Supporting, and investing in, female founders with Jordan Dargue, Co-Founder, Lifted Ventures

Leeds Business Podcast

For more information on YFM equity Partners please visit www.yfmep.com (and tell them Phil from Leeds Business Podcast sent you!)

This week’s guest is Jordan Dargue, co-founder of Lifted Ventures.

Jordan shares with us her journey into angel investing, developing the early stage investing community in Leeds and the North and now building Lifted Ventures and its ‘flywheel’ to support both female founders and female investors. Jordan also explains the important role that men can play in being male allies to this vital area of business, and how to make your business ‘investor-ready’.

The business surgery segment answers the question; ""What are the key things that I should put in an Angel Investment pitch deck?"

INTRODUCING JORDAN DARGUE

Jordan Dargue, is a founder, senior executive, investor, NED and seasoned investment expert.

Jordan is Co Founder of Lifted Ventures. Lifted exists to increase the flow of early stage capital to female founders and promote the significant business benefits of backing women. The Lifted Ventures flywheel has an angel network at its core, alongside education, community and consultancy.

Previously Jordan was co-leader and Board Director of multi award winning NorthInvest, and in 2020 she co-founded Fund Her North and Women Angels of the North, a collective of women in VCs and Angel investors who support female founders to get equal access to finance.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

[00:01:30] The transition from construction to technology

[00:05:00] why is there a lack of women in certain industries and roles?

[00:10:00] The founding of NorthInvest and its aims

[00:13:00] Can anyone be an Angel Investor? And what can an angel bring to the table?

[00:17:00] The founding of Fund Her North and its aims

[00:21:00] The role of male allies

[00:25:00] BUSINESS SURGERY

[00:31:00] What is Lifted Ventures, why is it needed and the conference

[00:40:00] How to make your business investor ready

[00:47:00] The Athena Festival

4 KEY TAKEAWAYS & BUSINESS LEARNINGS

• Anyone can be an Angel Investor

• Female founders, and the wider female business eco-system need male allies

• Female founders generate more revenue, grow more quickly and are more likely to exit

• Only 2% of capital goes into female founders

3 BEST MOMENTS

“Investors need to understand the story behind the business

“I invested three times. I invested in her and loved what she was doing”

“Register to attend Lifted Venture conference and/or the Athena event”

VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR YOU

Website: www.leedsbusinesspodcast.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/leeds-business-podcast/

Website: https://liftedventures.co.uk/

Athena Conference - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-athena-festival-a-female-founder-innovation-festival-tickets-915591838837

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-dargue-59438433/

Shout out tags: https://www.gordonsllp.com/

DON'T FORGET THE LEEDS BUSINESS PODCAST ‘FAIR DEAL’

My half of the agreement; Every week I bring you inspiring Leeds Business people FOR FREE.

Your half of the deal has two simple steps;

1) Share this episode with just ONE person who you think will get value from it

2) Post a review of the show or give this episode a ’thumbs up’

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

As mentioned;

https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/helen-oldham/

https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/jane-slimming/

https://leedsbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/zandra-moore/

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Phil Fraser went from an accidental kitchen table start up, with no investment, all the way to multi-million pound sale to a PLC 18 years later. He’s travelled the full SME business journey of launch, growth, scale and exit.

As well as hosting the Leeds Business Podcast, Phil now works with ambitious SME-owners as a Business Sounding Board (think somewhere between Business Coach and Business Mentor). In simple terms, he’s ‘a pair of ears and an extra pair eyes’ for SME Owners helping them to be better at what they do. Phil’s mantra is It doesn’t need to be ‘lonely at the top’. He helps Business Owners to be better business owners, by helping with their clarity and focus.

As a Business Sounding Board, he gives SME Owners the time & space to regularly discuss their challenges and opportunities, with no sense of judgement or bias, and in complete confidence. This allows them to explore their options in full, culminating with a list of issues to address/clarify, a clear target in mind, a roadmap to success, and a renewed enthusiasm and confidence for the challenges ahead.

Phil has appeared as a guest on over 60 podcasts, webinars and interviews, from around the whole globe, talking on a variety of business subjects. You can view them all at https://philfraser.co.uk/watch-hear-phil/.

LEEDS BUSINESS PODCAST

Leeds, Leeds Business, Business in Leeds, Nous of Fraser, Business Sounding Board, Business Coach, Business Mentor,

Email: [e-mail]