmaceutical companies and is a co-inventor on 13 granted patents and 4 filed patents. Biotech start-ups like Vitarka Therapeutics need funds for research and development from the get go and Discovery Park Ventures...
Abbie Miranda, Beija London - Explaining bras to investors
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - November 18, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAbbie launched the business in 2016 with her co-founder and sister Maizie, with Abbie managing design and Mazie heading up the brand. The sisters grew up in a family lingerie manufacturing business with their mum as a successful entrepreneur which was understandably inspiring. However, with the ...
Gabi Jennings, Love Ocean - Facing your fundraising fears
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - October 07, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen Gabi overcame her fear of the ocean, a love of the ocean emerged, so the inspiration behind the brand was born. Being out of your depth is a common part of entrepreneurship! By taking a different approach to developing a product, and beginning with storytelling, Love Ocean differentiated it...
Alexandra Pluthero, Freedom Underwear - Challenges Of Funding A Non Tech Business
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - September 09, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlexandra needed investment early on to launch, buy stock and begin marketing. Interest from family and friends led to her first round of £50K. Freedom Underwear launched in 2020 and Alexandra went for a second raise 6 months later. She realised the responsibilities as founder change as soon as ...
Farah Kabir, HANX - Funding for condoms
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - August 05, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThey both felt strongly that the current offering isn’t fit for purpose and wanted to create sexual wellness products to address the problem. They went about starting the passion project with thorough market research and surveyed 2,000 women on sexual health and buying habits. Funding the busin...
Nicole Smith, Flytographer - Accidental entrepreneurship
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - July 08, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBefore starting up Flytographer, Nicole was happy in her global marketing job at Microsoft, but had the idea and simply couldn't shake it. What started as a side hustle has grown into a global business, selling over $20 million in photo shoots and capturing millions of priceless memories. There...
Gayle Harrison, Untagged - Baptism of Fire
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - June 10, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingShe started her fundraising journey with a friends and family round, which she found difficult, conceding, “it was horrible asking for money”. Gayle was repeatedly told by investors that she wouldn’t get investment as a single female founder and needed a co-founder. Since then, she realised thr...
Tersha Willis, terrible* - Is it a pitch or is it a date?
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - May 06, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSince 2017, terrible* has worked with 500+ creators, who’ve used their data and technology to manage their entire merchandise supply chain, helping them generate five times more revenue and 50% more profit than they would anywhere else. As a female founder, Tersha experienced every single fundr...
Yang Liu, JustWear - Every No is a step closer to Yes
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - April 01, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYang previously worked for a VC fund and realised as an entrepreneur, the tables were now turned. Seeking VC investment was the plan after a successful Kickstarter campaign landing JustWears £150,000. But, without ‘enough traction’, VCs just weren’t ready to invest. In hindsight, Angels were the...
Krisi Smith, Bird & Blend Tea - The ideal blend: financials & storytelling
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - March 31, 2022 21:51 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThey now have a team of over one hundred staff, 15 retail stores and a thriving international online business. Krisi always dreamt of having a direct to consumer model and brick and mortar stores and vehemently believes it's all about building the business you truly want. Even if that means turn...
Priya Downes, Nudea - The value of an advisory board
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - March 03, 2022 18:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPriya Downes is the Founder of Nudea, a sustainable underwear brand creating beautiful designs focussed on fit, comfort and looking great. The digital-first brand has grown exponentially since it started in 2019, acquiring over 15,000 customers and generating half a million pounds in revenue in ...
Claire Copeman, Adventure Tours UK - Not just any money
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - January 07, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdventure Tours UK was initially self-funded whilst Claire focused on building the brand through partnerships and PR trips that told a story and made it clear they were “going places”. With immense support from a business mentor, they went out and successfully found investors who really understa...
Martha Keith, Martha Brook - Communication is the secret weapon
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - December 03, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMartha started the brand on a shoestring budget and grew it to 7 figures with no external investment. She recently raised £220,000 through crowdfunding for the first time. With an amazing community behind the brand, they were fully funded in just two days with no lead Angel investor money. Incre...
Virginia Gardiner, Loowatt - When the VC money falls through
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - November 05, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVirginia Gardiner is the founder, CEO and inventor of Loowatt, a waterless toilet addressing the fact that 40% of the world doesn’t have a toilet, and the rest of us are using solutions that aren’t sustainable. Virginia has been on quite a journey. She started the business as an engineering and...
Kike Oniwinde, BYP Network - Valuing your true growth potential
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKike Oniwinde is a Forbes 30 under 30, World Economic Forum Shaper, and has won three national pitch competitions. Kike has been a high achiever since she was raised in East London, throwing the Javelin for GB whilst crushing her grades. In 2020, she raised £900,000 through crowdfunding for her ...
Tiffany Kelly, Beyond Bamboo - Funding a passion-based business
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - September 03, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena talks with Tiffany Kelly, the founder of Beyond Bamboo. Tiffany has always been deeply passionate about the environment. She saw an opportunity for an online marketplace where consumers and businesses can source ethical and sust...
Kim Palmer, Clementine - Knowing when to bring in expert help
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - August 06, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena talks with Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine. Amidst a sudden onset of panic attacks at work, Kim Palmer discovered the power of hypnotherapy as a game changer for staying calm. As a passive option for busy brains, hypnotherapy ...
E44. Jessica & Louella Alderson, SoSyncd - The importance of a lead investor
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders - July 02, 2021 07:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJess and Lou Alderson have tapped a fresh niche in the online dating market using Myers-Briggs personality profiling for a perfect match. They've taken their market by storm and in a short time, managed to raise over £700,000 in investment. Launching in January 2020, the sisters have gone from ...
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