Hi there,
Hope you had a good bank holiday break….
A couple of super fun things we’ve been working on:
1. The live launch of The Female Founders Rise Show
You’re invited to join Mae, Emmie and 100 women for the launch here
2. Our first AI workshop IRL on Monday with Siddhi has sold out so we’ve set up another one for 11th May here. - Imagine this will fill up fast, so if you want a spot book pronto. FFR members can use FFR25 for a discount
3. Female Founders Hub is updated on our site with all the ways that FFR can help you. We’ve already got some of our trusted partners listed and over time, we’ll add more so you can find all you need as you scale and grow.
Sending love
Emmie
P.S. We’re moving our email marketing to a new platform called Beehiv please sign up here and help us with the move. Will report back whether this platform really is as good as the rave reviews (defo much cheaper than what we are currently using).
IN-PERSON & ONLINE EVENTS
1) [London] AI Workshop > Join Emmie Faust and Siddhi Mittal for their second AI workshop on May 11th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (get tickets before they sell out!) FFR members can use FFR25 for a discount >> Register here
2) [London] Launch on Female Founders Rise Show > Join Emmie Faust and Mae Yip for the launch of their new podcast, kicking things off with a live recording at a gorgeous female-founded venue, The Fable, on May 21st from 5:45 pm to 8:45 pm >> Register here
3) [London] Female Founder Breakfast > Join Emmie Faust and Mae Yip to talk all things social media on May 12th from 8:45 am to 10:45 am (10 spots left!) >> Register here
4) [London] Fundraising Meet > Join us at Shoosmiths on April 23rd at 9 am to 11 am to explore all things fundraising with our panel: Emma Steele, Ascension VC, Dan Bowyer, Superseed VC and Catalina Schveninger, Emerge Education >> Register here
5) [Manchester] Rethinking Productivity for Women > 30th April, 5:30 pm to 8 pm - join the Manchester Chapter leads with speaker Maggie McDaris, Founder and CEO of Phase, for a workshop on all things women’s health >> Register here
ONLINE EVENTS
1) [Online] Finding investors and Nailing your Valuation > 16th April at 12 noon, join Sam Simpson, Founder of Founder Catalyst >> Register here
2) [Online] Fundraising Ask me Anything with Dan and Carmel > 14th April at 12 noon >> Register here
CAN YOU HELP US PLEASE?
In case you missed it last week, we're moving our newsletter to a new platform called Beehiiv cos we think it’s a better option and everyone raves about it. It would REALLY help us if you register here with your email and see if it works ok for you (and you get the welcome email) just so we can check it’s all working before trying to move over 11K members. Let us know if there are any problems.
It shouldn't impact you at all, but we'll share more soon (and you might notice a slightly different layout plus the ability to see previous emails).
RESOURCES & EXTERNAL EVENTS
1/ We’re working on a few AI initiatives with Siddhi Mittal - we have opened doors for the 11th May one but join the waitlist to hear about others >> Register for waitlist.
2/ Join June Angelides MBE for a 90 Day Challenge starting on April 14th; three live sessions designed to help you master your energy, money and visibility as a portfolio professional. Early bird tickets are £99 and use code FFR10 for 10% off >> Tickets here.
3/ Sign up for the Friday AM Fundraising newsletter to learn about exclusive fundraising events and resources >> click here to join ( it will add you to the list when you click).
4/ If you haven’t yet read the Rise Report, download it directly here.
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SOCIALS
Some of the most popular posts this month:
1/ Check out 15 incredible founders invited to Downing Street to celebrate the successful female founders are building and scaling in the North East.
2/ Check out Maya the UK’s leading mental fitness visualisation expert who gave a great session at one of our IWD events at female founded venue Wild by Tart.
3/ Check out 15 incredible female founders on the 2026 Startups Index here.
4/ Check out our first-ever Glasgow meet-up here at Barclays Eagle Labs, we had some great female founders on the panel.
5/ We raised £2,500 for The Girls' Network at our community celebration event at the gorgeous, female-founded venue, BloomsYard. Check it out here.
Do go and follow these fab founders and let us know in the comments who we should spotlight next.
Have a great week.
Love from us all at FFR