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Funding more female founders

&

MAKING IT EASIER FOR MORE WOMEN, NON-BINARY PEOPLE

(AND ALLIES) TO BECOME INVESTORS

Young Businesswoman

invest in women-led companies

We believe the only way to fund more women-led companies is to have more women deploying capital. Our mission is to reduce the barriers to entry for investment and give more women investors the opportunity to invest in this asset class.

Our partner organisation, Hive Founders, provides exceptional women-led, high-growth deal flow. We provide the pathway to enable more investors to tap into these deals.

our INVESTMENT CRITERIA

women-led

  • We invest solely in women, or non-binary led startups.
     

  • That means a female or non-binary CEO, or co-founding team where they hold equal or significant equity.

US, UK & EUROPE

  • We invest in companies in the US, UK and Europe.
     

  • We're sector agnostic, but with a preference for tech or tech-enabled

pre-seed to seed

  • We invest in early-stage startups. 
     

  • We identify top performing companies from our Hive Founders programmes using our proprietary methodology.

our process

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FOUNDERS TAKE PART IN OUR PROGRAM

Our evaluation process is embedded into our programs. 

So we spend many weeks understanding the business, the founder and the opportunity.

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top performers are selected

We select the top performers to take part in our investment process, via our quarterly Demo Day and investment group.

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we collect interest from our members

Investors confirm their interest and the amount they wish to invest in the selected company.

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deal is taken forward

Formal process takes place.

Everyone signs the paperwork and investors wire funds.

portfolio companies

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Our Team

Our team comprises seasoned entrepreneurs and operators. Collectively, we run the Hive Founders' programs that identify top performing startups that we introduce to the angel group.

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andrea
sommer

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felicia

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Our advisors

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AIHUI ONG
Alex Florea
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IAN ELLIS
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©2023 Hive Founders Limited

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Nothing on this website constitutes financial advice, financial promotion, or any offer to deal in securities. Only accredited investors are eligible to become members.

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