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Investment insights, founder stories, campaign updates and news from Obu HQ.
How our rebrand happened. Behind the scenes with team Obu.
Giving your brand a complete overhaul is no mean feat, and our team’s been hard at work over the last couple of months designing, writing, planning, strategising and workshopping. Like to take a behind-the-scenes look at how it all came together?
100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch. We’re proud to be on the list.
November brought big news. The Telegraph and NatWest published their 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch list 2022 – and we were blown away to be named in the final 100.
A little disruption goes a long way.
We’re not seasoned campaigners. We didn’t go into the #overbeingunderfunded campaign knowing the ins and outs of how the government works. So how did we change legislation? And what can you do if there’s a change you want to see – a piece of legislation you want to impact, evolve or rip up and do-over?
How we raised half a million …and how we’re using it to help you.
We’ve talked a lot about investment this year. How to get funding for your business – and how to become a first-time investor. This summer, we took our own advice and launched our second investment round. Eight weeks later, we’d secured £500k. Here’s how it happened…
Starting a new kind of investment conversation.
We’re constantly fighting for better access to funding for women and non-binary entrepreneurs. Which is why we were so excited to host an inclusive, inspiring and refreshingly different event for founders, funders and allies, sponsored by the team at the British Business Bank.
We did it! How our campaign made the government step up.
From April 2023, the government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is getting an overhaul that will make it more accessible, to more incredible women founders and investors. Learn more about the role our #overbeingunderfunded campaign played in making this change happen
What do you do when the odds are stacked against you?
Whether it’s due to race, gender, disability or sexual orientation, for centuries people have been made to feel ‘less than’ – excluded and disadvantaged because the system doesn’t see them. Or worse still, sees them but chooses to ignore them. Inclusion isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s imperative as a mechanism for economies and societies to move forward.
Nothing’s gonna stop us now
Just eight weeks ago, we launched the #overbeingunderfunded campaign, on a radikl mission to expose inequality in entrepreneurship and investment. Read on to discover the strides the movement has made…