Apply for our final 2022 cohort; Bootstrapping vs VC; Upcoming equity-free accelerators
For founders seeking the best alternatives to VC
Hello folks! I’m Esme, the founder of Considered Capital. This is the 22nd issue of The Considered Club - a bi-weekly newsletter for founders seeking the best alternatives to VC. The most clicked post from our last issue was the Growth Impact fund. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read today, join 1098 readers and subscribe!
From today, registration is open for our final 2022 Alternative Funding School cohort. Grab your Super Early Bird seat now.
Lots of you have been asking if we’ll be running another Alternative Funding School Cohort this year. Really proud and thrilled to share we’re now able to open up our doors one final time this year.
In June, we didn’t think we’d be in a position to run another 2022 cohort but thanks to the overwhelming support we’ve had (we were oversubscribed for cohort 4) we’ll now be able to support one more cohort this year.
If you missed out on a spot last time, this will the last cohort of 2022 so I’d strongly recommend applying today and securing a Super Early bird seat. Click this link to register your interest.
In other news, Considered Capital is taking the month of July off. It’s been so good to finally meet some of my favourite founders, investors and allies IRL but now it’s time to take a much needed break to rest, relax and re-energise before a mega busy August. See you all in a month.
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Find grants, upcoming accelerators, pitch competitions, & more!
Grants & Awards
Women Tech EU | awards grants of €75,000 to support deep-tech start-ups led by women
Horizon Prize | win $150,000 in prize money for solutions led by people with rare diseases and underrepresented groups and identities
Sankalp Global Awards 2022 | awards prizes of up to $1M for Social Entrepreneurs running high-impact businesses
Accelerators
Caress Dreams Fund | a three-month crowdfunding programme for women of colour plus a $5,000 grant
The Future 100 Growth fund | a three-month programme for Black British founders plus funding of up to £15,000
Black Valley Founders programme | a two- month programme for Black British founders looking to raise some capital within the next 3-6 months plus a £10,000 grant
This post is public, so please share it with all the founders in your life looking for funding this month.
Insights
Paynter Jacket | show us how you can be slow, limited, and still create a thriving business
Sifted | here’s why bootstrapping your startup could be better than pursuing VC
Bethnal Green Ventures | makes the argument in their new impact report for how impact get’s better as you scale
Incase you missed it
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Thanks for reading. Have a wonderful Summer! See you all back here for more funding news in August.
Esme
Founder, Considered Capital
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