Funding Her Future: Insights from women who invest

Female-led startups continue to receive a disproportionately small share of venture funding - but why does this gap persist, and what can founders do to overcome it?
Join a panel of experienced female investors as they share candid insights into the realities of fundraising today. Drawing from both sides of the table, they’ll unpack the challenges, biases, and opportunities shaping the funding landscape - and, importantly, what founders can do to improve their chances of success.
This session is designed to demystify the investment process, provide practical strategies, and empower female founders with the knowledge and confidence to raise capital.
What you’ll learn🎯:
How female founders can navigate and overcome bias in fundraising
What investors are really looking for when backing female founders and how to stand out with confidence
Practical strategies to strengthen your fundraising approach and own your narrative
How to avoid common pitfalls and turn challenges into advantages
Insights from investors who review hundreds of pitches - and what makes standout female founders shine
Who should attend⚡:
Female founders (pre-seed to Series A)
Anyone interested in understanding and addressing the funding gap

About the hosts
SeedLegals
We're the UK’s go-to platform for startup legals, funding, share options, SEIS/EIS and more.
Whether you're just starting out or gearing up for your next raise, SeedLegals is built to help founders move faster and smarter. Our tools make it simple to create and sign essential legal docs, close funding rounds, and reward your team – without burning time or cash on admin.
We’re trusted by 60,000+ startups and investors and power 1 in 6 early-stage funding rounds in the UK. If you're raising, hiring or just figuring out what’s next, we’re here to help you do it right.
Scribe
Scribe is a private markets platform helping founders find investors, with data. To date, they’ve helped over 1,000 early-stage startups find investors, using their database of >850k individuals.
Together, SeedLegals and Scribe have recently launched SeedLegals Boost - a package built to help founders secure SEIS/EIS faster, get their fundraising message in front of 800+ active investors via Scribe, and earn a SeedLegals Qualified badge to strengthen credibility in your pitch deck. Find out more here.

Event partners🤝
Lets Fund Her
Lets Fund Her is a community of 10K+ female founders, on a mission to create visibility and funding opportunities to women-led businesses. We do this through content, events like pitch nights, and partnerships that connect founders with brands and investors.
Women in Tech UK
Women in Tech® is an international organization on a mission to close the gender gap and to help women embrace technology.
They promote girls’ and women’s empowerment around the world, with a focus on Sustainable Development Goal 5b: harnessing technologies. With a Head Office in Paris, they are a Global Movement with chapters in 6 continents, counting over 200.000 members.
The aim is to educate, equip and empower women and girls with the necessary skills, confidence and opportunities to succeed in STEM career fields. They are the only organization for women in tech that has programs for every stage of a woman’s career lifecycle: from the classroom to the boardroom.