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➡️ Excited to introduce you to the incredible #experts supporting our #members in our new format: "Female Founder Office Hours" ✌ The idea: No fee, no strings, no judgment. We're here to help. Meet Eddy C.. Eddy has over 20 years of experience in finance and a decade of expertise in venture capital. He has reviewed and invested in early-stage startups across a diverse range of sectors, including #EdTech, #AI, #BigData, #FinTech, #EnterpriseSolutions, #PropTech, and #Impact. As a partner at his firm, Eddy focuses on identifying high-potential companies that are driving industry transformation and addressing complex challenges. With a strong foundation in financial analysis and entrepreneurship, he takes a hands-on, strategic approach to helping founders scale their businesses and achieve sustainable growth. As a graduate of the Executive MBA program at the University of Oxford, Eddy also serves as a team coach for the master's program at HEC Paris. *** Want some insight by Eddy on your start-up? If you're a female(-identifying) founder currently or formerly matriculated (drop-outs welcome!) or employed at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley or Yale University, just send us a message and you can join our community FOR FREE. We're 100+ female founders, 70+ female researchers and 150+ female VCs, angels and next-gen investors in our #Whatsapp community, with private sub-groups and connecting overlap groups for the #bestnetworkever, growing daily 📲

💥💥💥 BIG NEWS: Excited to announce xWAVES ‘Female Founder Office Hours’, #free 20 min weekly slots with a select group of mentors exclusively available to xWAVES members. Whether you have a question on #ideageneration, #GTM, #pitching or #strategy, we have someone you can talk to. Our experts are bringing in their extensive know-how from #VC readiness to product management, #funding models to #branding, #robotics to #pricing to help out xWAVES members with their needs and questions. 👏 We owe a huge thanks to all our mentors who have been supporting us undoubtedly since day one – we will be introducing them personally over the next weeks. Ps. You need to be an xWAVES member to be eligible for xWAVES ‘Female Founder Office Hours’. To join or learn more about whether you meet the qualifications, please get in touch with Theresia or Meric.

🚀So proud of #OxWAVES members Alexis Monks of Decima2 bringing trust and explainability back into #AI (also competing in the regionals of Oxbridge AI Challenge💪) and Cheryl Tan of TrialeX building a centralised #clinicaltrialplatform who rocked the stage in the finals of The Yope Foundation with Michael Baum at #OSEF at hosted by Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, University of Oxford yesterday 🙌 #represent

👉 THIS FRIDAY: Meet xWAVES at OSEF, The Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum - the flagship event on #innovation and #entrepreneurship hosted by the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre. At our xWAVES stall in the Nest at the SBS, we will be offering many things, including cool sign-up perks, ways to get involved, and more. 📣 Do not forget to ping Theresia and Meric for a 1:1 - no appointments required, just drop by to have a friendly chat. See you on Friday! 🎫 For your #OSEF tickets: https://lnkd.in/e8Aybjwb 📅 Date: Friday, November 8th, 2024 🕕 Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM 📍 Location: Saïd Business School, The NEST      Park End St, Oxford OX1 1HP Saïd Business School, University of Oxford OxWAVES

🔥 EVENT RECAP 🔥 We had a fantastic time co-hosting an event with Jakob Stein of Creandum and Oxford Venture Capital Network 🚀 We dove deep into the "magic numbers" that SaaS VCs look for and gained insider tips on successfully pitching to investors and securing funding. 💡 Following this, we held a special "freshers" edition of our female-only professional speed networking event. As always, it was an incredible opportunity to share valuable experiences and forge new connections. 🤝 Huge thanks to everyone who participated! 🙏 #SaaS #VC #Fundraising #Pitching #Networking #WomenInTech #OxfordVentureCapitalNetwork #creandum

Would love to see MANY female founders apply 💰 🚀

The all-star OxWAVES speed networking event for female(-identifying) #founders, #academics, #researchers and #investors returns! ⭐⭐⭐   Before we start swapping our seats every 4 minutes to meet another female(-identifying) budding #founder, #researcher (and maybe a future Co-Founder! 😎), or #investor, we will have a mind-opening session by Jakob Stein sharing his insights on fundraising and working in VC. 👉 This part of the event is co-hosted with the Oxford Venture Capital Network #OxVC and open to all.   Jakob is a VP at Creandum, a leading European early-stage venture capital firm backing some of Europe’s most successful #SaaS companies including Spotify, iZettle, Depop, Klarna, Bolt, KRY, Epidemic Sound and Small Giant Games.   🚨 Sign-up NOW to secure your spot as there will be limited capacity for this event! 👉👉👉 https://lnkd.in/gt5riXsn   📅 11 October 2024, Friday ⏱️ 5.00PM - 8.00PM (female-only networking from 6:30PM – 8:00PM) 📍 Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG)

📊📰#SeenNotHeard A 2016 study by Jia et al. analyzed 2.3 million articles from 950 news outlets and found significant #genderimbalances in #mediacoverage. Men are featured in 250% more articles than women, who also appear 21% less in headlines. With only 33% of all people shown in news images being women, women are more likely to be shown in an image, rather than spoken about in text. In terms of coverage: - The politics and business sections are 80% male-dominated. - Women are more present in entertainment and fashion articles. - Only 9% (!) of images in economic news show women. #GenderRepresentation #MediaBalance #WomenInNews #VisibilityMatters

Why #researchers are part of our network? There are many reasons, but THIS ⬇ is definitely one of them 😊 ⚗

Have you ever wanted to see proof of the power #networks have in #venture? Well, thanks to the #VentureMafiaProject now you can: https://venturemafia.xyz Can’t wait to see what our network looks like down the road 😊