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Top Five Reasons to Attend Athena VC Festival
The Athena VC Festival is set to be the biggest women-in-VC event outside London and the South East, bringing together trailblazing investors,

The Athena VC Festival – Empowering Women in Venture Capital – Launching at Nexus, Leeds
The highly anticipated Athena VC Festival is set to take place on 13 May 2025 at Nexus, University of Leeds. Uniting women

Dyneval Secures £515,772 in Funding to Accelerate Fertility Technology Innovation
Dyneval, the pioneering fertility technology company, has raised £515,772 in a new round of investment to advance its flagship product, the Dynescan.

Fuelling Innovation and Opportunity: Female Angels Take Flight
Our cofounders Jordan Dargue and Helen Oldham travelled down to the House of Lords on Tuesday 17 December with two angels from

The Bettii Pod Secures £337,000 to Revolutionise Menstrual Product Hygiene with Support from Lifted Ventures
Scotland, 17 December, 2024 The Bettii Pod Ltd, a pioneering FemTech start-up founded in 2021 by CEO Elaine Galston, has successfully raised

Celebrating an Incredible First Year at Lifted Ventures
Today we release our Annual Report 2024. As we reflect on our inaugural year, we are overwhelmed with pride and gratitude for