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		<title>Female Founders Pitch at Mini-Seedcamp London</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/08/03/female-founders-pitch-at-mini-seedcamp-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Picq</dc:creator>
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Every year we attend start-up events and start-up pitch competitions, from GeeknRolla to LeWeb, and yet we hardly ever see more than a couple of Women pitch. It was a very pleasant surprise to see 5 out of the 20 start-up pitches be led by women Founders at this year&#8217;s Mini Seedcamp in London, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balderton Capital on its Investment Strategy and its Investment in My-Wardrobe</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/07/26/interview-balderton-capital-on-its-investment-strategy-and-its-investment-in-my-wardrobe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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Online fashion is a hot topic at this moment. Natalie Massanet sold part of upmarket online fashion platform Net-a-Porter, Sylvia Cody of private sales club SecretSales got investment from Brands4Friends and Sarah Curran of My-Wardrobe, which sells affordable luxury clothes and accessories, secured a $9  million Series A lead by Balderton Capital.
Time for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lingerie &amp; Lovestuff Female Entrepreneur on Raising Money, the Party Plan Business Model and Mentors</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/05/20/lingerie-lovestuff-female-entrepreneur-on-raising-money-the-party-plan-business-model-and-mentors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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A group of 13 female investors, who have formed a group through Addidi Business Angels, have just invested in female entrepreneur Emily Bendell of Blue Bella, the upscale lingerie&#38; Lovestuff &#8216;party plan&#8217; shop. The female investors club launched in September 2008, did its first investment in Marketplace Mesh and is now actively looking to more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply Zesty, with Female Entrepreneur &amp; Co-Founder Lauren Fisher, Raises 500K Euro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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 A good day @simplyzesty &#8211;  we&#8217;ve raised a €500,000 investment from a major UK research agency  , 
says female entrepreneur and founder Lauren Fisher of the Dublin-based social media agency Simply Zesty.  The  Oxford Research Agency, will get a minority stake in the company. The investment will enable both parties to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Serial Entrepreneur Interview: The Lessons Learned and More</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/05/12/female-serial-entrepreneur-interview-the-lessons-learned-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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Female entrepreneurs Janneke Niessen and Joelle Frijters are in the middle of their funding round with the aim of achieving their high growth projections for their business. More than a year ago they started their company Improve Digital an auction platform for unsold advertising space on large websites.
In the meantime they have impressive publishers on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Female Startups and Pitchpreneurs are Approaching the Goldmine</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/23/10-pitchpreneurs-are-approaching-the-goldmine/</link>
		<comments>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/23/10-pitchpreneurs-are-approaching-the-goldmine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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At the upcoming Funding &#38; Pitching event of The NextWomen (you can still book tickets), Founder &#38; CEO Virginia Raemy of Talentpuzzle will explain to budding entrepreneurs how to dig for gold in her keynote: How I got funding?” How to dig for Gold – Seed Capital, Angel Investors &#38; The Aspire Fund. 
Thereafter investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment Deal between The Aspire Fund and Female Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Liquid Accounts</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/23/investment-deal-between-the-aspire-fund-and-female-entrepreneur-and-co-founder-of-liquid-accounts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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Funding news from The Aspire Fund, the Government’s flagship fund for women-led businesses, which closed a recent investment deal. In an guest article on the website of the British Business angels Association, Melanie Perkins of the Aspire Fund reported that it has invested an amount of £300,00 in &#8217;a leading developer and provider of online accounting packages, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU MicroFinance Facility to Provide Small Loans to around 45,000 Budding Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/22/eu-microfinance-facility-to-provide-small-loans-to-around-45000-budding-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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From June 2010, the EU is to provide 45,000 micro-loans to unemployed and small  entrepreneurs. Under The  European Microfinance Facility, entrepreneurs will also be able to  benefit from  mentoring, training and coaching as well as assistance in  preparing a  business plan, in close cooperation with the existing  European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Female Entrepreneurs sell their Business: Let them be Angels</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/11/three-female-entrepreneurs-sell-their-business-let-them-be-angels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone Brummelhuis</dc:creator>
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When I started to write this article 10 days ago, I wanted to report on two UK icons who had sold their businesses recently. In the meantime, a third one joined the ranks of exit-entrepreneurs. I will portrait one of the women in a lengthy piece later, as she is the ultimate Female Internet Hero.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Next Funding &amp; Pitching Event including Pitching Sessions for Women-Led Start-ups</title>
		<link>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/05/pitching-competition-for-women-led-start-ups-looking-for-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://thenextwomen.com/2010/04/05/pitching-competition-for-women-led-start-ups-looking-for-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Picq</dc:creator>
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The NextWomen Funding &#38; Pitching  &#38; Networking Evening - 26 April, 2010 
The NextWomen, in partnership with Astia, invite you to an event in which you can meet, interact and learn from experienced men and women that know all about funding for both start-ups and growing businesses. Spend an evening in the intimate setting of the [...]]]></description>
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