Here we include useful resources that are relevant for female entrepreneurs in all stages. These will help you understand the overall funding landscape as well as specific challenges for female entrepreneurs – and how to overcome them.
State of the Market
Some useful reports to help you understand the overall funding landscape, especially as it relates to female entrepreneurs
- The Funding Gap: investors and female entrepreneurs – this UBS report looks at why there is a funding gap for female entrepreneurs and how to take action to address it. You can also listen to the interview in the Monocle covering the findings of this report here
- 2021 Investment Landscape – an insightful article by Julia Elliott Brown, Founder and CEO of Enter The Arena, covering the progress achieved to date in improving funding for female entrepreneurs, and the outlook for 2021
- Female Entrepreneurs Beauhurst report – the report assesses gender diversity across the UK’s high-growth ecosystem, highlighting key trends amongst, and disparities between, all-female, mixed-gender and all-male founding teams; from the funding they’ve received to the key support systems they’ve leveraged
- ScaleUp Female Founder Index 2020 – annual report tracks female founded scale-ups and the funding they receive, highlighting trends
Meet Funders and Founders
Get to know the individual investors – they are more approachable than you may think! – and learn from fellow founders to help you learn from others’ experiences and achieve best results
- Meet the Investors Series – meet the (mostly) female investors in start ups and scale ups, introduced via a short profile and Q&A, brought to you by Playfair Capital
- Funding stories – a compilation of video podcasts by Enter the Arena which are sure to offer some lessons and inspiration
Female Founder Challenges & Strategies
Learn more about the specific challenges facing female founders looking for capital – and the strategies for overcoming them
- Female Founder Syndrome – an inspiring message from Julia Elliot Brown, CEO and Founder of Enter the Arena, as well as a successful serial entrepreneur herself
- Securing Funding while facing Imposter Syndrome – Conquering imposter syndrome while still securing funding
- Male and Female Entrepreneurs get asked different questions by VCs and it affects how much money they make – How to handle questioning by a VC based on gender
- Reflections on being a female founder – Tracy Young shares her thoughts on growing her family while growing her business
- Female Founders Advice for Finding the Perfect Mentor – What questions should you be asking when looking for a mentor?
- A female founder in a male dominated VC world – Listen to Kate Ryder speak on her experience funding a healthcare app for women
- Investor-led initiatives to remove barriers – read about how Playfair Capital is levelling the playing field by bringing together founders with mentors and investors, and how you can get involved