Female Founders Rise 💥| Advisor | Mum of 4 | Digital + Media + Marketing | Exited Founder

I'm on a mission to make entrepreneurship more accessible.
I set up my first business at 25, and since then, I have successfully set up, grown and sold multiple companies (and had a few failures on the journey too!)
Entrepreneurship is what I love.  

Most recently, I’ve been focused on Female Founders Rise [FFR] - a community of 10K female and non-binary founders 
>> https://femalefoundersrise.com/

I’m also a micro-investor in 30 women-led businesses, a speaker, and co-host of The Fundraising Grind (a podcast about helping you get your business funded with my friend Mae Yip)

At FFR, our mission is to empower women to achieve financial freedom through entrepreneurship.  

We do that through 4 pillars:

➕ Community - we come together for connection, collaboration, and support.  Being a founder can be a lonely journey, and we want to be there for each other

➕ Funding - we've launched Cohort 4 of our fundraising accelerator - a free 8-week program to help 60+ female founders at a time on their fundraising journey

➕ Business Fundamentals - we run regular sessions and masterclasses on all things fundamental to growing a successful, sustainable business

➕ Awareness - we celebrate female founders and help them share their voices.  So far 700+ women have taken part in our personal branding challenge

We have partnered with brands like London Business School, Lloyds Bank, and Google, and hosted events for 100's of women all over the UK.  We have been featured in The Times, Sifted, and Forbes.

Come and join us on our mission 👉 femalefoundersrise.com


Why do I care?

I want the same opportunities for women entrepreneurs as their male counterparts. 
When I heard about the funding gap, I was shocked and decided I'd try and do something about it.  
In the last few years, I have found my "Why" and a great deal of joy from being around so many incredible women doing amazing things.   

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👋 Follow me for daily posts on entrepreneurship, female founders, and my journey investing in women-led businesses.

👉 Join Female Founders Rise free and connect with 10k
female founders >>femalefoundersrise.com
Curated resources, fundraising support, business fundamentals + connection

👉 Find Female Founders Rise on LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/company/female-founders-rise/

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For paid consultancy/speaking engagements, please enquire at hello@femalefoundersrise.com

Emmie Faust

All go at Female Founders Raise

Kicked off with a brilliant session from Dan Bowyer 

And now hearing from some fab investors 🙌

Jasmin Thomas 
Martin Carruthers 
Rodney Appiah 
😃 David Fogel 

Thank you all for joining us today! 

Let’s go and get more women funded 🚀

Serial Founder building a community of 10K Founders | Sharing the Real Journey of Entrepreneurship + Growth | Join ⤵️

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Hey 👋 I’m Kim and I’m passionate about Social Sustainability and access to opportunity.

In my corporate role at Lloyds Business & Commercial, I design and deliver programmes supporting underserved founders including disabled, neurodivergent, Black and female entrepreneurs.
This year I’m focused on innovation and AI to scale our impact, user research and neurodiversity and entrepreneurship.

Alongside this, I’m the founder of We Can Be.
A platform helping girls aged 6–16 see entrepreneurship as something possible, exciting and made for them through inclusive books, practical tools and experiences.

I started building We Can Be after nearly 17 years in corporate innovation, strategy and sustainability, where one truth kept showing up in the data and the stories:

Talent is everywhere.
Opportunity is not.

Right now:
	•	81% of young people in the UK can’t name a single female entrepreneur
	•	Less than 1 in 5 UK companies are female-led
	•	Only 26% of students leave school with any financial education

So I’m working on both sides of the system:
	•	fixing who gets funded today
	•	and who gets to start tomorrow

I’m also deep in the world of vibe-coding (currently obsessed with Lovable) turning my many ideas into an actual product is pretty wild!

If you care about underserved founders or building fairer systems, you’re in the right place.

Kimberley Loudon

📣 Calling all Black-owned business ready to scale!

🚀 Applications are now open for the Immerse Catalyst Accelerator in partnership with Lloyds Business & Commercial and Foundervine

Catalyst is an intensive 8‑week accelerator designed to help you level up with:

✨ Expert‑led workshops
✨ Personalised coaching
✨ A supportive community of ambitious founders and alumni
✨ A platform to pitch to investors
✨ Access to a £21k grant funding pot

This is your chance to join a programme built to drive real, sustainable growth 📈 

📅 Deadline to apply: 2 February 2026
🔗 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/d4G8JKQT

Please share and tag anyone who might be interested in the comments ⬇️

Founder | We Can Be 💡 Helping girls 6–16 see entrepreneurship as a possibility | Championing Inclusive Entrepreneurship | Social Sustainability @ Lloyds Banking Group | vibe coding obsessed

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