Fundraising Academy for Female Founders by Julia Elliott Brown

I’m Julia, the CEO and Founder of Enter The Arena, and an expert in raising investment and business growth, focusing on supporting high-growth potential female founders. Our mission at Enter The Arena is to empower female founders to fly. Through our investment and business coaching, we level the investment playing field, giving our founders the skills and confidence to drive the exponential growth of their business. Find out more about what we do here: https://www.enterthearena.co.uk/ • As a serial entrepreneur, I’ve been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the scars to prove it. I have 25 years’ experience in high-growth start-ups across multiple sectors and have successfully raised millions of pounds in equity finance from angels, VCs and crowdfunding. • I’m the host of Fundraising Stories podcast, where I share the stories of inspirational female founders who’ve raised investment. Checkout the podcast here: https://www.enterthearena.co.uk/fundraising-stories • I’m a seasoned keynote speaker at numerous start-up and fundraising events, and speak regularly in the press, representing the voice of the female founder and levelling the investment playing field. You can read more about my story and make speaker or contributor enquiries here: https://www.enterthearena.co.uk/julia-elliott-brown • I mentor entrepreneurs at Natwest Entrepreneurial Spark and Virgin Start-up and am also a judge at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. In my free time, I sing in a gospel choir, enjoy cooking and good wine, keep fit and sane with yoga and pilates and hang out with my teenage kids and my cocker spaniel Kenny!