You are personally invited to an exclusive afternoon for female and non-binary founders to network, learn and share your business experiences.

Building connections is vital if you’re looking to build your business and having a community of like-minded people is essential, especially if you are a solo or small co-founding team starting up or looking to scale.

AccelerateHER, Techscaler and Business Gateway Aberdeen City and Shire are delighted to be joining forces for this informal meet-up event for female and non-binary founders across Aberdeen City and Shire. This is a chance to meet other like-minded women, build your contacts and share your knowledge.

Meet Your Hosts:

Business Gateway Aberdeen City and Shire is the go-to service for anyone looking to start, sustain, or grow a business across the North East. Delivered by Aberdeenshire Council, we offer fully funded, expert advice and practical support, from idea to expansion. Through workshops, one-to-one guidance, and tailored growth programmes, we help local entrepreneurs and business owners turn ambition into action and potential into progress.

AccelerateHER is a vibrant community on a mission to back female and non-binary founders across the UK. Through accelerators, masterclasses, mentoring, investor readiness support, and powerful networks, we help founders grow, connect, and lead. We work hand-in-hand with Investing Women Angels to open up even more opportunities for founders to thrive.

Techscaler is a programme, run by CodeBase, that creates, develops, and scales startups by connecting founders with experts, teaching world-class playbooks, and hosting spaces for fellow founders to work and hang out. By working together – AccelerateHERxTechscaler by CodeBase provides scalable business with the skills, support, and platform to grow.

Agenda

12:00 Arrival, Networking and Food

12:30 Introductions

12:45 Fireside Chat with Founder: Cerri McDonald, Founder & CEO, Prospect 13

13:00 Q&A Session

13:30 Networking

14:00 Closing Remarks

About Cerri McDonald

Cerri McDonald is the Founder & CEO of Prospect 13, a North-east marketing agency that helps ambitious SME’s build standout brands and drive measurable growth. With just under 25 years’ experience across marketing strategy, branding and communications, Cerri has supported organisations spanning energy and renewables, education, tech, agriculture and professional services. Known for her straight-talking, partnership-led approach, she built Prospect 13 on a simple ethos. To be bold, be brave, be better and she brings that same mindset to every room she’s in.

Privacy

AccelerateHER, Techscaler and Business Gateway Aberdeen City and Shire are working together to deliver the Female Founder Meet-up. For this purpose, we’re acting as joint data controllers to deliver the events.

For more detailed information on how and why AccelerateHER, Techscaler and Business Gateway Aberdeen City and Shire use your information, including your rights in relation to your personal data, and the legal grounds for using it, please go to:

AccelerateHER Privacy Policy

Business Gateway Aberdeen City and Shire Privacy Policy

Techscaler Privacy Policy

Use of Your Personal Data at Events

To support networking and help you get the most out of our event, we may provide those coming with a list of the names and organisational affiliation of those attending.

Furthermore, we typically take photographs of proceedings in order to highlight or showcase AccelerateHER'S activities.

Please let us know if you do not wish to provide consent for the use of your personal data in this way. To see how we use and take care of your information, please see our privacy notice.