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Steph Hind, the awesome co-founder of Heka, wrote a great piece in Startups Magazine on the tough juggling act of balancing motherhood with being a founder She touched on a couple of important topics, such as: breaking down the traditional work-obsessed founder stereotype, the importance of trusting your team as a founder, and prioritising self-care to foster long-term business success 👇 Check out the comments below for the full article #venturecapital #vc #startups #worklifebalance #entrepreneurship #motherhood #founders #tech

Steph Hind, co-founder of Heka, wrote a great piece in Startups Magazine on the tough juggling act of balancing motherhood with being a founder She touched on a couple of really important topics, such as: breaking down the traditional work-obsessed founder stereotype, the importance of trusting your team as a founder, and prioritising self-care to foster long-term business success 📈 Check out the link in the comments below for the full article 👇 #venturecapital #vc #startups #worklifebalance #entrepreneurship #motherhood #founders #tech

📢 Applications for Edition 12 of Female Founder Office Hours are now open! Edition 12 is set to be our largest one to date, featuring the highest number of investor participants we've ever had The event will take place virtually on November 7th, where 300 female founders will be matched with 4 investors each for one-to-one meetings to discuss their tech idea, seek advice or pitch for investment To date, 25% of founders have gone on to raise funding after attending an event. £194m has been raised in 2024 by companies that have attended one of the previous editions, with £69m from UK-based companies. This is just the beginning of the work we still need to do to close the gender funding gap If you're a woman founder, or know any women founders out there that fit these criteria, please do apply/share with them: 🌱 Inception to Series A 🚀 💻 Tech company 🌍 Europe HQ 🙋♀️ Women-led A big thank you to everybody involved for their continued support, including  Carta, Microsoft for Startups and FieldHouse Associates, and the 200 investors taking the time outside of their day jobs to participate To find out more and to apply, please check out the links in the comments below 👇 #startups #venturecapital #technology #entrepreneurship #investing #innovation #future #founders #femalefounders #womenintech

It has been 4 years since we launched the Playfair Wellness Programme in collaboration with Heka 💚 To celebrate this milestone and reflect on the impact of the initiative so far, we have just released version III of The Playfair Wellness Programme blog over on Medium TL;DR - It’s incredibly important to Playfair as an employer and investor that we support our founders and team beyond their day-to-day work, as we know people can only do their best work when they feel their best - Heka offers > 5,000 benefits and experiences which Playfair founders and team members can pick from every month to fulfill their wellbeing needs - On average, Playfair members each booked from 3.2 separate Heka partners in the last 12 months Read the full Medium article in the comments below 👇 #venturecapital #startups #founders #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #technology #mentalhealth #FounderMentalHealth

📣 Fantastic news for Sprout.ai 📣 Sprout.ai have been named one of the best Insurtech firms in the world 👏 This is for their ability to expedite processing, improve assessment accuracy, detect fraud, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency Congratulations to the Sprout.ai team and all the other awarded companies See the full list below 👇 #vc #venturecapital #insurance #insurtech #startups #tech #ai #entrepreneurship

Henrik Wetter Sanchez will be in Berlin for The Marketplace Conference on 24th September 🇩🇪 Henrik is very keen to: 1) Find the next Passionfruit (high bar 🚀) 2) Meet other investors who are also going deep in this space If you're excited about the power of network effects and pre-seed investing please feel free to reach out to Henrik 👋 #vc #venturecapital #startups #entrepreneurship #founders #berlin #dach #marketplaces

What is the state of pre-seed VC in mid-2024? PreSeed Now spoke to our very own Chris Smith about investment strategies, investor expectations, the evolution of the late-stage playbook, and more... Check out the full interview by Martin SFP Bryant via the link below 👇 #vc #venturecapital #startups #careers #leadership #management #technology #innovation #work #life

At Playfair, we value transparency from day 0 We truly care about the relationships with our founders, fellow investors and team members, and that’s why we have made our full term sheet downloadable from our website We hope that this helps to demystify what should be one of the most exciting initial stages of the founder journey - getting funded 💸 We've also written a guide explaining the key terms, what you should accept and what to look out for More information in the comments below👇 #vc #venturecapital #startups #fundraising #founders #termsheet #entrepreneurship

Applications for Focal’s W24 demo day are now open to startups raising in the next 6 months🤑 Last demo day alone, applicants received over 1.6k introductions from investors 🚀 It takes just 7 minutes to apply, and even those who don’t make it to demo day can get introductions to over 250 leading VC fund partners, including us at Playfair Apply with the link in the comments below 👇 #focal #startup #fundraising #vc #demoday

Last week we hosted the first Dads Building Companies event at the Playfair office! 🥳 Set up by James Roycroft-Davis a month ago and with 350 members already, this community brings together founders with one common denominator: they’re Dads first and company builders second It was awesome to have 50 founders discussing important topics such as the importance of distraction-free family time, tips for juggling endless priorities, child care and more Looking forward to the next one! #vc #entrepreneurship #founders #parenting #startups #fundraising