Female Founders Pitch Night with Octopus Ventures and NoBa Capital
Sign up for the chance to pitch live to Octopus Ventures, NoBa Capital and Alma Angels.
Applications to pitch close on 21st September.
What to expect
Submit your pitch deck for the opportunity to pitch live to leading venture capital investors.
We'll select five founders to pitch on the night, with each receiving real-time feedback from our investor panel.
If you're not selected to pitch, we'd still love for you to join us to watch the pitches, meet fellow founders, and network with investors and the wider startup community.
This event is designed to champion and support women building exceptional businesses, because we know there are so many outstanding female-led startups that deserve greater visibility, connections and funding.
Who should attend
This event is for pre-seed to Series A startups across any sector.
We welcome applications from all founding teams. To be eligible to pitch, at least one female co-founder must be part of the founding team and deliver the pitch on the night.
Whether you're applying to pitch or simply attending to connect with other founders and investors, we'd love to have you there.
Meet our investors
Maria Callaway is an Investment Associate at Octopus Ventures, supporting pioneering founders through their scale-up journeys. Previously, Maria worked at VGC Partners where she developed experience in seed and growth-stage investment, from origination to deal execution and portfolio support.
Lenka Elekova is an Investment Associate at NoBa Capital, supporting early-stage tech companies. Lenka is also a core ecosystem builder within the Alma Angels network, where she actively supports female founders across various industries.
Dr Lisa Portz is the MD of ZebraFarm, a consultancy that designs and delivers effective, founder-first startup programmes for accelerators, universities, and funds. She has over a decade of experience supporting hundreds of ventures as an advisor and fractional exec. Lisa is also a Venture Partner at Project Ventures, Imperial's first alumni fund.
Your hosts
Novabook is the accounting firm for startups. We give founders access to the best UK accountants to handle all your accounting, with real humans you can call whenever you need. Alongside this, Novabook has built a software platform that automates the admin founders hate - no invoice chasing, no missed emails, and no manual payments. Novabook can help you with everything from bookkeeping, payroll and VAT to R&D claims and EMI valuations. We save founders time and money with the most responsive accounting solution for your startup.
NatWest is committed to empowering female founders at every stage on their growth journey. Through the NatWest Accelerator and our always‑on Accelerator App community, we provide expert mentors, practical tools and a powerful national network of co-working hubs that help entrepreneurs across the UK build the skills and confidence to scale. Download the Accelerator App to get started.
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