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Female Founders Pitch Night with Octopus Ventures and Alma Angels

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18:00 · Europe / London

About this event

Sign up for the chance to pitch live to Octopus Ventures and Alma Angels.
Applications to pitch close on 24th 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, UK based 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.
Gigi Jia is a founding member of Alma Angels and an experienced strategy and investment professional with 11+ years of experience across financial services, private capital and M&A. At EY-Parthenon, she led work across financial services and private capital, advising investors and businesses on portfolio strategy, capital allocation and acquisitions, and was seconded to KKR as a private equity Principal. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles at NN Group across investment strategy, reinsurance and transformation. She holds an EMBA from London Bus

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