Female Founder Brunch + fireside chat

What did that money actually cost you?

Every founder is quietly working out the same thing on her own: whether to raise, whether to borrow, or whether to just keep selling. The advice she gets usually depends on who's giving it.

So we're putting four people in a room for an honest chat to give the full picture - two founders who are living it, a VC, and Lighter Capital, who lend against revenue rather than take equity, and asking each of them to share lessons learned along the way, what mistakes to avoid and what should be the best first step. Let's chat for 45 mins and then have a Q+A so you can ask the question everyone is thinking.

Bring your appetite and your actual numbers. And let's chat funding - something every founder is always thinking about, no mater where they are on their business journey.

You'll leave knowing

• What each type of capital really costs, beyond the headline terms

• Which funding path fits the stage you're at now, not the one you're imagining

• What makes an investor or lender lean in and the honest version of what makes them pass

• Who else in Brisbane is building alongside you

Then, over brunch, let's connect and meet other founders in Brisbane. The founder journey is hard and lonely, With Tech Ready Women, it doesn't have to be.

This event forms part of the official Launch Week for Tank Stream Labs Brisbane. Explore the full event schedule here.