Ready Set Raise 2018

Thinking about a seed round? Let us help. We’ve packed all the upside of an accelerator into a fundraising program consciously designed for female founders, by female founders.

What is Ready Set Raise?

All early stage startup founders face a difficult, confusing and exhausting uphill climb. For women, this experience is exponentially harder. This is why we developed Ready Set Raise — a four-week pitching and fundraising program to accelerate your startup’s success. Read more about Ready Set Raise on our blog.

Ready Set Raise was designed by female founders for female founders. Our goal is to find, support, and advance high-growth, pre-seed startups across North America.


Thank you for applying to Ready Set Raise. Our goal is to uncover outstanding women-led startups like yours to help them secure a seed round of financing. We are looking for up to twelve female founded, early stage, scalable startups in any vertical.

If selected, you must be available to travel to Seattle, WA from September 24-28, 2018 for the one week immersion program and demo day. More details and criteria are listed at www.femalefounders.org/readysetraise

Please note that this application requires an executive summary and pitch deck. There is a non-refundable application fee of $150 (early bird) at the end. Ready? go!