Beyond VC: Rethinking Capital for Consumer Founders
Join us at COS head offices for a Female Founders Rise × Interline Ventures panel.
The morning aims to provide founders with practical frameworks for deciding when and how to raise capital, and to showcase the diversity of available pathways - from community-led syndicates to corporate partnerships and non-dilutive funding.
Agenda for the morning:
8:30 - Arrival
9:00 - Welcome from Nasreen and Emmie
9:05 - 9:45 - Panel and Q&A
9:45 -10:30 - Networking
Panellists:
Nasreen Alimohamed - Interline Ventures
Ciara Byrne - Vestra Partners
Charlotte Baraks - Delete Ventures
Nimbi Founders - Consumer founders sharing lived experience of fundraising through angels and syndicates.
Emily Oiyama - Head of Sustainability at COS
And more to be announced shortly.
The panel will explore how female consumer founders can raise capital in ways that align with their brand DNA, ownership ambitions, and pace of growth - moving beyond the traditional VC playbook.
It will spotlight the new, more plural ecosystem emerging around consumer capital: angels, syndicates, small funds, venture studios, corporate venture arms, and alternative financing tools.
About the Event Organisers:
Female Founders Rise is a B Corp community of 10,000+ female and non-binary founders. Our purpose is financial freedom for women through entrepreneurship. Find out more about our fundraising accelerator for female founders here
Interline Ventures is an operator-led investment and advisory platform at the intersection of culture, capital, and consumer.
About the Venue Sponsor:
H&M Group Ventures is the venture capital arm of the H&M Group, acting as a strategic partner that provides capital and expertise to support entrepreneur-led companies.
About the Venue Host:
COS is a global fashion brand committed to making a positive impact on the communities around them through considered partnerships and investments.
Questions?
Email us at [email protected]
Please note: Tickets are non-refundable T's and C's here.
We can't wait to see you there!
Please note this is for founders of consumer businesses who are fundraising. We have limited space and will prioritise those for whom it is most relevant.