📢Calling female business leaders

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Designed to demystify growth capital for female-led scaleup businesses, this session will provide a deep dive into the fundamentals of growth capital—what it is, how it works, and how it can help ambitious businesses scale.

Investors Hannah King (Waters) and Lucy Edwardes Jones from BGF’s team will cover key topics, including:

• The role of growth capital in business expansion
• Why and when to consider raising investment
• How to prepare for the fundraising process
• BGF’s unique approach to investment and value creation

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Inspiring voices

As we round up on International Women’s Day, here are some of the female business voices from across the BGF community, full of insights and inspiration.

📺Vikki Jackson-Smith, founder of family-run J&B Recycling Ltd, on how she secured significant investment from BGF to support the company's growth: Stories of Growth | Vikki Jackson-Smith, J&B Recycling

📺Clare Roberts OBE, founder & CEO of Kids Planet Day Nurseries one the largest nursery groups in the UK, on how she founded the business and scaled to >190 nurseries, caring for over 25,000 children (and counting): Stories of Growth | Clare Roberts, Kids Planet

📖 claire lamb , HR Director at BGF, on the essential need to create meaning for each employee in order to foster good growth in business: The Beautiful Truth | Leadership insight

📖 Lucy Edwardes Jones , Investor at BGF, on why support for life sciences startups is needed to translate world-class research into world-class UK companies: Maddyness | UK startup ecosystem

🎧 Sophie Birch, head of non-executive talent at BGF, on supporting female non-execs in our network: The Good Growth Podcast | How to build a high-impact board

🎧 Sharon Baylay-Bell, former BBC CMO, on her journey from executive leadership to the boardroom: The Good Growth Podcast | Lessons in leadership

Hear more about our approach

BGF has a strong track record in supporting female-led businesses and promoting gender diversity on the boards of scaleup companies. We’re proud to have been the most active institutional investor in female led scaleups for over five years. Find out more here.

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