Hello there,
To say we have been event crazy is an understatement
(but we love it)
Yesterday we had 3 events in one day - a breakfast with Erifili, a Report launch for ambassadors with Nonie and Mental Fitness with the UK’s leading mental fitness expert, Maya Raichoora.
And we’re going to do more of these flagship day events, so watch this space…..
Hope to see you at one of the Female Founder breakfasts I’m hosting with my podcast co-host and fellow founder, Mae - An intimate gathering of female founders to build deeper connections and workshop all things growth > Join the first one here
Have a great week
Emmie
FFR IN-PERSON & ONLINE EVENTS
1) [Online] Funding Your Business Without Giving Away Equity > 25th March at 12 pm, Dana Clouston from Barclays Business Banking, Jessica Phillips-Harris from the British Business Bank and Dr. Dupe Burgess, founder of Bloomful, will join Emmie to explore non equity to fund your business >> Register here
2) [Online] Future of Health, Beauty and Wellbeing > Mar 19, 2026 12 noon, join Ozlem Tuskan, award-winning brand and innovation strategist, futurist, self-mastery coach and business mentor for a session exploring the new frontiers of beauty, health, and well-being >> Register here
3) [Online] PR for Newbies: How to Squeeze the Most Out of PR > Mar 27, 2026 12 noon, join Riannon Palmer, Founder of Lem-uhn, the B Corp award-winning feel-good PR agency. A beginner’s guide to getting media coverage without a big budget >> Register here
4) [Online] Finding investors and Nailing your Valuation > 16th April at 12pm, join Sam Simpson, Founder of Founder Catalyst >> Register here
FUNDRAISING ACCELERATOR: APPLICATIONS OPEN
Applications are now open for our fully funded, equity-free Fundraising Accelerator Cohort 8 here. Deadline March 15th.
Ideal for founders actively raising or planning to, with existing SEIS/EIS approval.
Get support from our partners: Shoosmiths, FounderCatalyst, Barclays Eagle Labs, and SuperSeed VC.
Over the past 8 weeks, cohort 7 founders worked through everything required to raise investment: refining their narrative, strengthening their decks, understanding investor psychology, and building real fundraising strategies.
We were also joined by 20 investors and external experts who generously shared their insights. See who they were here.
The next phase continues with 4 months of ongoing support as founders move into active fundraising. This cohort achieved an NPS of 80, with 15% of founders raising during the programme, and many more securing investment shortly after.
So, if you’re preparing to raise and want to join the next cohort, applications are now open here.
RESOURCES & EXTERNAL EVENTS
1/ Have you heard about the mathematician who published her first paper in Nature at the age of 10? > Check out this great video from Adam Kucharski, Professor and Co-founder of WholeSum (Adam is one of the team behind slicing and dicing of data for The Rise Report) >>Watch here
2/ Female Founder Breakfast (All Things Growth!) > Join Emmie Faust and Mae Yip for an intimate breakfast, bringing together a small group of female founders to talk all things growth on April 14th, 8:45 am to 10:45 am >> Register here
3/AI Build Day IWD Event > Join Digital Women on March 24th from 10 am to 3:30 pm at Canva's Bersey Building for IWD. In teams, create a campaign, website, or platform using AI and then pitch it to a panel of diverse judges for a chance to receive £3000 >>Join here
4/ The Rise Report of Female Entrepreneurship 2026 > One of the largest grassroots studies of female entrepreneurship ever conducted in the UK.
Based on responses from 2,225 founders collectively generating £1 billion in annual turnover.
>> Download the report directly here
5/ Catch up with Female Founders Rise on YouTube shorts >>Watch here
6/ 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).
Have a great week.
Love from us all at FFR 💜
P.S. Download The Rise Report of Female Entrepreneurship and access the data, methodology and partners here.