Law firm Gordons has been appointed as the legal partner of Lifted Ventures, a start-up investment network aimed at supporting female founders.
As legal partner, Gordons will advise the network’s investors and provide guidance to start-ups throughout the funding process, including early stage, growth and exit.
Lifted Ventures was founded in 2023 by Helen Oldham and Jordan Dargue, who were joint leaders of the NorthInvest angel network and co-founders of both Fund Her North and Women Angels of the North.
Commenting on the appointment Jordan Dargue, co-founder at Lifted Ventures, said: “Lifted Ventures is an early-stage investment connector, existing to increase the flow of early-stage capital to female-founded businesses. Both our community of angel investors and our founders – especially those who may be going through this process for the first time – must have access to reliable and experienced legal experts. The Lifted Ventures team are so pleased to be able to facilitate this for our network through our partnership with Gordons.”
To date, Lifted Ventures has facilitated over £450m of funding and helped more than 500 entrepreneurs across various sectors outside of London and the South East.
Amy Pierechod, partner and head of start-ups and emerging companies at Gordons, said: “Lifted Ventures as a vital mission in getting capital flowing to women-led start-ups.
“It’s great to have been appointed and we look forward to leveraging our experience in this space to provide straightforward, practical advice to the network and grow its list of success stories.”
Gordons’ start-ups and emerging companies clients include marketing and technology platform ContentCal which was sold to US-based global software company Adobe. Additional clients include fintech provider Detected and cyber fraud prevention company Lunio.
Written and issued on behalf of Gordons and Lifted Ventures by Brand8 PR.
Lifted Ventures is breaking down barriers when it comes to supporting diverse female founders to access early stage investment. We believe that investment should be accessible to everyone, irrespective of their background, ethnicity, gender, neuro or physical diversity.
For more information about how you, as a female founder, can be supported to access early-stage capital by Lifted Ventures, visit our website or reach out to a member of the team.