Female Founders
Since June 2020, Jamal Maxey and Richa Cibbar have run
6+ pitch events exclusively hosting female founders to pitch.
Our events match female founders to industry-specific advisors and investors, and provide real-time feedback in addition to our team promoting startups to our relevant investor networks.
We have hosted 18 female founders at our exclusive events and a further 87 women entrepreneurs from pre-seed to Series A at events on sector verticals open to both male and female founders.
Our female founder events have evolved in scope - from a focus on Women in EdTech to Female Founder, and moving under the "Pitch Lounge" umbrella brand.
The format of our events is undergoing minor changes.
More news to follow...
Attended one of our Female Founder events?
Please email us with your feedback to info@pitchlounge.net
We Produce Engaging Female Founder Pitch Events
6
Number of Female Founder events produced since June 2020
18
Female Founder startups from pre-seed to Series A hosted
500+
Unique attendees who have attended Female Founder events
1500+
Our online community group members and mailing list
Female Founder Community
550+ members on LinkedIn.
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Female Founder Pitch Lounge Team
Our Female Founder Pitch Events Team came together between June 2020 and March 2023,
and is still growing - we have collectively run 6 Female Founder pitch and panel events over this time period.
Co-Producer | Startup Scout | Pitch Coach
Jamal Maxey (Phoenix Investments)
Helping Female Founders secure exposure, advisors, and investment via Events | Pitch Coaching | Referrals | Marketing | Fundraising Campaigns
Based in Berlin, Germany
Community Manager | Event Moderator
Richa Cibbar (Independent Freelancer)
Helping Female Founders... grow their business | Marketing & Social Media Strategy | Workshops |
1:1 Mentoring | F&B Community Builder
Based in Monaco
Event Series Brand Manager | Advisor Panelist
Meiraj Ahmed (Independent Freelancer)
Helping female founders grow their business | Marketing & Social Media Strategy | Workshops |
1:1 Mentoring | F&B Community Builder
Based in Berlin, Germany
"I love how these events are different from others and make me feel empowered & energised. The community is super supportive and helps you along your journey."
"These events for startups are unique - offering a friendly & supportive environment and a community of valuable new investor contacts and ambassadors for your brand."
“Thanks for organising such insightful pitch events - the feedback from the panel has gotten me hooked on your events!"
Advisor Panelists - Female Founder Pitch Events
Amalia Bryl
Founder & Managing Partner at NETA Ventures
(Formerly Edvantage)
Entrepreneur | Mentor | Investor
Cynthia Sweeney
Founder & Director R&D at Leswee LLC
Grant Writing & Research | Corporate Strategy Specialist
Dr. Carmen Finnan
Founder at Story Dialogue
Storytelling & Marketing | Communications & Branding | Mentor
Elena Suciu
Founder at RSVP Business Angel
Business Angel Investor in Holistic Health | Fundraising Campaigns |
Financial Modeling
Jessica Kennedy White
Senior Director of Learning Sciences at Area9 Lyceum
EduVation GmBH | AI | EdTech | Mentor
Nariman Maalouf
Marketing & Sales Operations at Vision Insurance SAOG
Investor Readiness Advisor | Entrepreneur
Nithya Prabhu
Founder & Managing Director at Lurnable
Entrepreneur | Strategic Partnerships Expert | Mentor
Paula Laurel Jackson PhD.
EdTech Advisor &
Consultant
Social Entrepreneur | Comms Coach
Payal Rajpal
Director & South Asia Head at Robotex India
Educationist | Entrepreneur |
Leadership Coach
Samar Hassan
Founder at Epiphany
Social Impact Consltant | Serial Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Impact Investing Enthusiast
Sara Abou Ibrahim
University Lecturer at Modern University Business & Sciences
Educational Consultant | Startup Mentor
Warm Referrals
Our events are largely open to everyone, and we operate with an open chat and sometimes post-event breakout room networking. We also share the attendance register with our main event partners - and this includes you the pitching founders!
Require support with event follow-ups, B2B partnerships & sales, or want help with warm referrals to our past advisor panelists listed above?
Please email info@pitchlounge.net
Startup Alumni - Female Founder Pitch Events
Helping many Female Founder startups on their fundraising journey...
Hosting and promoting innovative Female Founder startups of all types...
EdTech
LegalTech
FashionTech
Business Modelling Tech
LogisticsTech
Futurism
25k+
Organic Social Media Impressions
The number of impressions across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for each pitching startup
50-80
Live Event Attendees
The attendee range at our six Female Founder pitch events
15-25
Investment Companies
Investors, fund managers, startup scouts and incubator/accelerator representatives each time
3-5+
Investor Meetings Secured
The average number of post-event investor meetings secured for pitching startups after our events
Apply to Pitch - Female Founder Pitch Events
If you meet the following criteria:
Female Founder CEO or another C-level Executive in a leadership role at your startup who is happy to present 50%+ of your investor pitch presentation
Post-revenue
Preparing to raise investment OR currently in an active investment round
We attract the best female founder funds and other investment and financial companies to our events...
Fundraising Campaigns
Our team and partners are experienced in fundraising for startups and other organizations - investments, grants, and business loans.
The key to fundraising success is a clear fundraising campaign. When marketing and fundraising work in sync your campaign efforts are more effective. While we have a 25k investor database to promote our pitch events and fundraising campaign clients, we work with you to determine which of these investors you want to target and whether you match their investment criteria. We are constantly curating and adding new investors to our pool of investors.
We will review your current investment deck where necessary and in response to new insights and validating your data points. This will provide you with a stronger deck outlining your ‘positioning’ in the fundraising market.
Following that, we will map out the communications needed to drive enquiries and investor leads. We would also internally hold weekly fundraising meetings to track our progress and results, and check the fundraising campaign content and discuss other marketing requirements.
Our fundraising campaigns run for a minimum of 8 weeks.
We prefer to work with our pitching startups - although not exclusively the case -
because our pitch application process, event preparation, and investor panelist and audience responses form part of due diligence.
Email jamal@pi.is and enquire about securing a fundraising campaign spot!
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Since August 2020, we have run 30+ pitch events in the F&B sector hosting 100+ F&B startups from pre-seed to Series A across AgTech, FoodScience, Delivery, and Retail sectors.
We match F&B startups to industry-specific advisors and investors.