Empowering women · Creating businesses
Turn your business idea into a real enterprise.
A one-day launchpad for women across the Midlands — practical workshops, founder keynotes, real networks, and a pitch competition with a £2,500 start-up grant.
£2,500
Start-up grant
5
Pitch finalists
10+
Expert workshops
18+
Open to all women
Our vision
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
Many women have incredible business ideas but lack the things that turn an idea into a trading business. Midlands Female Founders Launchpad exists to bridge that gap.
- confidence
- funding
- networks
- mentors
- practical knowledge
Day one
Learn. Inspire. Connect.
Learn
Expert workshops on starting up, business planning, finance and funding, tax, legal compliance, marketing, branding, sales, sustainability and growth.
Inspire
Five successful female entrepreneurs share their journeys — overcoming fear, raising finance, balancing family and business, failures and scaling.
Connect
Network with investors, business owners, finance specialists, mentors, sponsors and support organisations from across the region.
The business challenge
Five finalists. One Apprentice-style pitch.
Finalists are selected on the day and receive mentoring, business planning guidance and pitch coaching before returning to pitch to an expert panel.
Event objectives
- 01Inspire women to start businesses
- 02Increase female entrepreneurship across the Midlands
- 03Improve access to finance
- 04Connect women with successful founders
- 05Build lasting business networks
- 06Award funding to promising entrepreneurs
- 07Create measurable social and economic impact
Your idea deserves a room like this.
Places are limited. Book through Eventbrite and join founders from across the Midlands.