Sie Catalyst
3-month program to set you up for success in raising your next round, through strong relationships with investors and founders, hands-on support from Sie team and Venture Community, and small group sessions with industry-leading experts
We’ve got Your Back
Network
Expand your network through curated sessions with Angels, VCs, Sie partner network and founder community.
Support
Curated deep dive sessions with Sie team and Experts in Residence, unfiltered investor insights, and designated VC as mentor from Sie Venture Community.
Raise
Learn what metrics investors need to see, how to navigate your fundraise, and raise from the right investors.
Key takeaways
Deck and Financial forecasts - what does good look like?
How to choose lead investors and allocate board seats?
How to structure you fundraise and build a strong cap table?
What gets VCs and Angels excited?
What are alternative sources of capital?
What is the difference between SAFE, ASA and equity round?
What does the standard term sheet look like?
How to navigate fundraising announcements?
How to attract top talent?
How to handle conflicts with co-founders?
Timeline
May 13th, 2024
Applications Open for Cohort V
July 31st, 2024
Applications Close for Cohort V
September 10th, 2024
Cohort V Program Kick off
Tick all the boxes?
You are a pre-seed or seed stage tech company
You are building a scalable business that is defensible and venture-backable
Your business is launched or in active Beta
Your founding team consists of at least one female founder
Your product or service is tech-enabled through mobile/web, or has patentable technology
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Venture Community & Mentors
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FAQs
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We chose the name Sie because we wanted a word that represents females (our initial focus), but doesn’t exclude other groups. Our long-term vision is to extend the platform to under-represented groups in the founder and investor ecosystem, making Sie - which means so many things - apt for our objective. In German, Sie means:
“she” (nominative feminine singular),
“they” (nominative plural, no distinction between masculine and feminine),
“her” (accusative singular) for a female person (or “it” in English for a feminine thing in German),
“them” (accusative plural, no distinction between masculine and feminine).
It is also the courtesy pronoun for “you”, similar to “vous” in French.
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Submit your company on our website here (please check eligibility first before submitting). We will go through all applications as and when they are submitted. If you pass our first due diligence stage, we will contact you to set up more calls to get to know you better, and make sure Sie is the right fit for you. You can apply any time but our next Cohort will kick off in September, 2023 and the applications are open until 28th of July. Yet, we are reviewing and shortlisting applicants weekly basis, the sooner you apply the better.
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Submit your interest to become a Venture Community member and support our founders by applying here. As part of the program we will match you with a relevant founder(s) based on your investment criteria and sector expertise. Joining Sie Venture Community as mentor means that you dedicate certain hours over three months and support one or more founders that we will match you with. You will also participate in some Investor Office Hours we have set up. The commitment is no more than 2.5h per month over 3 months.
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The Sie Fundraising Program runs for 3 months but our founders will get lifelong access to a highly vetted Sie Founder Community as alumni once the program is complete. In this community the Sie Team as well as the alumni community continue to help you build your business and is by your side for your next fundraises ahead.
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We have worked hard to build the most founder-friendly model and therefore we do not take equity. However, we put a lot of work and resources into the program and therefore there is a one off fee of £1,000 (+VAT) to join the 3-month program. You will also receive a Warrant for the Sie Syndicate to invest up to £100k into your company with a discount, but all investments are at the discretion of the Syndicate. We ensure all companies are given the opportunity to pitch to the Sie Syndicate, but no investment is guaranteed.
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Our next Cohort kicks off in September, 2023. Applications are open for Cohort IV until 28th of July 2023. You should always apply before because we are looking through the investment opportunities weekly basis, but please ensure program timelines make sense for your fundraising journey. For the latest updates on Sie Ventures, please follow our LinkedIn page here or subscribe to our newsletter
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We can only invest in a limited number of companies yearly through our Syndicate. We do our best to help you find a lead investor during the program, regardless of investment from Syndicate as this is the mission of Sie Catalyst - to help founders build a strong cap table.
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Sie operates predominantly across Europe and our HQ is based in the UK.
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Sign up for our newsletter to hear from Sie Catalyst program dates or contact us on hello@sie.ventures.
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Our program is mostly remote, all the sessions take place via Zoom. We want to simplify access to all UK and European companies. We host a few in-person sessions in London.
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Approximately 2-3h a week, in total around 25h over 12 weeks.
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Absolutely! We look at equitable ownership between the co-founders.
The program participant should be a female founder but we open up some sessions to your co-founder. All sessions are recorded as well, so you can always share them with your co-founder. -
We count every cheque that goes to our founders. To date we have seen 46 companies close funding rounds with support from Sie and raising £70M in capital over the past two years. We have seen 98 cheques from our VC and angel community since we launched in 2021. Our NPS score is 10.