Episode 25: Caroline Hughes

Money, Startup Capital and Feminist Fintech

My wonderful guest this week is Caroline Hughes, Founder of Lifetise and finanical feminist. In this episode Caroline tells us about starting her business Lifetise, the financial modelling platform helping us to take big life actions like buying a house and starting a family.

Caroline’s approach to building her tech business with such a strong social mission is truly inspiring. We talk about the reality for female founders in the UK in terms of raising capital, seeking the right investors and what we can do to improve it. Plus, Caroline shares some advice for all the perfectionists out there… Enjoy!

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Chapters:

00:00 Episode Taster

00:32 Chapter 1: There’s no blueprint for our financial lives

09:11 Chapter 2: The product was 2% done

16:29 Chapter 3: I’m in a spin cycle

23:26 Chapter 4: My fundraising opportunity is slightly bigger because I have a man alongside me

37:49 Chapter 5: I want women to be treated as fairly financially as men are

43:39 Chapter 6: Just start

Episode resources:

• https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/services/financial-services/fintech-innovation-lab

• https://www.hivefounders.net

• https://www.techhub.com

• https://2019.stateofeuropeantech.com

• https://www.ted.com/talks/dana_kanze_the_real_reason_female_entrepreneurs_get_less_funding

• https://sheeo.world

Find out more about Caroline Hughes and Lifetise:

• https://lifetise.com

• https://lifetise.com/podcast

• https://twitter.com/lifetise

• https://www.instagram.com/lifetise/

• https://twitter.com/Caz_Lifetise

Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton:

• https://twitter.com/frankiecotton_

• https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_