Session 1
Your Relationship with Money
1 October · In person, London
Explore the beliefs, behaviours and assumptions that shape how we earn, save and invest — and what it means to move from accumulating money to owning assets and allocating capital.
EmpowerHERFrom Earning to Owning
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From Earning to Owning
Build your investor skill set.
You've learned how to earn. You've saved, built your career and made sensible financial decisions.
But building long-term wealth is also about understanding ownership — what you own, where you invest, and how your capital can work alongside you.
From Earning to Owning is a six-session EmpowerHER programme designed to help professional women understand venture investing, develop their investor judgement and decide how private-company ownership could fit into their wider wealth strategy.
No previous investment experience required.
Reserve your place
£750 + VAT · £600 + VAT for EmpowerHER members
Why this matters
Earning well and building wealth are not the same thing.
For decades, much of the conversation around women and money has focused on earning more, negotiating better and closing the pay gap.
Those things matter.
But so does what happens after you earn it.
- How do you turn income into assets?
- How do you evaluate opportunities?
- How do you become comfortable allocating capital?
- And what role might private businesses play in your long-term wealth?
That's the conversation this programme starts.
“Women have spent generations fighting for the right to earn. The next step is owning.”
How you learn
Learn investing by seeing it happen.
You'll work with real businesses, real pitches and real investment decisions.
Together, we'll pause, question and decode what an experienced investor is actually looking for — then give you the frameworks to form your own view.
- Watch
- Pause
- Decode
- Discuss
- Decide
The programme
Six sessions, October to November.
Session 2
Your Investment Philosophy
7 October · Online
What matters to you as an investor? Explore your motivations, values, risk appetite and interests, and begin developing a personal investment philosophy that can guide future decisions.
Session 3
Seeing an Opportunity Like an Investor
14 October · Online
Learn how investors assess businesses: founders, markets, traction, business models, defensibility and risk. Work through real pitches and practise asking the questions that matter.
Session 4
Understanding the Numbers, Structures and Incentives
4 November · Online
Valuation, returns, cap tables and investment structures without the jargon — alongside an introduction to EIS and SEIS, tax reliefs, investor rights and the legal fundamentals of private investment.
Session 5
From Investment to Ownership
11 November · In person, London · 3 hours
What happens after the cheque is written? Explore portfolio thinking, founder relationships, adding value beyond capital, and how experienced investors find, evaluate and support businesses.
Session 6
Your Next Step as an Investor
26 November · Online · 90 minutes
Bring everything together: reflect on your investment philosophy, confidence and appetite, identify where venture could fit within your wider financial life, and decide what you want to do next.
The outcome
What you'll leave with
A clearer understanding of how investing fits within your broader approach to wealth
Your own developing investment philosophy
A practical framework for assessing early-stage businesses and investment opportunities
Confidence reading pitches, asking questions and forming an independent view
An understanding of valuation, EIS/SEIS, investor rights and the mechanics of early-stage investing
Access to programme reference materials and practical investor resources
Real examples and case studies from active investors and founders
An intimate cohort of women exploring the same questions
A clear next step if you decide you want to begin investing
Led by
Sarah King
Sarah King is an entrepreneur, board leader, investor and coach with first-hand experience of building businesses, raising capital and investing in early-stage companies.
She has spent more than seven years in board roles, built a fintech business from the ground up, and has twice worked with government on changes relating to financial inclusion and gender equity.
Today she combines board and advisory roles with early-stage investing and her work as founder of mortl. Sarah is Chair of Trustees at Millimetres 2 Mountains Foundation and sits on the External Advisory Board of Nottingham University Business School.
Most importantly for this programme, Sarah brings both sides of the table: the experience of a founder who has raised capital and an investor learning where and why she wants to deploy it.
Also featuring
Vanesa Pazos
Founding Partner, NoBa
Experienced investors
Sharing how they assess opportunities, make decisions and support companies after investment.
Founders
Bringing the other side of the investment relationship — including the realities of fundraising, investor selection and building effective investor-founder relationships.
Industry specialists
Providing expertise across areas such as EIS/SEIS, legal structures, valuation and the mechanics of venture investing.
Additional speakers to be announced.
Supported by
NoBa & EISA
NoBa
NoBa is a Future of Work venture platform investing in the technologies transforming how we work. Through its investment club, programmes and fund, NoBa brings together investors, founders and operators to identify and back ambitious early-stage companies.
EISA
The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association is the UK industry body for the EIS and SEIS ecosystem, bringing together investors, fund managers, advisers and businesses operating across early-stage investment.
Who it's for
Is this for me?
This programme is designed for professional women who are ready to take the next step in their relationship with money.
You may already earn well, save, contribute to a pension or invest through funds — but want to understand more about ownership, venture capital and investing directly in growing businesses.
You don't need to think of yourself as an investor yet.
You don't need a finance background.
And you don't need to arrive ready to write a cheque.
You just need to want to understand your options.
The practical bits
What you need to know
- Investment
- £750 + VAT · £600 + VAT for EmpowerHER members
- Format
- Six sessions across October and November 2026, combining online learning with two in-person sessions in London.
- Cohort
- An intimate cohort designed for conversation, questions and genuine connection.
- Included
- All programme sessions, programme materials, online reference resources and access to the cohort community.
Ask about employer-funded places
Investing capability, financial confidence and commercial judgement may form part of professional development. Contact us if you would like to explore an employer-funded place.
Ready to take the next step from earning to owning?
Build the knowledge, judgement and confidence to understand venture investing — and decide whether it belongs in your financial future.
£750 + VAT · £600 + VAT for EmpowerHER members
About EmpowerHER
A community for women building what comes next
EmpowerHER is a community for ambitious women navigating career, business, investment and life — built around honest conversation, meaningful connection and access to people and opportunities that help women move forward.
From curated breakfasts, dinners and expert-led sessions to investment programmes and opportunities to connect with founders and investors, EmpowerHER creates spaces where women can expand their networks, knowledge and possibilities.
From Earning to Owning is part of our wider ambition to help more women understand capital, build wealth with greater intention and participate in ownership.