Female Founders Circle
Nurturing and celebrating female founder growth.
Building a startup can be hard, especially without like-minded people around you. Add to that the unique challenges female founders face and you’ve got a need for a dedicated and intentional community.
We’re delighted to have joined forces with the female-only fund, F5 Collective, to create this unique opportunity for high growth female founders to collaborate and evolve as a community.
Our inaugural circle comprises a hand-selected group of ambitious founders from all areas of industry, and a diverse range of backgrounds and life stages. As a collective, circle members create an environment for growth, nurturing and boundless opportunity creation.
The community you need
Having a community of like-minded women around you is invaluable. If you’re an female founder with less than $5mil ARR, our intimate community could be just right for you.
The time is now.
As much as we wish it weren’t so, we know that female founders experience a number of additional hurdles in starting a business. To be honest, we think this is pretty unacceptable. That’s why we’re working to be the change we want to see in the industry. Be that making introductions, opening doors or championing different perspectives.
Knocking down walls.
We’re here to ensure all founders get access to the same opportunities, even if they don’t have deep pockets or extensive professional networks. Why? Because when they do, they make damn good use of them. On average, funded women-led companies deliver 35% higher ROI & generate 10% more revenue.
Find your tribe.
Finding community in those who understand you is one of the most validating experiences. Our intimate group dinners, social events and educational experiences provide the perfect breeding ground for genuine relationships to develop and grow.
A unique opportunity to make an impact.
Our intimate, application-only, annual membership is the perfect opportunity to join a community of amazing female founders who get what you’re going through and importantly, who get you. Whether you’re looking to level-up your founder experience by learning from some of the country’s most accomplished founders or looking for an opportunity to give back to the community, our Female Founders Circle is the place for you.
All the Deets
We are so proud to provide female founders with a safe space to share the ups and downs of founder life. Where deep friendships are made and scale up growth is passionately cultivated. Members of our Female Founders Circle can expect to enjoy:
Fabulous regular dinners where you’ll dine on not just food, but amazing content too!
Tailored and dedicated support to help you knock down doors and navigate your growth
Regular, practical lunch and learns with community superstars & leading speakers
Private, monthly mentoring from leading Australian investors
Direct connections to the cheque writers in Australia’s amazing startup investment community
All the other membership benefits of The Startup Network, like programs & events.
A word from our circle leaders
“We are so proud to provide female founders with a safe space to share the ups and downs of founder life. Where deep friendships are made and scale up growth is passionately cultivated.”
— Tracey Warren | F5 Collective CEO
“As the CEO of The Startup Network, I am acutely aware of the additional adversities faced by female founders in todays climate. If you are raising a fund or a family, doing neither or doing both. The FFC is for you in this moment, whatever that looks like”
— Vicki Stirling | The Startup Network CEO
Why Us?
We’re Australia’s largest independent Startup Community and believe it takes a village to build a startup. That’s why we bring together the best and brightest startup innovators, entrepreneurs and investors to support you on your journey.
Better yet, we’ve already built a successful community of high growth founders in our Growth Club, so we know exactly what it takes. Add in F5’s dedicated expertise in supporting and investing female founders, and we have the perfect mix.
I’m ready to fast track my growth with women who get me.
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